Brahmajalasutta 1.14
Brahmajālasutta 1.14
- Language
- Pāli
1.14.1
‘Yathā vā paneke bhonto samaṇabrāhmaṇā saddhādeyyāni bhojanāni bhuñjitvā te evarūpaṃ jūtappamādaṭṭhānānuyogaṃ anuyuttā viharanti,
‘There are some ascetics and brahmins who, while enjoying food given in faith, still engage in gambling that causes negligence.
1.14.2
seyyathidaṃ—aṭṭhapadaṃ dasapadaṃ ākāsaṃ parihārapathaṃ santikaṃ khalikaṃ ghaṭikaṃ salākahatthaṃ akkhaṃ paṅgacīraṃ vaṅkakaṃ mokkhacikaṃ ciṅgulikaṃ pattāḷhakaṃ rathakaṃ dhanukaṃ akkharikaṃ manesikaṃ yathāvajjaṃ
This includes such things as checkers with eight or ten rows, checkers in the air, hopscotch, spillikins, board-games, tip-cat, drawing straws, dice, leaf-flutes, toy plows, somersaults, pinwheels, toy measures, toy carts, toy bows, guessing words from syllables, guessing another’s thoughts, and imitating musical instruments.
1.14.3
iti vā iti evarūpā jūtappamādaṭṭhānānuyogā paṭivirato samaṇo gotamo’ti—
The ascetic Gotama refrains from such gambling.’
1.14.4
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 (2)
- 長阿含經 — Classical Chinese
- Sāmaññaphalasutta — Pāli