Early Monastic Buddhism v2.c36.60

v2.c36.60

Now the Th. give up the logical tricks and put the question straight (para 11) thus: whether *puggala* is a *paramattha-sacca*,³ or not, *i.e.* whether or not the *puggala* is known in the same way as the real and ultimate everywhere (*sabbattha*) in and outside *rūpa* (material parts of the body), always (*sabbadā*) in this and the following existences, and in everything (*sabbesu*) *i.e.*, in all *khandhas*, *āyatanas*, *dhātus* etc. The answer of the Sam. is also definitely in the negative, *i.e.*, they do not consider "puggala" as real in the highest sense, and as existing everywhere, always and in everything as pointed out by the Th.