[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) › 2.17.1-8 # Brahmajalasutta 2.17.1-8 Brahmajālasutta 2.17.1-8 - **Language:** Pāli ### [2.17.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.17.1) Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā ātappamanvāya padhānamanvāya anuyogamanvāya appamādamanvāya sammāmanasikāramanvāya tathārūpaṃ cetosamādhiṃ phusati, yathāsamāhite citte antasaññī lokasmiṃ viharati. > It’s when some ascetic or brahmin—by dint of keen, resolute, committed, and diligent effort, and right application of mind—experiences an immersion of the heart of such a kind that they meditate perceiving the cosmos as finite. > — The Divine Net ### [2.17.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.17.2) So evamāha: > They say: > — The Divine Net ### [2.17.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.17.3) ‘antavā ayaṃ loko parivaṭumo. > ‘The cosmos is finite and restricted. > — The Divine Net ### [2.17.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.17.4) Taṃ kissa hetu? > Why is that? > — The Divine Net ### [2.17.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.17.5) Ahañhi ātappamanvāya padhānamanvāya anuyogamanvāya appamādamanvāya sammāmanasikāramanvāya tathārūpaṃ cetosamādhiṃ phusāmi, yathāsamāhite citte antasaññī lokasmiṃ viharāmi. > Because by dint of keen, resolute, committed, and diligent effort, and right application of mind I experience an immersion of the heart of such a kind that I meditate perceiving the cosmos as finite. > — The Divine Net ### [2.17.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.17.6) Imināmahaṃ etaṃ jānāmi: > Because of this I know: > — The Divine Net ### [2.17.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.17.7) “yathā antavā ayaṃ loko parivaṭumo”’ti. > “The cosmos is finite and restricted.”’ > — The Divine Net ### [2.17.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.17.8) Idaṃ, bhikkhave, paṭhamaṃ ṭhānaṃ, yaṃ āgamma yaṃ ārabbha eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā antānantikā antānantaṃ lokassa paññapenti. > This is the first ground on which some ascetics and brahmins rely to assert that the cosmos is finite or infinite. > — The Divine Net ## Translations (5) - [Наставление о величайшей сети](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~ru-khantibalo.2.17.1) — Russian - [Najobuhvatnija mreža gledišta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~sr-brankokovacevic.2.17.1) — sr - [Das göttliche Netz](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~de-sabbamitta.2.17.1) — German - [The Divine Net](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~en-sujato.2.17.1) — English - [Brahmajala Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~en-rhysdavids.2.17) — English ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.1.54-60) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli ## Linked texts (2) - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.21.25) — Classical Chinese - [梵網六十二見經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.brahmajalasutra*zh-zhi-qian.1.36) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.17.1-8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.17.1-8) · Pramāṇa