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The Long Āgama Sūtra 21.26

長阿含經 21.26

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Classical Chinese

21.26

「或有沙門、婆羅門以種種方便,入定意三昧,以三昧心觀世間,起無邊想,彼作是言:『世間無邊,此實餘虛,所以者何?我以種種方便,入定意三昧,以三昧心觀世間無邊,是故知世間無邊,此實餘虛。』是第二見。沙門、婆羅門因此於本劫本見起論:我及世間無邊,於四見中,齊此不過。

“Some ascetics and priests use various methods to enter a samādhi mind through which they examine the world and perceive that it has limits. They then say, ‘This world has limits. This is true; the rest is false. Why is that? Using various methods, I entered a samādhi of mind through which I examined the world and its limits. Therefore, I know: “The world has limits. This is true; the rest is false.”’ This is the first view. As a result of creating this theory about past eons that self and world have limits, ascetics and priests don’t go beyond these four views.

Charles Patton, The Long Discourses (selected sūtras)

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