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Brahmajalasutta 2.9.1-6

Brahmajālasutta 2.9.1-6

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2.9.1

So evamāha:

They say:

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2.9.2

‘ye kho te bhonto devā na khiḍḍāpadosikā, te na ativelaṃ hassakhiḍḍāratidhammasamāpannā viharanti. Tesaṃ na ativelaṃ hassakhiḍḍāratidhammasamāpannānaṃ viharataṃ sati na sammussati. Satiyā asammosā te devā tamhā kāyā na cavanti;

‘The gods not depraved by play don’t spend too much time laughing, playing, and making merry. So they don’t lose their mindfulness, and don’t pass away from that host of gods.

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2.9.3

niccā dhuvā sassatā avipariṇāmadhammā sassatisamaṃ tatheva ṭhassanti.

They are permanent, everlasting, eternal, imperishable, remaining the same for all eternity.

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2.9.4

Ye pana mayaṃ ahumhā khiḍḍāpadosikā, te mayaṃ ativelaṃ hassakhiḍḍāratidhammasamāpannā viharimhā. Tesaṃ no ativelaṃ hassakhiḍḍāratidhammasamāpannānaṃ viharataṃ sati sammussati. Satiyā sammosā evaṃ mayaṃ tamhā kāyā cutā

But we who were depraved by play spent too much time laughing, playing, and making merry. In doing so, we lost our mindfulness, and passed away from that host of gods.

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2.9.5

aniccā addhuvā appāyukā cavanadhammā itthattaṃ āgatā’ti.

We are impermanent, not lasting, short-lived, liable to pass away, and have come to this place.’

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2.9.6

Idaṃ, bhikkhave, dutiyaṃ ṭhānaṃ, yaṃ āgamma yaṃ ārabbha eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā ekaccasassatikā ekaccaasassatikā ekaccaṃ sassataṃ ekaccaṃ asassataṃ attānañca lokañca paññapenti.

This is the second ground on which some ascetics and brahmins rely to assert that the self and the cosmos are partially eternal.

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