Brahmajalasutta 2.19
Brahmajālasutta 2.19
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2.19.1
Tatiye ca bhonto samaṇabrāhmaṇā kimāgamma kimārabbha antānantikā antānantaṃ lokassa paññapenti?
And what is the third ground on which they rely?
2.19.2
Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā ātappamanvāya padhānamanvāya anuyogamanvāya appamādamanvāya sammāmanasikāramanvāya tathārūpaṃ cetosamādhiṃ phusati, yathāsamāhite citte uddhamadho antasaññī lokasmiṃ viharati, tiriyaṃ anantasaññī.
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 vertically but infinite horizontally.
2.19.3
So evamāha:
They say:
2.19.4
‘antavā ca ayaṃ loko ananto ca.
‘The cosmos is both finite and infinite.
2.19.5
Ye te samaṇabrāhmaṇā evamāhaṃsu:
The ascetics and brahmins who say that
2.19.6
“antavā ayaṃ loko parivaṭumo”ti, tesaṃ musā.
the cosmos is finite are wrong,
2.19.7
Yepi te samaṇabrāhmaṇā evamāhaṃsu:
and so are those who say that
2.19.8
“ananto ayaṃ loko apariyanto”ti, tesampi musā.
the cosmos is infinite.
2.19.9
Antavā ca ayaṃ loko ananto ca.
The cosmos is both finite and infinite.
2.19.10
Taṃ kissa hetu?
Why is that?
2.19.11
Ahañhi ātappamanvāya padhānamanvāya anuyogamanvāya appamādamanvāya sammāmanasikāramanvāya tathārūpaṃ cetosamādhiṃ phusāmi, yathāsamāhite citte uddhamadho antasaññī lokasmiṃ viharāmi, tiriyaṃ anantasaññī.
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 vertically but infinite horizontally.
2.19.12
Imināmahaṃ etaṃ jānāmi:
Because of this I know:
2.19.13
“yathā antavā ca ayaṃ loko ananto cā”’ti.
“The cosmos is both finite and infinite.”’
2.19.14
Idaṃ, bhikkhave, tatiyaṃ ṭhānaṃ, yaṃ āgamma yaṃ ārabbha eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā antānantikā antānantaṃ lokassa paññapenti.
This is the third 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