Aññatitthiyasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Nidānavaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 16 · Section 73

[73] "Suffering (dukkha), friends, has been said by the Blessed One to be dependently arisen. Dependent on what? Dependent on contact (phassa). Speaking thus, one would be stating what has been said by the Blessed One and would not misrepresent the Blessed One with what is untrue; one would explain in accordance with the Dhamma, and no legitimate consequence of one's assertion would give ground for criticism. Therein, friends, as for those ascetics and brahmins, proponents of kamma, who declare suffering to be made by oneself — that too is conditioned by contact. As for those … As for those … As for those ascetics and brahmins, proponents of kamma, who declare suffering to be fortuitously arisen, made neither by oneself nor by another — that too is conditioned by contact. Therein, friends, as for those ascetics and brahmins, proponents of kamma, who declare suffering to be made by oneself — that they should experience it apart from contact: such a thing is not possible. As for those ascetics and brahmins, proponents of kamma, who declare suffering to be made by another — that they should experience it apart from contact: such a thing is not possible. As for those ascetics and brahmins, proponents of kamma, who declare suffering to be made both by oneself and by another — that they should experience it apart from contact: such a thing is not possible. As for those ascetics and brahmins, proponents of kamma, who declare suffering to be fortuitously arisen, made neither by oneself nor by another — that they should experience it apart from contact: such a thing is not possible."

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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