[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) › 2.12 # Brahmajalasutta 2.12 Brahmajālasutta 2.12 - **Language:** Pāli ### [2.12.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.12.1) So evamāha: > They say: > — The Divine Net ### [2.12.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.12.2) ‘ye kho te bhonto devā na manopadosikā, te nātivelaṃ aññamaññaṃ upanijjhāyanti. Te nātivelaṃ aññamaññaṃ upanijjhāyantā aññamaññamhi cittāni nappadūsenti. Te aññamaññaṃ appaduṭṭhacittā akilantakāyā akilantacittā. Te devā tamhā kāyā na cavanti, > ‘The gods who are not malevolent don’t spend too much time gazing at each other, so they don’t grow angry with each other, their bodies and minds don’t get tired, and they don’t pass away from that host of gods. > — The Divine Net ### [2.12.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.12.3) niccā dhuvā sassatā avipariṇāmadhammā sassatisamaṃ tatheva ṭhassanti. > They are permanent, everlasting, eternal, imperishable, remaining the same for all eternity. > — The Divine Net ### [2.12.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.12.4) Ye pana mayaṃ ahumhā manopadosikā, te mayaṃ ativelaṃ aññamaññaṃ upanijjhāyimhā. Te mayaṃ ativelaṃ aññamaññaṃ upanijjhāyantā aññamaññamhi cittāni padūsimhā, te mayaṃ aññamaññaṃ paduṭṭhacittā kilantakāyā kilantacittā. Evaṃ mayaṃ tamhā kāyā cutā > But we who were malevolent spent too much time gazing at each other, we grew angry with each other, our bodies and minds got tired, and we passed away from that host of gods. > — The Divine Net ### [2.12.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.12.5) aniccā addhuvā appāyukā cavanadhammā itthattaṃ āgatā’ti. > We are impermanent, not lasting, short-lived, liable to pass away, and have come to this place.’ > — The Divine Net ### [2.12.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.12.6) Idaṃ, bhikkhave, tatiyaṃ ṭhānaṃ, yaṃ āgamma yaṃ ārabbha eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā ekaccasassatikā ekaccaasassatikā ekaccaṃ sassataṃ ekaccaṃ asassataṃ attānañca lokañca paññapenti. > This is the third ground on which some ascetics and brahmins rely to assert that the self and the cosmos are partially eternal. > — The Divine Net ## Translations (5) - [Наставление о величайшей сети](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~ru-khantibalo.2.12.1) — Russian - [Najobuhvatnija mreža gledišta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~sr-brankokovacevic.2.12.1) — sr - [Das göttliche Netz](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~de-sabbamitta.2.12.1) — German - [The Divine Net](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~en-sujato.2.12.1) — English - [Brahmajala Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~en-rhysdavids.2.12) — English ## Linked texts (3) - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.21.23) — Classical Chinese - [梵網六十二見經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.brahmajalasutra*zh-zhi-qian.1.34) — Classical Chinese - [Pāthikasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.2.19.14) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.12) · Pramāṇa