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Saṃyutta Nikāya - The Connected Discourses

Connected Discourses on Causation: SN12:48 A Cosmologist

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1 Sāvatthiyaṃ viharati. Atha kho lokāyatiko brāhmaṇo yena bhagavā … pe … ekamantaṃ nisinno kho lokāyatiko brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṃ etadavoca: 

2 "Kiṃ nu kho, bho gotama, sabbamatthī"ti? "‘Sabbamatthī’ti kho, brāhmaṇa, jeṭṭhametaṃ lokāyataṃ".

3 "Kiṃ pana, bho gotama, sabbaṃ natthī"ti? "‘Sabbaṃ natthī’ti kho, brāhmaṇa, dutiyametaṃ lokāyataṃ".

4 "Kiṃ nu kho, bho gotama, sabbamekattan"ti? "‘Sabbamekattan’ti kho, brāhmaṇa, tatiyametaṃ lokāyataṃ".

5 "Kiṃ pana, bho gotama, sabbaṃ puthuttan"ti? "‘Sabbaṃ puthuttan’ti kho, brāhmaṇa, catutthametaṃ lokāyataṃ.

6 Ete te, brāhmaṇa, ubho ante anupagamma majjhena tathāgato dhammaṃ deseti:  ‘avijjāpaccayā sankhārā; sankhārapaccayā viññāṇaṃ … pe … evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa samudayo hoti. Avijjāya tveva asesavirāganirodhā sankhāranirodho; sankhāranirodhā viññāṇanirodho … pe … evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa nirodho hotī’"ti.

7 Evaṃ vutte, lokāyatiko brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṃ etadavoca:  "abhikkantaṃ, bho gotama … pe … ajjatagge pāṇupetaṃ saraṇaṃ gatan"ti.

Aṭṭhamaṃ.