The Brahmajala, one of the Buddha’s most important discourses, weaves a net of sixty-two cases capturing all the speculative views on the self and the world.
The massive commentary and subcommentary allow for a close in-depth study of the work.
The book contains a lengthy treatise on the Theravada conception of the Bodhisattva ideal.
The long introduction is itself a modern philosophical commentary on the sutta.
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Buddha, Dhp 276
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