Brahmajāla Sutta Para. 4

  Pali:

4. Atha kho bhagavā tesaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ imaṃ saṅkhiyadhammaṃ viditvā yena
maṇḍalamāḷo tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā paññatte āsane nisīdi. Nisajja
kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi – ‘‘kāyanuttha, bhikkhave, etarahi kathāya
sannisinnā sannipatitā, kā ca pana vo antarākathā vippakatā’’ti? Evaṃ
vutte te bhikkhū bhagavantaṃ etadavocuṃ – ‘‘idha, bhante, amhākaṃ
rattiyā paccūsasamayaṃ paccuṭṭhitānaṃ maṇḍalamāḷe sannisinnānaṃ
sannipatitānaṃ ayaṃ saṅkhiyadhammo udapādi – ‘acchariyaṃ, āvuso,
abbhutaṃ, āvuso, yāvañcidaṃ tena bhagavatā jānatā passatā arahatā
sammāsambuddhena sattānaṃ nānādhimuttikatā suppaṭividitā. Ayañhi suppiyo
paribbājako anekapariyāyena buddhassa avaṇṇaṃ bhāsati, dhammassa avaṇṇaṃ
bhāsati, saṅghassa  avaṇṇaṃ bhāsati; suppiyassa pana paribbājakassa
antevāsī brahmadatto māṇavo anekapariyāyena buddhassa vaṇṇaṃ bhāsati,
dhammassa vaṇṇaṃ bhāsati, saṅghassa vaṇṇaṃ bhāsati. Itihame ubho
ācariyantevāsī aññamaññassa ujuvipaccanīkavādā bhagavantaṃ piṭṭhito
piṭṭhito  anubandhā honti bhikkhusaṅghañcā’ti. Ayaṃ kho no, bhante,
antarākathā vippakatā, atha bhagavā anuppatto’’ti.


English:

4.  Then the Exalted One, realizing the turn their discussion had taken,
entered the pavilion, sat down on the prepared seat, and addressed the
bhikkhus: "What kind of discussion were you holding just now, bhikkhus?
What was the subject of your conversation?"

The bhikkhus replied: "When dawn had broken, Lord, after rising we
assembled in the pavilion. As we sat here, the following conversation
sprang up among us: 'It is wonderful and marvellous friends, how the
Exalted One, he who knows and sees, the Worthy One, the perfectly
enlightened Buddha, has so thoroughly penetrated the diversity in the
dispositions of beings. For this wanderer Suppiya spoke in many ways in
dispraise of the Buddha, the Dhamma, and the Sangha, while his own
pupil, the youth Brahmadatta, spoke in many ways in their praise. These
two, teacher and pupil, followed closely behind the Exalted One and the
company of bhikkhus, making assertions in direct contradiction to each
other.' This, Lord, was the conversation we were having when the Exalted
One arrived."


Sources:

Pali: http://tipitaka.org/romn/cscd/s0101m.mul0.xml
English: http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/dn/dn.01.0.bodh.html


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Posted by Brother Noah Yuttadhammo
18 September, 2010