[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) › 2.3 # Brahmajalasutta 2.3 Brahmajālasutta 2.3 - **Language:** Pāli ### [2.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.3.1) Hoti kho so, bhikkhave, samayo, yaṃ kadāci karahaci dīghassa addhuno accayena ayaṃ loko vivaṭṭati. > There comes a time when, after a very long period has passed, this cosmos expands. > — The Divine Net ### [2.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.3.2) Vivaṭṭamāne loke suññaṃ brahmavimānaṃ pātubhavati. > As it expands an empty mansion of divinity appears. > — The Divine Net ### [2.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.3.3) Atha kho aññataro satto āyukkhayā vā puññakkhayā vā ābhassarakāyā cavitvā suññaṃ brahmavimānaṃ upapajjati. > Then a certain sentient being—due to the running out of their life-span or merit—passes away from that host of luminous deities and is reborn in that empty mansion of divinity. > — The Divine Net ### [2.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.3.4) So tattha hoti manomayo pītibhakkho sayampabho antalikkhacaro subhaṭṭhāyī, ciraṃ dīghamaddhānaṃ tiṭṭhati. > There they are mind-made, feeding on rapture, self-radiant, wandering in midair, steadily glorious, and they remain like that for a very long time. > — The Divine Net ## Translations (5) - [Наставление о величайшей сети](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~ru-khantibalo.2.3.1) — Russian - [Najobuhvatnija mreža gledišta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~sr-brankokovacevic.2.3.1) — sr - [Das göttliche Netz](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~de-sabbamitta.2.3.1) — German - [The Divine Net](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~en-sujato.2.3.1) — English - [Brahmajala Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~en-rhysdavids.2.3) — English ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.1.40) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli ## Linked texts (3) - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.21.21) — Classical Chinese - [梵網六十二見經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.brahmajalasutra*zh-zhi-qian.1.34) — Classical Chinese - [Pāthikasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.2.15.3) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.3) · Pramāṇa