← Saṃyutta NikāyaSN24.9Connected Discourses 24.9SuttaCentral (Bhikkhu Sujato translation)Select any verse to keep it — saved passages go to your Dhamma Deck, the same one the app uses.Linked Discourses 24.91. Stream-EntryThe Cosmos is EternalAt Sāvatthī.“Mendicants, when what exists, because of grasping what and insisting on what, does the view arise:‘The cosmos is eternal’?”“Our teachings are rooted in the Buddha. …”“When form exists, because of grasping form and insisting on form, the view arises:‘The cosmos is eternal.’When feeling … perception …choices …consciousness exists, because of grasping consciousness and insisting on consciousness, the view arises:‘The cosmos is eternal.’What do you think, mendicants?Is form permanent or impermanent?”“Impermanent, sir.” …“But by not grasping what’s impermanent, suffering, and perishable, would such a view arise?”“No, sir.”“When a noble disciple has given up doubt in these six cases, and has given up doubt in suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation,they’re called a noble disciple who is a stream-enterer, not liable to be reborn in the underworld, bound for awakening.”