[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) › 21.42 # The Long Āgama Sūtra 21.42 長阿含經 21.42 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [21.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.21.42) 「諸有沙門、婆羅門於末劫末見，無數種種，隨意所說；於四十四見中，齊是不過，唯佛能知此諸見處，亦復如是。諸有沙門、婆羅門於本劫本見、末劫末見，無數種種，隨意所說，盡入此六十二見中；於本劫本見、末劫末見，無數種種，隨意所說；於六十二見中，齊此不過，唯如來知此見處，亦復如是。諸有沙門、婆羅門於本劫本見，生常論，說：『我、世間是常。』彼沙門、婆羅門於此生智，謂異信、異欲、異聞、異緣、異覺、異見、異定、異忍，因此生智，彼以希現則名為受，——乃至現在泥洹，亦復如是。諸有沙門、婆羅門生常論，言：『世間是常。』彼因受緣，起愛生愛而不自覺知，染著於愛，為愛所伏，——乃至現在泥洹，亦復如是。諸有沙門、婆羅門於本劫本見，生常論，言：『世間是常。』彼因觸緣故，若離觸緣而立論者，無有是處，——乃至現在泥洹，亦復如是。諸有沙門、婆羅門於本劫本見、末劫末見，各隨所見說，彼盡入六十二見中，各隨所見說，盡依中在中，齊是不過。猶如巧捕魚師，以細目網覆小池上，當知池中水性之類，皆入網內，無逃避處，齊是不過。諸沙門、婆羅門亦復如是，於本劫本見、末劫末見，種種所說，盡入六十二見中，齊是不過。 > “Some ascetics and priests make countless and diverse statements as they like about future eons, and they all enter these 44 views and don’t go beyond them. There’s only the Buddha who can know this … same as before. > — Charles Patton, The Long Discourses (selected sūtras) > “Some ascetics and priests make countless and diverse statements as they like about past and future eons, and they all enter these 62 views by doing so. Making these diverse and countless statements about past and future eons, they don’t go beyond these 62 views. There’s only the Buddha who can know this … same as before. > — Charles Patton, The Long Discourses (selected sūtras) > “Some ascetics and priests create eternalist theories and say that self and the world are eternal. Those ascetics and priests regarding this possess the knowledge of \[past\] births, which is caused by a different faith, different desire, different learning, different relations, different understanding, different view, different samādhi, and different tolerance. Because it rarely occurs, it’s called an attainment … each ground of views is the same up to Nirvāṇa in the present life. > — Charles Patton, The Long Discourses (selected sūtras) > “Ascetics and priests create eternalist theories and say that the world is eternal. As a result of being conditioned by that ascertainment, they produce and give rise to craving, but they aren’t aware of it themselves. Being defiled and attached to craving, they submit to those cravings… each ground of views is the same up to Nirvāṇa in the present life. > — Charles Patton, The Long Discourses (selected sūtras) > “Some ascetics and priests create eternalist theories about past eons and say that the world is eternal. They do so as a result of being conditioned by contact. It would be impossible for them to establish their theories unless they were conditioned by contact… each ground of views is the same up to Nirvāṇa in the present. > — Charles Patton, The Long Discourses (selected sūtras) > “Some ascetics and priests each speak according to their views about past and future eons. They all enter these 62 views by doing so. They each speak according to their views, and they all depend on those views, which they don’t go beyond. > — Charles Patton, The Long Discourses (selected sūtras) > “It’s like a fisherman who covers the top of a small pond with a fine-meshed net. He knows that whatever kind of aquatic life in the pond that enters his net won’t have a way to escape and won’t go beyond it. > — Charles Patton, The Long Discourses (selected sūtras) > “Ascetics and priests are likewise. They make diverse statements about past and future eons, and they all enter these 62 views and don’t go beyond them. > — Charles Patton, The Long Discourses (selected sūtras) - [Previous: 21.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.21.41) - [Next: 21.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.21.43) - [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.p146) — Charles Patton, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas~en-mt.21.42) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [舍利弗阿毘曇論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.darsana.abhidharma.sariputrabhidharma*zh-dharmayasas.20.27) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.21.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.21.42) · Pramāṇa