Asassatadiṭṭhisutta

Sāvatthinidānaṁ. “Kismiṁ nu kho, bhikkhave, sati, kiṁ upādāya, kiṁ abhinivissa evaṁ diṭṭhi uppajjati: ‘asassato loko’”ti? “Bhagavaṁmūlakā no, bhante, dhammā …pe…

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. …”

“Rūpe kho, bhikkhave, sati …pe… viññāṇaṁ niccaṁ vā aniccaṁ vā”ti? “Aniccaṁ, bhante” …pe… api nu taṁ anupādāya evaṁ diṭṭhi uppajjeyya: ‘asassato loko’”ti? “No hetaṁ, bhante”. “Yampidaṁ diṭṭhaṁ sutaṁ mutaṁ viññātaṁ pattaṁ pariyesitaṁ anuvicaritaṁ manasā tampi niccaṁ vā aniccaṁ vā”ti? “Aniccaṁ, bhante …pe… api nu taṁ anupādāya evaṁ diṭṭhi uppajjeyya: ‘asassato loko’”ti? “No hetaṁ, bhante”.

“When form exists …” … “But by not grasping what’s impermanent, suffering, and perishable, would such a view arise?” “No, sir.”

“Yato kho, bhikkhave, ariyasāvakassa imesu ca ṭhānesu kaṅkhā pahīnā hoti, dukkhepissa kaṅkhā pahīnā hoti …pe… dukkhanirodhagāminiyā paṭipadāyapissa kaṅkhā pahīnā hoti— ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako sotāpanno avinipātadhammo niyato sambodhiparāyano”ti. Dasamaṁ.

“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, they’re called a noble disciple who is a stream-enterer, not liable to be reborn in the underworld, assured, destined for awakening.”