Moggallānasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Saḷāyatanavaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 18 · Section 792

[792] "Vaccha, wanderers of other sects (aññatitthiyā paribbājakā) regard the eye thus: 'This is mine, this I am, this is my self' … they regard the tongue thus: 'This is mine, this I am, this is my self' … they regard the mind thus: 'This is mine, this I am, this is my self.' Therefore, when the wanderers of other sects are asked thus, their answer is thus: 'The world is eternal,' or … or 'The Tathāgata neither exists nor does not exist after death.' But, Vaccha, the Tathāgata, the Arahant, the Perfectly Awakened One, regards the eye thus: 'This is not mine, this I am not, this is not my self' … he regards the tongue thus: 'This is not mine, this I am not, this is not my self' … he regards the mind thus: 'This is not mine, this I am not, this is not my self.' Therefore, when the Tathāgata is asked thus, his answer is not thus: 'The world is eternal,' or 'The world is not eternal,' or 'The world is finite,' or 'The world is infinite,' or 'The soul (jīva) and the body are the same,' or 'The soul is one thing, the body another,' or 'The Tathāgata exists after death,' or 'The Tathāgata does not exist after death,' or 'The Tathāgata both exists and does not exist after death,' or 'The Tathāgata neither exists nor does not exist after death.'"

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.