7.
The Discourse to Jāṇussoṇi
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He was dwelling at Sāvatthī.
Then the brahmin Jāṇussoṇi approached the Blessed One;
having approached, together with the Blessed One... etc.
Seated to one side, the brahmin Jāṇussoṇi said this to the Blessed One:
"What then, Master Gotama, does all exist?" "'All exists' - this, brahmin, is one extreme."
"What then, Master Gotama, does all not exist?" "'All does not exist' - this, brahmin, is the second extreme. Not approaching these two extremes, brahmin, the Truth-finder expounds the Teaching by the middle - 'With ignorance as condition, activities; with activities as condition, consciousness; etc. Thus is the origin of this whole mass of suffering. But from the complete fading away and cessation of ignorance comes the cessation of activities; from the cessation of activities comes the cessation of consciousness; etc. Thus is the cessation of this whole mass of suffering.'"
When this was said, the brahmin Jāṇussoṇi said this to the Blessed One: "Excellent, Master Gotama! Etc. gone for refuge for life." The seventh.