[425] Sāvatthī. "Bhikkhus, when what exists, by clinging to what, by adhering to what, does such a view (diṭṭhi) as this arise: 'There is nothing given, nothing offered, nothing sacrificed; there is no fruit or result of good and bad actions; there is no this world, no other world; there is no mother, no father; there are no spontaneously reborn beings (opapātika); there are in the world no ascetics and brahmins of right attainment and right practice who, having realized this world and the other world for themselves by direct knowledge, make them known. This person is composed of the four great elements: when he dies, earth returns to and merges with the body of earth; water returns to and merges with the body of water; fire returns to and merges with the body of fire; air returns to and merges with the body of air; the faculties pass over into space. Four men, with the bier as fifth, carry away the corpse; the footsteps are discerned only as far as the charnel ground; the bones turn pigeon-grey; the offerings end in ashes. Giving is a doctrine laid down by fools; when any assert the doctrine that there is [such fruit], theirs is empty, false prattle. Fools and the wise alike, with the breakup of the body, are annihilated and perish; they do not exist after death'?"
"Venerable sir, our teachings are rooted in the Blessed One …"
"Bhikkhus, when form (rūpa) exists, by clinging to form, by adhering to form, such a view as this arises: 'There is nothing given, nothing offered … with the breakup of the body they are annihilated and perish; they do not exist after death.' When feeling (vedanā) exists … When perception (saññā) exists … When volitional formations (saṅkhārā) exist … When consciousness (viññāṇa) exists, by clinging to consciousness, by adhering to consciousness, such a view as this arises: 'There is nothing given, nothing offered … with the breakup of the body they are annihilated and perish; they do not exist after death.'"
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.