SN 24.11PTS SN 3.2141 min read

The Cosmos is Finite

Antavāsutta

The view that the cosmos is finite is given up by seeing the aggregates, as well as what is seen, heard, thought, and known, as impermanent.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 24.11Linked Discourses 24.11
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0.3AntavāsuttaThe Cosmos is Finite

1.1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2“Kismiṁ nu kho, bhikkhave, sati, kiṁ upādāya, kiṁ abhinivissa evaṁ diṭṭhi uppajjati:“Mendicants, when what exists, because of grasping what and insisting on what, does the view arise:1.3‘antavā loko’”ti?‘The cosmos is finite’?” …

1.4“Bhagavaṁmūlakā no, bhante, dhammā …pe…1.5niyato sambodhiparāyano”ti.

1.6Ekādasamaṁ.