Brahmajalasutta 1.17
Brahmajālasutta 1.17
- Language
- Pāli
1.17.1
‘Yathā vā paneke bhonto samaṇabrāhmaṇā saddhādeyyāni bhojanāni bhuñjitvā te evarūpaṃ tiracchānakathaṃ anuyuttā viharanti,
‘There are some ascetics and brahmins who, while enjoying food given in faith, still engage in low talk. This includes such topics as
1.17.2
seyyathidaṃ—rājakathaṃ corakathaṃ mahāmattakathaṃ senākathaṃ bhayakathaṃ yuddhakathaṃ annakathaṃ pānakathaṃ vatthakathaṃ sayanakathaṃ mālākathaṃ gandhakathaṃ ñātikathaṃ yānakathaṃ gāmakathaṃ nigamakathaṃ nagarakathaṃ janapadakathaṃ itthikathaṃ sūrakathaṃ visikhākathaṃ kumbhaṭṭhānakathaṃ pubbapetakathaṃ nānattakathaṃ lokakkhāyikaṃ samuddakkhāyikaṃ itibhavābhavakathaṃ
talk about kings, bandits, and chief ministers; talk about armies, threats, and wars; talk about food, drink, clothes, and beds; talk about garlands and fragrances; talk about family, vehicles, villages, towns, cities, and countries; talk about women and heroes; talk at the street market and the place for water pots; talk about the departed; motley talk; tales of land and sea; and talk about being reborn in this or that place.
1.17.3
iti vā iti evarūpāya tiracchānakathāya paṭivirato samaṇo gotamo’ti—
The ascetic Gotama refrains from such low talk.’
1.17.4
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 (10)
- 長阿含經 — Classical Chinese
- 梵網六十二見經 — Classical Chinese
- Sāmaññaphalasutta — Pāli
- Mahāvibhaṅga — Pāli
- Mahāvagga — Pāli
- Sandakasutta — Pāli
- Paṭhamakathāvatthusutta — Pāli
- Tiracchānakathāsutta — Pāli
- Mahāniddesa — Pāli
- Cūḷaniddesa — Pāli