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# Brahmajalasutta 1.6

Brahmajālasutta 1.6

- **Language:** Pāli

### [1.6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.1.6.1)

“Mamaṃ vā, bhikkhave, pare avaṇṇaṃ bhāseyyuṃ, dhammassa vā avaṇṇaṃ bhāseyyuṃ, saṅghassa vā avaṇṇaṃ bhāseyyuṃ, tatra tumhehi abhūtaṃ abhūtato nibbeṭhetabbaṃ:

> “If others criticize me, the teaching, or the Saṅgha, you should explain that what is untrue is in fact untrue:  
> — The Divine Net

### [1.6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.1.6.2)

‘itipetaṃ abhūtaṃ, itipetaṃ atacchaṃ, natthi cetaṃ amhesu, na ca panetaṃ amhesu saṃvijjatī’ti.

> ‘This is why that’s untrue, this is why that’s false. There’s no such thing in us, it’s not found among us.’  
> — The Divine Net

### [1.6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.1.6.3)

Mamaṃ vā, bhikkhave, pare vaṇṇaṃ bhāseyyuṃ, dhammassa vā vaṇṇaṃ bhāseyyuṃ, saṅghassa vā vaṇṇaṃ bhāseyyuṃ, tatra tumhehi na ānando na somanassaṃ na cetaso uppilāvitattaṃ karaṇīyaṃ.

> If others praise me, the teaching, or the Saṅgha, don’t make yourselves thrilled, elated, and excited.  
> — The Divine Net

### [1.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.1.6.4)

Mamaṃ vā, bhikkhave, pare vaṇṇaṃ bhāseyyuṃ, dhammassa vā vaṇṇaṃ bhāseyyuṃ, saṅghassa vā vaṇṇaṃ bhāseyyuṃ, tatra ce tumhe assatha ānandino sumanā uppilāvitā tumhaṃ yevassa tena antarāyo.

> You’ll get thrilled, elated, and excited, which would be an obstacle for you alone.  
> — The Divine Net

### [1.6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.1.6.5)

Mamaṃ vā, bhikkhave, pare vaṇṇaṃ bhāseyyuṃ, dhammassa vā vaṇṇaṃ bhāseyyuṃ, saṅghassa vā vaṇṇaṃ bhāseyyuṃ, tatra tumhehi bhūtaṃ bhūtato paṭijānitabbaṃ:

> If others praise me, the teaching, or the Saṅgha, you should admit that what is true is in fact true:  
> — The Divine Net

### [1.6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.1.6.6)

‘itipetaṃ bhūtaṃ, itipetaṃ tacchaṃ, atthi cetaṃ amhesu, saṃvijjati ca panetaṃ amhesū’ti.

> ‘This is why that’s true, this is why that’s correct. There is such a thing in us, it is found among us.’  
> — The Divine Net

## Translations (5)

- [Наставление о величайшей сети](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~ru-khantibalo.1.6.1) — Russian
- [Najobuhvatnija mreža gledišta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~sr-brankokovacevic.1.6.1) — sr
- [Das göttliche Netz](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~de-sabbamitta.1.6.1) — German
- [The Divine Net](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~en-sujato.1.6.1) — English
- [Brahmajala Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~en-rhysdavids.1.6) — English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.1.6) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

## Linked texts (4)

- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.21.9) — Classical Chinese
- [梵網六十二見經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.brahmajalasutra*zh-zhi-qian.1.7) — Classical Chinese
- [Chaṭṭhasaṅgāyana-pucchāvissajjanā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada_postcanon.modern.sangayana-puccha.2.17) — Pāli
- [Milindapañha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.milindapanha) — Pāli

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