[36] (2) And in the second case, on what grounds, with reference to what, do those honorable ascetics and brahmins who hold the doctrine of the finite and the infinite declare that the world is finite and infinite? Bhikkhus, here some ascetic or brahmin—by means of ardent striving (ātappa), by means of exertion, by means of application, by means of diligence, by means of right attention—attains such a concentration of mind (cetosamādhi) that, when his mind (citta) is concentrated, he dwells perceiving the world as infinite. He says thus: 'This world is infinite, unbounded. Those ascetics and brahmins who say, "This world is finite, bounded all around"—their statement is false. This world is infinite, unbounded. Why is that? Because I—by means of ardent striving, by means of exertion, by means of application, by means of diligence, by means of right attention—attain such a concentration of mind that, when my mind is concentrated, I dwell perceiving the world as infinite. By this I know this: that this world is infinite, unbounded.' Bhikkhus, this is the second ground, relying on which, with reference to which, some ascetics and brahmins who hold the doctrine of the finite and the infinite declare that the world is finite and infinite.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.