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# Brahmajalasutta 1.11.1-4

Brahmajālasutta 1.11.1-4

- **Language:** Pāli

### [1.11.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.1.11.1)

‘Yathā vā paneke bhonto samaṇabrāhmaṇā saddhādeyyāni bhojanāni bhuñjitvā te evarūpaṃ bījagāmabhūtagāmasamārambhaṃ anuyuttā viharanti,

> ‘There are some ascetics and brahmins who, while enjoying food given in faith, still engage in injuring plants and seeds.  
> — The Divine Net

### [1.11.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.1.11.2)

seyyathidaṃ—mūlabījaṃ khandhabījaṃ phaḷubījaṃ aggabījaṃ bījabījameva pañcamaṃ;

> These include plants propagated from roots, trunks, cuttings, or joints; and those from regular seeds as the fifth.  
> — The Divine Net

### [1.11.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.1.11.3)

iti evarūpā bījagāmabhūtagāmasamārambhā paṭivirato samaṇo gotamo’ti—

> The ascetic Gotama refrains from such injury to plants and seeds.’  
> — The Divine Net

### [1.11.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.1.11.4)

iti vā hi, bhikkhave, puthujjano tathāgatassa vaṇṇaṃ vadamāno vadeyya.

> Such is an ordinary person’s praise of the Realized One.  
> — The Divine Net

## Translations (5)

- [Наставление о величайшей сети](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~ru-khantibalo.1.11.1) — Russian
- [Najobuhvatnija mreža gledišta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~sr-brankokovacevic.1.11.1) — sr
- [Das göttliche Netz](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~de-sabbamitta.1.11.1) — German
- [The Divine Net](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~en-sujato.1.11.1) — English
- [Brahmajala Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~en-rhysdavids.1.11) — English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.1.11) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

## Linked texts (2)

- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.21.12) — Classical Chinese
- [梵網六十二見經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.brahmajalasutra*zh-zhi-qian.1.12) — Classical Chinese

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