Early Monastic Buddhism v2.c36.40

v2.c36.40

The Vā. admit the existence of *aupapāduka* beings and *antarābhava*,² and prove thereby the existence of *pudgala*. They also cite the passage "*ekapuggalo bhikkhave loke uppajjamāno uppajjati bahujanahitāya*" (*Aṅguttara*, i. 22) and lay stress on the word "puggala", saying this "puggala" is born (*uppajjati*) and hence there is besides the *skandhas* something, which may be designated as "puggala". V. refutes all these by appropriate quotations and arguments.