Early Monastic Buddhism v2.c36.71

v2.c36.71

The next discussion relating to upādāpaññatti (rebirth) of puggala raises the question of transmigration. The Sam. affirm that puggala passes from this world to the next but it is neither the self-same puggala nor a different puggala—a statement similar to what the Th. would say about the passing of the khaṇḍhas—avoiding the two heretical opinions of sassatavāda and ucchedavāda as also the ekaccasassatikavāda and amarāvikkhepaditthi.¹ In support of their contention the Sam. quoted the passages in which a “puggala” is said to pass from one world to another (sandhāvāti saṃsarati).