[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) › 1.34 # Brahmajalasutta 1.34 Brahmajālasutta 1.34 - **Language:** Pāli ### [1.34.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.1.34.1) Catutthe ca bhonto samaṇabrāhmaṇā kimāgamma kimārabbha sassatavādā sassataṃ attānañca lokañca paññapenti? > And what is the fourth ground on which they rely? > — The Divine Net ### [1.34.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.1.34.2) 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: > — The Divine Net ### [1.34.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.1.34.3) ‘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. > — The Divine Net ### [1.34.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.1.34.4) 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.’ > — The Divine Net ### [1.34.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.1.34.5) 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. > — The Divine Net ## Translations (5) - [Наставление о величайшей сети](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~ru-khantibalo.1.34.1) — Russian - [Najobuhvatnija mreža gledišta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~sr-brankokovacevic.1.34.1) — sr - [Das göttliche Netz](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~de-sabbamitta.1.34.1) — German - [The Divine Net](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~en-sujato.1.34.1) — English - [Brahmajala Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~en-rhysdavids.1.34) — English ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.1.34) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli ## Linked texts (2) - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.21.20) — Classical Chinese - [梵網六十二見經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.brahmajalasutra*zh-zhi-qian.1.33) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.1.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.1.34) · Pramāṇa