Aññatitthiyasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Nidānavaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 16 · Section 72

[72] When the Venerable Sāriputta had sat down to one side, those wanderers of other sects said this to him: "Friend Sāriputta, there are some ascetics and brahmins, proponents of kamma (kammavādā), who declare that suffering (dukkha) is made by oneself. But there are, friend Sāriputta, some ascetics and brahmins, proponents of kamma, who declare that suffering is made by another. There are, friend Sāriputta, some ascetics and brahmins, proponents of kamma, who declare that suffering is made both by oneself and by another. But there are, friend Sāriputta, some ascetics and brahmins, proponents of kamma, who declare that suffering, being made neither by oneself nor by another, has arisen fortuitously (adhiccasamuppanna). Now here, friend Sāriputta, what does the ascetic Gotama say? What does he proclaim? And answering in what way would we be speakers of what has been said by the ascetic Gotama, and not misrepresent the ascetic Gotama with what is untrue, and would answer in accordance with the Dhamma, so that no legitimate consequence of our assertion would come to a ground for criticism?"

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.