Brahmajalasutta 2.38.1-18
Brahmajālasutta 2.38.1-18
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2.38.1
Santi, bhikkhave, eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā uddhamāghātanikā saññīvādā uddhamāghātanaṃ saññiṃ attānaṃ paññapenti soḷasahi vatthūhi.
There are some ascetics and brahmins who say there is life after death, and assert that the self lives on after death in a percipient form on sixteen grounds.
2.38.2
Te ca bhonto samaṇabrāhmaṇā kimāgamma kimārabbha uddhamāghātanikā saññīvādā uddhamāghātanaṃ saññiṃ attānaṃ paññapenti soḷasahi vatthūhi?
And what are the sixteen grounds on which they rely?
2.38.3
‘Rūpī attā hoti arogo paraṃ maraṇā saññī’ti naṃ paññapenti.
They assert: ‘The self is healthy and percipient after death, and it is formed …
2.38.4
‘Arūpī attā hoti arogo paraṃ maraṇā saññī’ti naṃ paññapenti.
formless …
2.38.5
‘Rūpī ca arūpī ca attā hoti …pe….
both formed and formless …
2.38.6
‘Nevarūpī nārūpī attā hoti ….
neither formed nor formless …
2.38.7
‘Antavā attā hoti ….
finite …
2.38.8
‘Anantavā attā hoti ….
infinite …
2.38.9
‘Antavā ca anantavā ca attā hoti ….
both finite and infinite …
2.38.10
‘Nevantavā nānantavā attā hoti ….
neither finite nor infinite …
2.38.11
‘Ekattasaññī attā hoti ….
of unified perception …
2.38.12
‘Nānattasaññī attā hoti ….
of diverse perception …
2.38.13
‘Parittasaññī attā hoti ….
of limited perception …
2.38.14
‘Appamāṇasaññī attā hoti ….
of limitless perception …
2.38.15
‘Ekantasukhī attā hoti ….
experiences nothing but happiness …
2.38.16
‘Ekantadukkhī attā hoti ….
experiences absolute suffering …
2.38.17
‘Sukhadukkhī attā hoti ….
experiences both happiness and suffering …
2.38.18
‘Adukkhamasukhī attā hoti arogo paraṃ maraṇā saññī’ti naṃ paññapenti.
experiences neither happiness nor suffering.’
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