The Long Āgama Sūtra 28.32

28.32

梵志白佛言：「如是。瞿曇！我異見、異習、異忍、異受，依異法故，欲知人想生、人想滅者，甚難！甚難！所以者何？我、世間有常，此實餘虛；我、世間無常，此實餘虛；我、世間有常無常，此實餘虛；我、世間非有常非無常，此實餘虛。我、世間有邊，此實餘虛；我、世間無邊，此實餘虛；我、世間有邊無邊，此實餘虛；我、世間非有邊非無邊，此實餘虛。是命是身，此實餘虛；命異身異，此實餘虛；身命非異非不異，此實餘虛；無命無身，此實餘虛。如來終，此實餘虛；如來不終，此實餘虛；如來終不終，此實餘虛；如來非終非不終，此實餘虛。」

The wanderer said to the Buddha, “So it is, Gautama. I have a different view, different training, different tolerance, different experience, and rely on a different teaching, so my desire to know the concept of a person that arises and the concept of a person that ceases is very difficult. Very difficult. Why is that?

“‘Self and the world are permanent. This is true; anything else is false.’ ‘Self and the world are impermanent. This is true; anything else is false.’ ‘Self and the world are permanent and impermanent. This is true; anything else is false.’ ‘Self and the world are neither permanent nor impermanent. This is true; anything else is false.’

“‘Self and the world have limits. This is true; anything else is false.’ ‘Self and the world are limitless. This is true; anything else is false.’ ‘Self and world have limits and are limitless. This is true; anything else is false.’ ‘Self and the world are neither limited nor limitless. This is true; anything else is false.’

“‘The soul is the body. This is true; anything else is false.’ ‘The soul is one thing, and the body is another. This is true; anything else is false.’ ‘The body and soul are neither different nor not different. This is true; anything else is false.’ ‘There’s no soul and no body. This is true; anything else is false.’

“‘The Tathāgata dies. This is true; anything else is false.’ ‘The Tathāgata doesn’t die. This is true; anything else is false.’ ‘The Tathāgata dies and doesn’t die. This is true; anything else is false.’ ‘The Tathāgata neither dies nor doesn’t die. This is true; anything else is false.’”