SN 24.12PTS SN 3.2151 min read

The Cosmos is Infinite

Anantavāsutta

The view that the cosmos is infinite 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 24.12Linked Discourses 24.12
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0.3AnantavāsuttaThe Cosmos is Infinite

1.1PTS 3.215Sāvatthinidānaṁ.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‘anantavā loko’”ti?‘The cosmos is infinite’?” …

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

1.6Dvādasamaṁ.