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Brahmajāla Sūtra
Vinaya Sutra in Mahayana Buddhism / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Brahmajāla Sūtra (traditional Chinese: 梵網經; ; pinyin: Fànwǎng jīng; Japanese pronunciation: Bonmōkyō), also called the Brahma's Net Sutra, is a Mahayana Buddhist Vinaya Sutra. The Chinese translation can be found in the Taishō Tripiṭaka.[1] The Tibetan translation can be found in Peking (Beijing) Kangyur 256.[2] From the Tibetan it was also translated into Mongolian and the Manchu languages. It is known alternatively as the Brahmajāla Bodhisattva Śīla Sūtra (traditional Chinese: 梵網菩薩戒經; ; pinyin: Fàn Wǎng Púsà Jiè Jīng).
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The Brahmajāla Sūtra is related to the important Huayan metaphor of Indra's net.
It is not related to the Brahmajala Sutta of the Pāli Canon of Theravada Buddhism.