The Long Āgama Sūtra 21.27

21.27

「或有沙門、婆羅門以種種方便，入定意三昧，以三昧心觀世間，謂上方有邊，四方無邊彼作是言：『世間有邊無邊，此實餘虛，所以者何？我以種種方便，入定意三昧，以三昧心觀上方有邊，四方無邊，是故我知世間有邊無邊，此實餘虛。』是為第三見。諸沙門、婆羅門因此於本劫本見起論：我及世間有邊無邊，於此四見中，齊是不過。

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

“Some ascetics and priests use various methods to enter a samādhi of mind through which they examine the world. They take the upward direction to have a limit and the four directions to be limitless. They then say, ‘This world has a limit, and it’s limitless. This is true; the rest is false. Why is that? Using various methods, I’ve entered a samādhi of mind through which I examined the world. I observed that the upward direction has a limit and that the four directions are limitless. Therefore, I know: “The world has a limit, and it’s limitless. This is true; the rest is false.”’ This is the third view. As a result of creating this theory about past eons that self and world are limited and limitless, ascetics and priests don’t go beyond these four views.