Brahmajalasutta 2.24
Brahmajālasutta 2.24
- Language
- Pāli
2.24.1
Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā ‘idaṃ kusalan’ti yathābhūtaṃ nappajānāti, ‘idaṃ akusalan’ti yathābhūtaṃ nappajānāti.
It’s when some ascetic or brahmin doesn’t truly understand what is skillful and what is unskillful.
2.24.2
Tassa evaṃ hoti:
They think:
2.24.3
‘ahaṃ kho “idaṃ kusalan”ti yathābhūtaṃ nappajānāmi, “idaṃ akusalan”ti yathābhūtaṃ nappajānāmi.
‘I don’t truly understand what is skillful and what is unskillful.
2.24.4
Ahañce kho pana “idaṃ kusalan”ti yathābhūtaṃ appajānanto, “idaṃ akusalan”ti yathābhūtaṃ appajānanto, “idaṃ kusalan”ti vā byākareyyaṃ, “idaṃ akusalan”ti vā byākareyyaṃ, taṃ mamassa musā.
If I were to declare that something was skillful or unskillful I might be wrong.
2.24.5
Yaṃ mamassa musā, so mamassa vighāto.
That would be stressful for me,
2.24.6
Yo mamassa vighāto so mamassa antarāyo’ti.
and that stress would be an obstacle.’
2.24.7
Iti so musāvādabhayā musāvādaparijegucchā nevidaṃ kusalanti byākaroti, na panidaṃ akusalanti byākaroti, tattha tattha pañhaṃ puṭṭho samāno vācāvikkhepaṃ āpajjati amarāvikkhepaṃ:
So from fear and disgust with false speech they avoid stating whether something is skillful or unskillful. Whenever they’re asked a question, they resort to verbal flip-flops and endless flip-flops:
2.24.8
‘evantipi me no; tathātipi me no; aññathātipi me no; notipi me no; no notipi me no’ti.
‘I don’t say it’s like this. I don’t say it’s like that. I don’t say it’s otherwise. I don’t say it’s not so. And I don’t deny it’s not so.’
2.24.9
Idaṃ, bhikkhave, paṭhamaṃ ṭhānaṃ, yaṃ āgamma yaṃ ārabbha eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā amarāvikkhepikā tattha tattha pañhaṃ puṭṭhā samānā vācāvikkhepaṃ āpajjanti amarāvikkhepaṃ.
This is the first ground on which some ascetics and brahmins rely when resorting to verbal flip-flops and endless flip-flops.
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
Commentaries (1)
- Sumaṅgalavilāsinī — Buddhaghosa, Pāli