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Brahmajalasutta 2.32

Brahmajālasutta 2.32

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Pāli

2.32.1

Dutiye ca bhonto samaṇabrāhmaṇā kimāgamma kimārabbha adhiccasamuppannikā adhiccasamuppannaṃ attānañca lokañca paññapenti?

And what is the second ground on which they rely?

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2.32.2

Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā takkī hoti vīmaṃsī.

It’s when some ascetic or brahmin relies on logic and inquiry.

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2.32.3

So takkapariyāhataṃ vīmaṃsānucaritaṃ sayampaṭibhānaṃ evamāha:

They speak of what they have worked out by logic, following a line of inquiry, expressing their own perspective:

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2.32.4

‘adhiccasamuppanno attā ca loko cā’ti.

‘The self and the cosmos arose anomalously.’

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2.32.5

Idaṃ, bhikkhave, dutiyaṃ ṭhānaṃ, yaṃ āgamma yaṃ ārabbha eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā adhiccasamuppannikā adhiccasamuppannaṃ attānañca lokañca paññapenti.

This is the second ground on which some ascetics and brahmins rely to assert that the self and the cosmos arose anomalously.

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