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[Sakavādin:] Is the person (puggala) apprehended in the sense of a real and ultimate fact (sacchikaṭṭha-paramaṭṭha)?
[Paravādin:] Yes.
[Sakavādin:] Is not the Blessed One a speaker of truth, a speaker at the proper time, a speaker of what is real, a speaker of what is so, a speaker of what is not untrue, a speaker of what is not otherwise?
[Paravādin:] Yes.
[Sakavādin:] It was said by the Blessed One: "Seniya, there are these three teachers who exist and are found in the world. Which three? Here, Seniya, a certain teacher declares a self (attā) as true and actual in the present life (diṭṭhadhamma), and also declares a self as true and actual in the hereafter (abhisamparāya). But here, Seniya, a certain teacher declares a self as true and actual only in the present life, and does not declare a self as true and actual in the hereafter. And here, Seniya, a certain teacher does not declare a self as true and actual in the present life, and does not declare a self as true and actual in the hereafter. Therein, Seniya, the teacher who declares a self as true and actual in the present life and also declares a self as true and actual in the hereafter — this teacher, Seniya, is called an eternalist (sassatavāda). Therein, Seniya, the teacher who declares a self as true and actual only in the present life and does not declare a self as true and actual in the hereafter — this teacher, Seniya, is called an annihilationist (ucchedavāda). Therein, Seniya, the teacher who does not declare a self as true and actual in the present life and does not declare a self as true and actual in the hereafter — this teacher, Seniya, is called a Fully Self-Enlightened One (sammāsambuddha). These, Seniya, are the three teachers who exist and are found in the world." — Is there indeed such a discourse (suttanta)?
[Paravādin:] Yes.
[Sakavādin:] Then indeed it should not be said, "The person is apprehended in the sense of a real and ultimate fact."
¹ [Source footnote:] M. Mū. 260.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.