[141] 6. Thus have I heard. On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling at Sāvatthī, in the Jetavana, Anāthapiṇḍika's Park. Now at that time a great many ascetics, brahmins, and wanderers of various sects (nānātitthiyā) were residing at Sāvatthī — holding various views (diṭṭhi), of various persuasions (khanti), of various preferences (ruci), relying for support on their various views. There were some ascetics and brahmins of this doctrine, of this view: "The self (attā) and the world (loka) are eternal (sassata); this alone is true, anything else is vain." But there were some ascetics and brahmins of this doctrine, of this view: "The self and the world are not eternal; this alone is true, anything else is vain." There were some ascetics and brahmins of this doctrine, of this view: "The self and the world are both eternal and not eternal; this alone is true, anything else is vain." But there were some ascetics and brahmins of this doctrine, of this view: "The self and the world are neither eternal nor not eternal; this alone is true, anything else is vain." There were some ascetics and brahmins of this doctrine, of this view: "The self and the world are made by oneself (sayaṅkata); this alone is true, anything else is vain." But there were some ascetics and brahmins of this doctrine, of this view: "The self and the world are made by another (paraṅkata); this alone is true, anything else is vain." There were some ascetics and brahmins of this doctrine, of this view: "The self and the world are both made by oneself and made by another; this alone is true, anything else is vain." But there were some ascetics and brahmins of this doctrine, of this view: "The self and the world are neither made by oneself nor made by another, but have arisen fortuitously (adhiccasamuppanna); this alone is true, anything else is vain." There were some ascetics and brahmins of this doctrine, of this view: "Pleasure and pain (sukhadukkha), and the self and the world, are eternal; this alone is true, anything else is vain." But there were some ascetics and brahmins of this doctrine, of this view: "Pleasure and pain, and the self and the world, are not eternal; this alone is true, anything else is vain." There were some ascetics and brahmins of this doctrine, of this view: "Pleasure and pain, and the self and the world, are both eternal and not eternal; this alone is true, anything else is vain." But there were some ascetics and brahmins of this doctrine, of this view: "Pleasure and pain, and the self and the world, are neither eternal nor not eternal; this alone is true, anything else is vain." There were some ascetics and brahmins of this doctrine, of this view: "Pleasure and pain, and the self and the world, are made by oneself; this alone is true, anything else is vain." But there were some ascetics and brahmins of this doctrine, of this view: "Pleasure and pain, and the self and the world, are made by another; this alone is true, anything else is vain." There were some ascetics and brahmins of this doctrine, of this view: "Pleasure and pain, and the self and the world, are both made by oneself and made by another; this alone is true, anything else is vain." But there were some ascetics and brahmins of this doctrine, of this view: "Pleasure and pain, and the self and the world, are neither made by oneself nor made by another, but have arisen fortuitously; this alone is true, anything else is vain." And they lived given to quarrels, given to strife, fallen into disputes, stabbing one another with verbal daggers, saying: "The Dhamma is like this, the Dhamma is not like this; the Dhamma is not like this, the Dhamma is like this."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.