To Kokanuda (On Viewpoints) Kokanuda Sutta (AN 10:96)

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('â', The cosmos is eternal. Only this is true; anything otherwise is worthless.â Is this the sort of view you have?" "No, my friend, I donât have that sort of view." "Very well, then: ),

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('â', The cosmos is not eternal. Only this is true; anything otherwise is worthless.â Is this the sort of view you have?" "No, my friend, I donât have that sort of view." "Very well, then: ),

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('â', The cosmos is finite ⦠â ⦠),

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('â', The cosmos is infinite ⦠â ⦠),

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('â', The soul & the body are the same ⦠â ⦠),

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('â', The soul is one thing and the body another ⦠â ⦠),

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('â', After death a Tathṅgata exists ⦠â ⦠),

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('â', After death a Tathṅgata does not exist ⦠â ⦠),

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('â', After death a Tathṅgata both does & does not exist ⦠â ⦠),

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('â', After death a Tathṅgata neither does nor does not exist. Only this is true; anything otherwise is worthless.â Is this the sort of view you have?" "No, my friend, I donât have that sort of view." "Then in that case, do you not know or see?" "No, my friend. Itâs not the case that I donât know, I donât see. I do know. I do see." "But on being asked, ),

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('â', How is it, my friend: "The cosmos is eternal. Only this is true; anything otherwise is worthless." Is this the sort of view you have?â you inform me, ),

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('â', No, my friend, I donât have that sort of view.â On being asked, ),

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('â', Very well then: "The cosmos is not eternal ⦠" ⦠"The cosmos is finite ⦠" ⦠"The cosmos is infinite ⦠" ⦠"The soul & the body are the same ⦠" ⦠"The soul is one thing and the body another ⦠" ⦠"After death a Tathṅgata exists ⦠" ⦠"After death a Tathṅgata does not exist ⦠" ⦠"After death a Tathṅgata both does & does not exist ⦠" ⦠"After death a Tathṅgata neither does nor does not exist. Only this is true; anything otherwise is worthless." Is this the sort of view you have?â you inform me, ),

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('â', No, my friend, I donât have that sort of view.â But on being asked, ),

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('â', Then in that case, do you not know or see?â you inform me, ),

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('â', No, my friend. Itâs not the case that I donât know or see. I do know. I do see.â Now, how is the meaning of this statement to be understood?" "),

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('â', The cosmos is eternal. Only this is true; anything otherwise is worthless,â is a viewpoint. ),

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('â', The cosmos is not eternal â¦â ⦠),

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('â', The cosmos is finite ⦠â ⦠),

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('â', The cosmos is infinite ⦠â ⦠),

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('â', The soul & the body are the same ⦠â ⦠),

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('â', The soul is one thing and the body another ⦠â ⦠),

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('â', After death a Tathṅgata exists ⦠â ⦠),

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('â', After death a Tathṅgata does not exist ⦠â ⦠),

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('â', After death a Tathṅgata both does & does not exist ⦠â ⦠),

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('â', After death a Tathṅgata neither does nor does not exist. Only this is true; anything otherwise is worthless,â is a viewpoint. The extent to which there are viewpoints, view-stances, the taking up of views, obsessions with views, the cause of views, & the uprooting of views: thatâs what I know. Thatâs what I see. Knowing that, I say ),

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('â', I know.â Seeing that, I say ),

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('â', I see.â Why should I say ),

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('â', I donât know, I donât seeâ? I do know. I do see." "What is your name, my friend? What do your companions in the holy life call you?" "My name is ṅnanda, my friend, and thatâs what my companions in the holy life call me." "What? Have I been talking with the great teacher without realizing that he was Ven. ṅnanda? Had I recognized that he was Ven. ṅnanda, I would not have cross-examined him so much. May Ven. ṅnanda please forgive me." See also: DN 15; MN 63; MN 72; AN 4:24; Sn 4:11 - --> - - - -