Connected Discourses 12.48

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1. Linked Discourses 12.48
2. 5. Householders
3. A Cosmologist
4. At Sāvatthī.
5. Then a brahmin cosmologist went up to the Buddha …
6. Seated to one side he said to the Buddha:
7. “Worthy Gotama, does all exist?”
8. “‘All exists’: this is the oldest cosmology, brahmin.”
9. “Then does all not exist?”
10. “‘All does not exist’: this is the second cosmology.
11. “Well, is all a unity?”
12. “‘All is a unity’: this is the third cosmology.
13. “Then is all a plurality?”
14. “‘All is a plurality’: this is the fourth cosmology.
15. Avoiding these two extremes, the Realized One teaches by the middle way:
16. ‘Ignorance is a condition for choices.
17. Choices are a condition for consciousness. …
18. That is how this entire mass of suffering originates.
19. When ignorance fades away and ceases with nothing left over, choices cease.
20. When choices cease, consciousness ceases. …
21. That is how this entire mass of suffering ceases.’”
22. When he said this, the brahmin cosmologist said to the Buddha,
23. “Excellent, worthy Gotama! Excellent! …
24. From this day forth, may the worthy Gotama remember me as a lay follower who has gone for refuge for life.”