Brahmajalasutta 2.17
The Divine Net 2.17
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2.17.1
It’s when some ascetic or brahmin—by dint of keen, resolute, committed, and diligent effort, and right application of mind—experiences an immersion of the heart of such a kind that they meditate perceiving the cosmos as finite.
2.17.2
They say:
2.17.3
‘The cosmos is finite and restricted.
2.17.4
Why is that?
2.17.5
Because by dint of keen, resolute, committed, and diligent effort, and right application of mind I experience an immersion of the heart of such a kind that I meditate perceiving the cosmos as finite.
2.17.6
Because of this I know:
2.17.7
“The cosmos is finite and restricted.”’
2.17.8
This is the first ground on which some ascetics and brahmins rely to assert that the cosmos is finite or infinite.
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