Brahmajalasutta 2.18
Brahmajala Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha) 2.18
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2.18
‘The second case is similar, only that the conclusion is: ‘Infinite is the world without a limit. Those recluses and Brahmans who say it is finite, so that a path could be traced round it, are wrong.”
2.18.n1
According to Buddhaghosa (Ats. 160) there are four things that are infinite-space, the number of world-systems, the number of living creatures, and the wisdom of a Buddha. Had this doctrine formed part of the original Buddhism we should expect to find these cattāri - anantāni in the chapter on the ‘Fours’ in the Aṅguttara, but I do not find them there.
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- Brahmajālasutta — Pāli