12.
The Discourse on Wrong View
49.
This was said by the Blessed One, said by the Worthy One, thus have I heard:
"Monks, obsessed by two wrong views, some gods and humans lag behind, some run beyond; and those with vision see.
"And how, monks, do some lag behind? Monks, gods and humans delight in existence, are devoted to existence, rejoice in existence; when the Teaching for the cessation of existence is being taught, their mind does not spring forward, does not become clear, does not become settled, does not become resolved. Thus, monks, some lag behind.
"And how, monks, do some run beyond? But some, being troubled, ashamed, and disgusted by existence itself, delight in non-existence - 'Since, dear sir, this self upon the body's collapse at death is annihilated and perishes, does not exist after death; this is peaceful, this is sublime, this is exact.' Thus, monks, some run beyond.
"And how, monks, do those with vision see? Here a monk sees what has come to be as what has come to be; having seen what has come to be as what has come to be, he is practising for disenchantment, dispassion, and cessation of what has come to be. Thus, monks, those with vision see." The Blessed One said this meaning. Therein this is said:
Become liberated in what is as it really is, with the utter elimination of craving for existence.
Through the non-existence of what has come to be, a monk does not come to rebirth."
This meaning too was spoken by the Blessed One, thus have I heard. The twelfth.