[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Buddhist Sanskrit literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit) › [Āgama sūtras of the mainstream schools](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama) › [Dīrghāgama (Dharmaguptaka)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama) › [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas) › 21.27 # The Long Āgama Sūtra 21.27 長阿含經 21.27 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [21.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.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. > — Charles Patton, The Long Discourses (selected sūtras) > “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. > — Charles Patton, The Long Discourses (selected sūtras) - [Previous: 21.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.21.26) - [Next: 21.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.21.28) - [Up: 21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.21) ## Translations (2) - [The Long Discourses (selected sūtras)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas~en-patton.21.p60) — Charles Patton, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas~en-mt.21.27) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Brahmajālasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.19.1-14) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.21.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.21.27) · Pramāṇa