Brahmajalasutta 1.34
Brahmajālasutta 1.34
- Language
- Pāli
1.34.1
Catutthe ca bhonto samaṇabrāhmaṇā kimāgamma kimārabbha sassatavādā sassataṃ attānañca lokañca paññapenti?
And what is the fourth ground on which they rely?
1.34.2
Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā takkī hoti vīmaṃsī, so takkapariyāhataṃ vīmaṃsānucaritaṃ sayaṃ paṭibhānaṃ evamāha:
It’s when some ascetic or brahmin relies on logic and inquiry. They speak of what they have worked out by logic, following a line of inquiry, expressing their own perspective:
1.34.3
‘sassato attā ca loko ca vañjho kūṭaṭṭho esikaṭṭhāyiṭṭhito;
‘The self and the cosmos are eternal, barren, steady as a mountain peak, standing firm like a pillar.
1.34.4
te ca sattā sandhāvanti saṃsaranti cavanti upapajjanti, atthi tveva sassatisaman’ti.
They remain the same for all eternity, while these sentient beings wander and transmigrate and pass away and rearise.’
1.34.5
Idaṃ, bhikkhave, catutthaṃ ṭhānaṃ, yaṃ āgamma yaṃ ārabbha eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā sassatavādā sassataṃ attānañca lokañca paññapenti.
This is the fourth ground on which some ascetics and brahmins rely to assert that the self and the cosmos are eternal.
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