Tripiṭaka 5. Gahapativagga
5. Householders
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Atha kho lokāyatiko brāhmaṇo yena bhagavā …pe…
Then a brahmin cosmologist went up to the Buddha …
ekamantaṁ nisinno kho lokāyatiko brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:
Seated to one side he said to the Buddha:
“‘Sabbamatthī’ti kho, brāhmaṇa, jeṭṭhametaṁ lokāyataṁ”.
“‘All exists’: this is the oldest cosmology, brahmin.”
“‘Sabbaṁ natthī’ti kho, brāhmaṇa, dutiyametaṁ lokāyataṁ”.
“‘All does not exist’: this is the second cosmology.
“‘Sabbamekattan’ti kho, brāhmaṇa, tatiyametaṁ lokāyataṁ”.
“‘All is oneness’: this is the third cosmology.
“‘Sabbaṁ puthuttan’ti kho, brāhmaṇa, catutthametaṁ lokāyataṁ.
“‘All is expansiveness’: this is the fourth cosmology.
Ete te, brāhmaṇa, ubho ante anupagamma majjhena tathāgato dhammaṁ deseti:
Avoiding these two extremes, the Realized One teaches by the middle way:
evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa samudayo hoti.
That is how this entire mass of suffering originates.
Avijjāya tveva asesavirāganirodhā saṅkhāranirodho;
When ignorance fades away and ceases with nothing left over, choices cease.
evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa nirodho hotī’”ti.
That is how this entire mass of suffering ceases.’”
Evaṁ vutte, lokāyatiko brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:
When he said this, the brahmin cosmologist said to the Buddha,
ajjatagge pāṇupetaṁ saraṇaṁ gatan”ti.
From this day forth, may the worthy Gotama remember me as a lay follower who has gone for refuge for life.”
Aṭṭhamaṁ.