The Cosmos is Not Eternal

Asassatadiṭṭhisutta

The Cosmos is Not Eternal

Asassatadiṭṭhisutta

EN
At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, when what exists, because of grasping what and insisting on what, does the view arise: ‘The cosmos is not eternal’?” “Our teachings are rooted in the Buddha. …”
PL
Sāvatthinidānaṁ. “Kismiṁ nu kho, bhikkhave, sati, kiṁ upādāya, kiṁ abhinivissa evaṁ diṭṭhi uppajjati: ‘asassato loko’”ti? “Bhagavaṁmūlakā no, bhante, dhammā …pe…
EN
“When form exists …” …
PL
“Rūpe kho, bhikkhave, sati …pe… viññāṇaṁ niccaṁ vā aniccaṁ vā”ti? “Aniccaṁ, bhante” …pe… api nu taṁ anupādāya evaṁ diṭṭhi uppajjeyya:
PL
‘asassato loko’”ti? “No hetaṁ, bhante”. “Yampidaṁ diṭṭhaṁ sutaṁ mutaṁ viññātaṁ pattaṁ pariyesitaṁ anuvicaritaṁ manasā tampi niccaṁ vā aniccaṁ vā”ti? “Aniccaṁ, bhante …pe…
EN
“But by not grasping what’s impermanent, suffering, and perishable, would such a view arise?” “No, sir.” “When a noble disciple has given up doubt regarding these six grounds, and has given up doubt in suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation,
PL
api nu taṁ anupādāya evaṁ diṭṭhi uppajjeyya: ‘asassato loko’”ti? “No hetaṁ, bhante”. “Yato kho, bhikkhave, ariyasāvakassa imesu ca ṭhānesu kaṅkhā pahīnā hoti, dukkhepissa kaṅkhā pahīnā hoti …pe… dukkhanirodhagāminiyā paṭipadāyapissa kaṅkhā pahīnā hoti—
EN
they’re called a noble disciple who is a stream-enterer, not liable to be reborn in the underworld, assured, destined for awakening.”
PL
ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako sotāpanno avinipātadhammo niyato sambodhiparāyano”ti. Dasamaṁ.

Pāli root text and English translation by Bhikkhu Sujato from SuttaCentral (https://suttacentral.net), CC0.

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