[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [The Pāli Canon](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada) › [Basket of Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp) › [Dīghanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha) › [Brahmajalasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1) › 1.17 # Brahmajalasutta 1.17 Brahmajālasutta 1.17 - **Language:** Pāli ### [1.17.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.1.17.1) ‘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 > — The Divine Net ### [1.17.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.1.17.2) 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. > — The Divine Net ### [1.17.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.1.17.3) iti vā iti evarūpāya tiracchānakathāya paṭivirato samaṇo gotamo’ti— > The ascetic Gotama refrains from such low talk.’ > — The Divine Net ### [1.17.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.1.17.4) 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.1.17.1) — Russian - [Najobuhvatnija mreža gledišta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~sr-brankokovacevic.1.17.1) — sr - [Das göttliche Netz](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~de-sabbamitta.1.17.1) — German - [The Divine Net](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~en-sujato.1.17.1) — English - [Brahmajala Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~en-rhysdavids.1.17) — English ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.1.17) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli ## Linked texts (10) - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.21.13) — Classical Chinese - [梵網六十二見經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.brahmajalasutra*zh-zhi-qian.1.14) — Classical Chinese - [Sāmaññaphalasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.52.1) — Pāli - [Mahāvibhaṅga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.vp.suttavibhanga.maha.pc.85.1.1) — Pāli - [Mahāvagga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.vp.khandhaka.mahavagga.5.6.3.1) — Pāli - [Sandakasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.76.4.1) — Pāli - [Paṭhamakathāvatthusutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.10.69.1.1) — Pāli - [Tiracchānakathāsutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.5.56.10.1.1) — Pāli - [Mahāniddesa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.mahaniddesa) — Pāli - [Cūḷaniddesa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.culaniddesa) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.1.17) · Pramāṇa