The Word of the Buddha Wrong Understanding

¶ 83And owing to what, with reference to what, do these venerable ascetics and brahmins assert that the self and the world are partially eternal and partially not eternal on the fourth ground? It’s when some ascetic or brahmin relies on logic and inquiry. They speak of what they have worked out by logic, following a line of inquiry, expressing their own perspective: ‘That which is called “the eye”, “the ear”, “the nose”, “the tongue”, and also “the body”: that self is impermanent, not lasting, not eternal, and subject to change. That which is called “mind” or “sentience” or “consciousness”: that self is permanent, everlasting, eternal, not subject to change, and will remain just the same for all eternity.’ This is the fourth ground on which some ascetics and brahmins rely to assert that the self and the world are partially eternal and partially not eternal.