[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) › 2.20 # Brahmajalasutta 2.20 Brahmajālasutta 2.20 - **Language:** Pāli ### [2.20.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.20.1) Catutthe ca bhonto samaṇabrāhmaṇā kimāgamma kimārabbha antānantikā antānantaṃ lokassa paññapenti? > And what is the fourth ground on which they rely? > — The Divine Net ### [2.20.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.20.2) 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: > — The Divine Net ### [2.20.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.20.3) ‘nevāyaṃ loko antavā, na panānanto. > ‘The cosmos is neither finite nor infinite. > — The Divine Net ### [2.20.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.20.4) Ye te samaṇabrāhmaṇā evamāhaṃsu: > The ascetics and brahmins who say that > — The Divine Net ### [2.20.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.20.5) “antavā ayaṃ loko parivaṭumo”ti, tesaṃ musā. > the cosmos is finite are wrong, > — The Divine Net ### [2.20.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.20.6) Yepi te samaṇabrāhmaṇā evamāhaṃsu: > as are those who say that > — The Divine Net ### [2.20.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.20.7) “ananto ayaṃ loko apariyanto”ti, tesampi musā. > the cosmos is infinite, > — The Divine Net ### [2.20.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.20.8) Yepi te samaṇabrāhmaṇā evamāhaṃsu: > and also those who say that > — The Divine Net ### [2.20.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.20.9) “antavā ca ayaṃ loko ananto cā”ti, tesampi musā. > the cosmos is both finite and infinite. > — The Divine Net ### [2.20.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.20.10) Nevāyaṃ loko antavā, na panānanto’ti. > The cosmos is neither finite nor infinite.’ > — The Divine Net ### [2.20.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.20.11) 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. > — The Divine Net ## Translations (5) - [Наставление о величайшей сети](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~ru-khantibalo.2.20.1) — Russian - [Najobuhvatnija mreža gledišta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~sr-brankokovacevic.2.20.1) — sr - [Das göttliche Netz](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~de-sabbamitta.2.20.1) — German - [The Divine Net](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~en-sujato.2.20.1) — English - [Brahmajala Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~en-rhysdavids.2.20) — English ## Linked texts (2) - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.21.28) — 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.1.2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.20) · Pramāṇa