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長阿含經 21.24

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21.24

"Or there are śramaṇas and brāhmaṇas who possess nimble intellect and are skilled at contemplation. By their nimble and contemplative intellect, with their own intellect and eloquence, they say: 'The self and the world are partly eternal and partly impermanent; this is true and the rest is false.' This is the fourth view. It is because of this that śramaṇas and brāhmaṇas raise doctrines concerning the past kalpas and speculative views of the past: 'The self and the world are partly eternal and partly impermanent.' Within these four views, they do not go beyond this. Those śramaṇas and brāhmaṇas who raise doctrines concerning the past kalpas and speculative views of the past, [holding that] the self and the world are partly eternal and partly impermanent, are all included within these four views; they do not go beyond them. Only the Buddha can know where these views lead, how they are held and adhered to, and he also knows their retribution. What the Tathāgata knows further surpasses this: though he knows, he does not cling; because he does not cling, he attains tranquility. Knowing the arising, cessation, gratification, peril, and escape regarding feeling, by viewing them with equanimity he attains liberation without remainder; therefore he is called the Tathāgata. This is another illumination of the profound and subtle great Dharma that causes noble disciples to praise the Tathāgata in truth and impartiality.

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