Early Monastic Buddhism v2.c35.s3.t5.111

v2.c35.s3.t5.111

The fifth opinion is based on a passage of the Aṅg. Nik. (iv. 396) and cited in the Kvu. (I. 3, p. 99) in which it is said that the inhabitants of Jambudīpa surpass those of Uttarakuru and Tāvatiṃsa heaven in courage, mindfulness and in religious life (brahmacariyāvāsa);¹ from this it has been inferred that there cannot be any saint in Uttarakuru.² It has been mentioned above that the S. as well as the Th. exclude the Asaññisattas from the gods who follow a religious life, and so, among the Asaññisattas also there cannot be any saint.³