[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) › 1.20 # Brahmajalasutta 1.20 Brahmajālasutta 1.20 - **Language:** Pāli ### [1.20.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.1.20.1) ‘Yathā vā paneke bhonto samaṇabrāhmaṇā saddhādeyyāni bhojanāni bhuñjitvā te kuhakā ca honti, lapakā ca nemittikā ca nippesikā ca, lābhena lābhaṃ nijigīsitāro ca > ‘There are some ascetics and brahmins who, while enjoying food given in faith, still engage in deceit, flattery, hinting, and belittling, and using material things to chase after other material things. > — The Divine Net ### [1.20.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.1.20.2) iti evarūpā kuhanalapanā paṭivirato samaṇo gotamo’ti— > The ascetic Gotama refrains from such fawning and flattery.’ > — The Divine Net ### [1.20.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.1.20.3) iti vā hi, bhikkhave, puthujjano tathāgatassa vaṇṇaṃ vadamāno vadeyya. > Such is an ordinary person’s praise of the Realized One. > — The Divine Net ### [1.20.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.1.20.4) Majjhimasīlaṃ niṭṭhitaṃ. > The middle section on ethics is complete. > — The Divine Net ## Translations (5) - [Das göttliche Netz](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~de-sabbamitta.1.20.1) — German - [The Divine Net](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~en-sujato.1.20.1) — English - [Наставление о величайшей сети](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~ru-khantibalo.1.20.1) — Russian - [Najobuhvatnija mreža gledišta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~sr-brankokovacevic.1.20.1) — sr - [Brahmajala Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~en-rhysdavids.1.20) — English ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.1.20) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli ## Linked texts (3) - [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.1.24) — Classical Chinese - [Sāmaññaphalasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.55.1) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.1.20) · Pramāṇa