Brahmajalasutta 2.18
Brahmajālasutta 2.18
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2.18.1
Dutiye ca bhonto samaṇabrāhmaṇā kimāgamma kimārabbha antānantikā antānantaṃ lokassa paññapenti?
And what is the second ground on which they rely?
2.18.2
Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā ātappamanvāya padhānamanvāya anuyogamanvāya appamādamanvāya sammāmanasikāramanvāya tathārūpaṃ cetosamādhiṃ phusati, yathāsamāhite citte anantasaññī 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 infinite.
2.18.3
So evamāha:
They say:
2.18.4
‘ananto ayaṃ loko apariyanto.
‘The cosmos is infinite and unbounded.
2.18.5
Ye te samaṇabrāhmaṇā evamāhaṃsu:
The ascetics and brahmins who say that
2.18.6
“antavā ayaṃ loko parivaṭumo”ti, tesaṃ musā.
the cosmos is finite are wrong.
2.18.7
Ananto ayaṃ loko apariyanto.
The cosmos is infinite and unbounded.
2.18.8
Taṃ kissa hetu?
Why is that?
2.18.9
Ahañhi ātappamanvāya padhānamanvāya anuyogamanvāya appamādamanvāya sammāmanasikāramanvāya tathārūpaṃ cetosamādhiṃ phusāmi, yathāsamāhite citte anantasaññī 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 infinite.
2.18.10
Imināmahaṃ etaṃ jānāmi:
Because of this I know:
2.18.11
“yathā ananto ayaṃ loko apariyanto”’ti.
“The cosmos is infinite and unbounded.”’
2.18.12
Idaṃ, bhikkhave, dutiyaṃ ṭhānaṃ, yaṃ āgamma yaṃ ārabbha eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā antānantikā antānantaṃ lokassa paññapenti.
This is the second ground on which some ascetics and brahmins rely to assert that the cosmos is finite or infinite.
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