Brahmajalasutta 2.20
Brahmajālasutta 2.20
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2.20.1
Catutthe ca bhonto samaṇabrāhmaṇā kimāgamma kimārabbha antānantikā antānantaṃ lokassa paññapenti?
And what is the fourth ground on which they rely?
2.20.2
Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā takkī hoti vīmaṃsī. So takkapariyāhataṃ vīmaṃsānucaritaṃ sayampaṭibhānaṃ evamāha:
It’s when some ascetic or brahmin relies on logic and inquiry. They speak of what they have worked out by logic, following a line of inquiry, expressing their own perspective:
2.20.3
‘nevāyaṃ loko antavā, na panānanto.
‘The cosmos is neither finite nor infinite.
2.20.4
Ye te samaṇabrāhmaṇā evamāhaṃsu:
The ascetics and brahmins who say that
2.20.5
“antavā ayaṃ loko parivaṭumo”ti, tesaṃ musā.
the cosmos is finite are wrong,
2.20.6
Yepi te samaṇabrāhmaṇā evamāhaṃsu:
as are those who say that
2.20.7
“ananto ayaṃ loko apariyanto”ti, tesampi musā.
the cosmos is infinite,
2.20.8
Yepi te samaṇabrāhmaṇā evamāhaṃsu:
and also those who say that
2.20.9
“antavā ca ayaṃ loko ananto cā”ti, tesampi musā.
the cosmos is both finite and infinite.
2.20.10
Nevāyaṃ loko antavā, na panānanto’ti.
The cosmos is neither finite nor infinite.’
2.20.11
Idaṃ, bhikkhave, catutthaṃ ṭhānaṃ, yaṃ āgamma yaṃ ārabbha eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā antānantikā antānantaṃ lokassa paññapenti.
This is the fourth 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