[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) › 2.19 # Brahmajalasutta 2.19 Brahmajālasutta 2.19 - **Language:** Pāli ### [2.19.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.19.1) Tatiye ca bhonto samaṇabrāhmaṇā kimāgamma kimārabbha antānantikā antānantaṃ lokassa paññapenti? > And what is the third ground on which they rely? > — The Divine Net ### [2.19.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.19.2) 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. > — The Divine Net ### [2.19.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.19.3) So evamāha: > They say: > — The Divine Net ### [2.19.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.19.4) ‘antavā ca ayaṃ loko ananto ca. > ‘The cosmos is both finite and infinite. > — The Divine Net ### [2.19.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.19.5) Ye te samaṇabrāhmaṇā evamāhaṃsu: > The ascetics and brahmins who say that > — The Divine Net ### [2.19.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.19.6) “antavā ayaṃ loko parivaṭumo”ti, tesaṃ musā. > the cosmos is finite are wrong, > — The Divine Net ### [2.19.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.19.7) Yepi te samaṇabrāhmaṇā evamāhaṃsu: > and so are those who say that > — The Divine Net ### [2.19.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.19.8) “ananto ayaṃ loko apariyanto”ti, tesampi musā. > the cosmos is infinite. > — The Divine Net ### [2.19.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.19.9) Antavā ca ayaṃ loko ananto ca. > The cosmos is both finite and infinite. > — The Divine Net ### [2.19.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.19.10) Taṃ kissa hetu? > Why is that? > — The Divine Net ### [2.19.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.19.11) 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. > — The Divine Net ### [2.19.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.19.12) Imināmahaṃ etaṃ jānāmi: > Because of this I know: > — The Divine Net ### [2.19.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.19.13) “yathā antavā ca ayaṃ loko ananto cā”’ti. > “The cosmos is both finite and infinite.”’ > — The Divine Net ### [2.19.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.19.14) 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. > — The Divine Net ## Translations (5) - [Наставление о величайшей сети](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~ru-khantibalo.2.19.1) — Russian - [Najobuhvatnija mreža gledišta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~sr-brankokovacevic.2.19.1) — sr - [Das göttliche Netz](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~de-sabbamitta.2.19.1) — German - [The Divine Net](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~en-sujato.2.19.1) — English - [Brahmajala Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~en-rhysdavids.2.19) — English ## Linked texts (2) - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.21.27) — 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.1.2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.19) · Pramāṇa