[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) › 2.18.1-12 # Brahmajalasutta 2.18.1-12 Brahmajālasutta 2.18.1-12 - **Language:** Pāli ### [2.18.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.18.1) Dutiye ca bhonto samaṇabrāhmaṇā kimāgamma kimārabbha antānantikā antānantaṃ lokassa paññapenti? > And what is the second ground on which they rely? > — The Divine Net ### [2.18.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.18.2) 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. > — The Divine Net ### [2.18.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.18.3) So evamāha: > They say: > — The Divine Net ### [2.18.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.18.4) ‘ananto ayaṃ loko apariyanto. > ‘The cosmos is infinite and unbounded. > — The Divine Net ### [2.18.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.18.5) Ye te samaṇabrāhmaṇā evamāhaṃsu: > The ascetics and brahmins who say that > — The Divine Net ### [2.18.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.18.6) “antavā ayaṃ loko parivaṭumo”ti, tesaṃ musā. > the cosmos is finite are wrong. > — The Divine Net ### [2.18.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.18.7) Ananto ayaṃ loko apariyanto. > The cosmos is infinite and unbounded. > — The Divine Net ### [2.18.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.18.8) Taṃ kissa hetu? > Why is that? > — The Divine Net ### [2.18.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.18.9) 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. > — The Divine Net ### [2.18.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.18.10) Imināmahaṃ etaṃ jānāmi: > Because of this I know: > — The Divine Net ### [2.18.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.18.11) “yathā ananto ayaṃ loko apariyanto”’ti. > “The cosmos is infinite and unbounded.”’ > — The Divine Net ### [2.18.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.18.12) 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. > — The Divine Net ## Translations (5) - [Наставление о величайшей сети](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~ru-khantibalo.2.18.1) — Russian - [Najobuhvatnija mreža gledišta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~sr-brankokovacevic.2.18.1) — sr - [Das göttliche Netz](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~de-sabbamitta.2.18.1) — German - [The Divine Net](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~en-sujato.2.18.1) — English - [Brahmajala Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~en-rhysdavids.2.18) — English ## Linked texts (2) - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.21.26) — 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.1.2.18.1-12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.18.1-12) · Pramāṇa