[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) › 2.31 # Brahmajalasutta 2.31 Brahmajālasutta 2.31 - **Language:** Pāli ### [2.31.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.31.1) Santi, bhikkhave, asaññasattā nāma devā. > There are gods named ‘non-percipient beings’. > — The Divine Net ### [2.31.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.31.2) Saññuppādā ca pana te devā tamhā kāyā cavanti. > When perception arises they pass away from that host of gods. > — The Divine Net ### [2.31.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.31.3) Ṭhānaṃ kho panetaṃ, bhikkhave, vijjati, yaṃ aññataro satto tamhā kāyā cavitvā itthattaṃ āgacchati. > It’s possible that one of those beings passes away from that host and is reborn in this place. > — The Divine Net ### [2.31.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.31.4) Itthattaṃ āgato samāno agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajati. > Having done so, they go forth from the lay life to homelessness. > — The Divine Net ### [2.31.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.31.5) Agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajito samāno ātappamanvāya padhānamanvāya anuyogamanvāya appamādamanvāya sammāmanasikāramanvāya tathārūpaṃ cetosamādhiṃ phusati, yathāsamāhite citte saññuppādaṃ anussarati, tato paraṃ nānussarati. > By dint of keen, resolute, committed, and diligent effort, and right application of mind, they experience an immersion of the heart of such a kind that they recollect the arising of perception, but no further. > — The Divine Net ### [2.31.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.31.6) So evamāha: > They say: > — The Divine Net ### [2.31.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.31.7) ‘adhiccasamuppanno attā ca loko ca. > ‘The self and the cosmos arose anomalously. > — The Divine Net ### [2.31.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.31.8) Taṃ kissa hetu? > Why is that? > — The Divine Net ### [2.31.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.31.9) Ahañhi pubbe nāhosiṃ, somhi etarahi ahutvā santatāya pariṇato’ti. > Because formerly I didn’t exist, whereas now, having not existed, I’ve transformed into the state of existing.’ > — The Divine Net ### [2.31.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.31.10) Idaṃ, bhikkhave, paṭhamaṃ ṭhānaṃ, yaṃ āgamma yaṃ ārabbha eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā adhiccasamuppannikā adhiccasamuppannaṃ attānañca lokañca paññapenti. > This is the first ground on which some ascetics and brahmins rely to assert that the self and the cosmos arose anomalously. > — The Divine Net ## Translations (5) - [Наставление о величайшей сети](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~ru-khantibalo.2.31.1) — Russian - [Najobuhvatnija mreža gledišta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~sr-brankokovacevic.2.31.1) — sr - [Das göttliche Netz](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~de-sabbamitta.2.31.1) — German - [The Divine Net](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~en-sujato.2.31.1) — English - [Brahmajala Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~en-rhysdavids.2.31) — English ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.1.68-73) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli ## Linked texts (4) - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.21.33) — Classical Chinese - [Pāthikasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.2.20.10) — Pāli - [Udāna](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.udana.6.5.9.2) — Pāli - [Kathāvatthu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.ap.kathavatthu) — Moggaliputta Tissa, Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.31) · Pramāṇa