Brahmajalasutta 1.13
The Divine Net 1.13
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1.13.1
‘There are some ascetics and brahmins who, while enjoying food given in faith, still engage in seeing shows.
1.13.2
This includes such things as dancing, singing, music, performances, and storytelling; clapping, gongs, and kettledrums; beauty pageants; pole-acrobatics and bone-washing displays of the corpse-workers; battles of elephants, horses, buffaloes, bulls, goats, rams, chickens, and quails; staff-fights, boxing, and wrestling; combat, roll calls of the armed forces, battle-formations, and regimental reviews.
1.13.3
The ascetic Gotama refrains from such shows.’
1.13.4
Such is an ordinary person’s praise of the Realized One.
Translations (4)
- Наставление о величайшей сети — Russian
- Najobuhvatnija mreža gledišta — sr
- Das göttliche Netz — German
- Brahmajala Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha) — English
Commentaries (1)
- Sumaṅgalavilāsinī — Buddhaghosa, Pāli
Linked texts (1)
- Brahmajālasutta — Pāli