The Round of Conditions and Liberation From the Round
The Round of Anxiety and Hesitation
"Monks, those recluses and Brahmans who:
- Upon four grounds theorize that the world and the soul are eternal
- Upon four grounds theorize that the world and the soul are partially eternal
- Upon four grounds theorize that the world is finite or infinite
- Upon four grounds, like an eel twisting and turning, resort to equivocation when others question their positions
- Upon two grounds theorize that the soul and the world originate without cause
- Upon eighteen grounds formulate theories about the past
- Upon sixteen grounds theorize that consciousness survives death
- Upon eight grounds theorize that consciousness does not survive death
- Upon eight grounds theorize that consciousness neither survives death nor doesn't survive death
- Upon seven grounds theorize that living beings can be annihilated
- Upon five grounds assert that living beings can find happiness and total salvation in this world
do so merely out of their feelings, and without real knowledge or experience. Anxiety and hesitation form the basis of their discourse."