The Long Āgama Sūtra 17.29
長阿含經 17.29
- Language
- Classical Chinese
17.29
「或有沙門、婆羅門有如是論、有如是見:『此世常存,此實餘虛,——乃至無量想是我,此實餘虛。』彼沙門、婆羅門復作如是說、如是見:『此實,餘者虛妄。』當報彼言:『汝實作此論,云何此世常存?此實餘虛耶?如此語者,佛所不許。所以者何?此諸見中各有結使,我以理推,諸沙門、婆羅門中,無與我等者,況欲出過?此諸邪見但有言耳,不中共論,——乃至無量想是我,亦復如是。』
“Some ascetics and priests have such theories and such views: ‘This world is eternal. This is true; the rest is false … Self is conceived as measureless. This is true; the rest is false.’ Those ascetics and priests also make such statements and such views: ‘This is true; the rest is false.’
“The response to that should be, ‘You really have made this theory? How is this world eternal? How is this true, and the rest is false? Such statements as these aren’t permitted by the Buddha.’ Why is that? In each of these views, there is bondage. It’s reasonable to conclude there are no ascetics or priests that are our equals. How could they surpass us? These wrong views are just words that I don’t discuss with you. Each one up to ‘Self is conceived as measureless,’ is likewise.
Translations (2)
- The Long Discourses (selected sūtras) — Charles Patton, English
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation