[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) › 3.12 # Brahmajalasutta 3.12 Brahmajālasutta 3.12 - **Language:** Pāli ### [3.12.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.3.12.1) Tamañño evamāha: > But someone else says to them: > — The Divine Net ### [3.12.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.3.12.2) ‘atthi kho, bho, eso attā, yaṃ tvaṃ vadesi, neso natthīti vadāmi; > ‘That self of which you speak does exist, I don’t deny it. > — The Divine Net ### [3.12.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.3.12.3) no ca kho, bho, ayaṃ attā ettāvatā sammā samucchinno hoti. > But that’s not how this self becomes rightly annihilated. > — The Divine Net ### [3.12.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.3.12.4) Atthi kho, bho, añño attā dibbo rūpī manomayo sabbaṅgapaccaṅgī ahīnindriyo. > There is another self that is heavenly, formed, mind-made, whole in its major and minor limbs, not deficient in any faculty. > — The Divine Net ### [3.12.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.3.12.5) Taṃ tvaṃ na jānāsi na passasi. > You don’t know or see that. > — The Divine Net ### [3.12.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.3.12.6) Tamahaṃ jānāmi passāmi. > But I know it and see it. > — The Divine Net ### [3.12.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.3.12.7) So kho, bho, attā yato kāyassa bhedā ucchijjati vinassati, na hoti paraṃ maraṇā, ettāvatā kho, bho, ayaṃ attā sammā samucchinno hotī’ti. > Since this self is annihilated and destroyed when the body breaks up, and doesn’t exist after death, that’s how this self becomes rightly annihilated.’ > — The Divine Net ### [3.12.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.3.12.8) Ittheke sato sattassa ucchedaṃ vināsaṃ vibhavaṃ paññapenti. > That is how some assert the annihilation of an existing being. > — The Divine Net ## Translations (5) - [Наставление о величайшей сети](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~ru-khantibalo.3.12.1) — Russian - [Najobuhvatnija mreža gledišta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~sr-brankokovacevic.3.12.1) — sr - [Das göttliche Netz](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~de-sabbamitta.3.12.1) — German - [The Divine Net](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~en-sujato.3.12.1) — English - [Brahmajala Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~en-rhysdavids.3.12) — English ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.1.87) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli ## Linked texts (3) - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.21.39) — Classical Chinese - [梵網六十二見經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.brahmajalasutra*zh-zhi-qian.1.47) — Classical Chinese - [Vibhaṅga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.ap.vibhanga.17.278.5) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.3.12) · Pramāṇa