The Round of Conditions and Liberation From the Round
The Round of Sensory Contact
"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 in 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
are conditioned by contact via the sense-organs. It is impossible for them to experience these feelings otherwise."