[151] Māluṅkyaputta, it is not the case that when there is the view "The world is eternal" there would be the living of the holy life (brahmacariyavāsa); nor, Māluṅkyaputta, is it the case that when there is the view "The world is not eternal" there would be the living of the holy life. Māluṅkyaputta, whether there is the view "The world is eternal" or the view "The world is not eternal," there is still birth (jāti), there is aging (jarā), there is death (maraṇa), there are sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, and despair (soka-parideva-dukkha-domanassa-upāyāsa) — and it is the destruction of these in this very life that I proclaim.
Māluṅkyaputta, it is not the case that when there is the view "The world is finite" there would be the living of the holy life; nor, Māluṅkyaputta, is it the case that when there is the view "The world is infinite" there would be the living of the holy life. Māluṅkyaputta, whether there is the view "The world is finite" or the view "The world is infinite," there is still birth, there is aging, there is death, there are sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, and despair — and it is the destruction of these in this very life that I proclaim.
Māluṅkyaputta, it is not the case that when there is the view "The soul (jīva) is the same as the body (sarīra)" there would be the living of the holy life; nor, Māluṅkyaputta, is it the case that when there is the view "The soul is one thing, the body another" there would be the living of the holy life. Māluṅkyaputta, whether there is the view "The soul is the same as the body" or the view "The soul is one thing, the body another," there is still birth … the destruction of these I proclaim.
Māluṅkyaputta, it is not the case that when there is the view "The Tathāgata exists after death" there would be the living of the holy life; nor, Māluṅkyaputta, is it the case that when there is the view "The Tathāgata does not exist after death" there would be the living of the holy life. Māluṅkyaputta, whether there is the view "The Tathāgata exists after death" or the view "The Tathāgata does not exist after death," there is still birth … and it is the destruction of these in this very life that I proclaim.
Māluṅkyaputta, it is not the case that when there is the view "The Tathāgata both exists and does not exist after death" there would be the living of the holy life; nor, Māluṅkyaputta, is it the case that when there is the view "The Tathāgata neither exists nor does not exist after death" there would be the living of the holy life. Māluṅkyaputta, whether there is the view "The Tathāgata both exists and does not exist after death" or the view "The Tathāgata neither exists nor does not exist after death," there is still birth, there is aging, there is death, there are sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, and despair — and it is the destruction of these in this very life that I proclaim.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.