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Brahmajalasutta 3.10

Brahmajālasutta 3.10

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Pāli

3.10.1

Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā evaṃvādī hoti evaṃdiṭṭhi:

There are some ascetics and brahmins who have this doctrine and view:

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3.10.2

‘yato kho, bho, ayaṃ attā rūpī cātumahābhūtiko mātāpettikasambhavo kāyassa bhedā ucchijjati vinassati, na hoti paraṃ maraṇā, ettāvatā kho, bho, ayaṃ attā sammā samucchinno hotī’ti.

‘This self is formed, made up of the four principal states, and produced by mother and father. Since it’s annihilated and destroyed when the body breaks up, and doesn’t exist after death, that’s how this self becomes rightly annihilated.’

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3.10.3

Ittheke sato sattassa ucchedaṃ vināsaṃ vibhavaṃ paññapenti.

That is how some assert the annihilation of an existing being.

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