[337] Through which fifty modes is there adherence by the view that grasps an extreme (antaggāhikā diṭṭhi)?
Through how many modes is there adherence by the view that grasps an extreme, "The world is eternal"? Through how many modes is there adherence by the view that grasps an extreme, "The world is not eternal"? "The world is finite" — by the view that grasps an extreme; "The world is infinite" — by the view that grasps an extreme; "The soul is the same as the body" — by the view that grasps an extreme; "The soul is one thing, the body another" — by the view that grasps an extreme; "The Tathāgata exists after death" — … "The Tathāgata does not exist after death"; "The Tathāgata both exists and does not exist after death"; "The Tathāgata neither exists nor does not exist after death" — through how many modes is there adherence by the view that grasps an extreme?
"The world is eternal" — through five modes there is adherence by the view that grasps an extreme … "The Tathāgata neither exists nor does not exist after death" — through five modes there is adherence by the view that grasps an extreme.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.