sn33.2:1.1 At Sāvatthī.
sn33.2:1.2 Then the wanderer Vacchagotta said to the Buddha:
sn33.2:1.3 “What is the cause, worthy Gotama, what is the reason why these various misconceptions arise in the world? That is:
sn33.2:1.4 the cosmos is eternal, or not eternal …
sn33.2:1.5 after death, a realized one neither still exists nor no longer exists.”
sn33.2:1.6 “Vaccha, it is because of not knowing feeling, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation
sn33.2:1.7 that these various misconceptions arise in the world.
sn33.2:1.10 This is the cause, this is the reason.”