[940] Therein, which are the three grounds of sectarian tenets (titthāyatana)?
Here some ascetic (samaṇa) or brahmin is of such a doctrine, of such a view: 'Whatever this person (purisapuggala) experiences, whether pleasure, pain, or neither-pain-nor-pleasure, all that is caused by what was done in the past (pubbekatahetu).'
But here some ascetic or brahmin is of such a doctrine, of such a view: 'Whatever this person experiences, whether pleasure, pain, or neither-pain-nor-pleasure, all that is caused by the creative act of a supreme lord (issaranimmānahetu).'
But here some ascetic or brahmin is of such a doctrine, of such a view: 'Whatever this person experiences, whether pleasure, pain, or neither-pain-nor-pleasure, all that is without cause, without condition (ahetu appaccayā).'
These are the three grounds of sectarian tenets.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.