Brahmajalasutta 1.13
Brahmajālasutta 1.13
- Language
- Pāli
1.13.1
‘Yathā vā paneke bhonto samaṇabrāhmaṇā saddhādeyyāni bhojanāni bhuñjitvā te evarūpaṃ visūkadassanaṃ anuyuttā viharanti,
‘There are some ascetics and brahmins who, while enjoying food given in faith, still engage in seeing shows.
1.13.2
seyyathidaṃ—naccaṃ gītaṃ vāditaṃ pekkhaṃ akkhānaṃ pāṇissaraṃ vetāḷaṃ kumbhathūṇaṃ sobhanakaṃ caṇḍālaṃ vaṃsaṃ dhovanaṃ hatthiyuddhaṃ assayuddhaṃ mahiṃsayuddhaṃ usabhayuddhaṃ ajayuddhaṃ meṇḍayuddhaṃ kukkuṭayuddhaṃ vaṭṭakayuddhaṃ daṇḍayuddhaṃ muṭṭhiyuddhaṃ nibbuddhaṃ uyyodhikaṃ balaggaṃ senābyūhaṃ anīkadassanaṃ
This includes such things as dancing, singing, music, performances, and storytelling; clapping, gongs, and kettledrums; beauty pageants; pole-acrobatics and bone-washing displays of the corpse-workers; battles of elephants, horses, buffaloes, bulls, goats, rams, chickens, and quails; staff-fights, boxing, and wrestling; combat, roll calls of the armed forces, battle-formations, and regimental reviews.
1.13.3
iti vā iti evarūpā visūkadassanā paṭivirato samaṇo gotamo’ti—
The ascetic Gotama refrains from such shows.’
1.13.4
iti vā hi, bhikkhave, puthujjano tathāgatassa vaṇṇaṃ vadamāno vadeyya.
Such is an ordinary person’s praise of the Realized One.
Translations (5)
- Наставление о величайшей сети — Russian
- Najobuhvatnija mreža gledišta — sr
- Das göttliche Netz — German
- The Divine Net — English
- Brahmajala Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha) — English
Commentaries (1)
- Sumaṅgalavilāsinī — Buddhaghosa, Pāli
Linked texts (4)
- 長阿含經 — Classical Chinese
- Sāmaññaphalasutta — Pāli
- Mahāniddesa — Pāli
- Cūḷaniddesa — Pāli