51-54.
Four Discourses Beginning with Non-realisation of Matter
657-660.
At Sāvatthī.
Then the wandering ascetic Vacchagotta approached the Blessed One;
having approached, he exchanged friendly greetings with the Blessed One.
Having concluded the pleasant and memorable talk, he sat down to one side.
Seated to one side, the wandering ascetic Vacchagotta said this to the Blessed One -
"What, Master Gotama, is the cause, what is the condition, by which these various wrong views arise in the world -
'The world is eternal' etc.
'The Truth-finder neither exists nor does not exist after death'?"
"Through not realising matter, Vaccha, through not realising the origin of matter, through not realising the cessation of matter, through not realising the practice leading to the cessation of matter, etc.
At Sāvatthī. "Through not realising feeling, Vaccha, etc. through not realising the practice leading to the cessation of feeling, etc.
At Sāvatthī. "Through not realising perception, Vaccha, etc. through not realising the practice leading to the cessation of perception, etc.
At Sāvatthī. "Through not realising activities, Vaccha, etc. through not realising the practice leading to the cessation of activities, etc. The fifty-fourth.