{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn16.12/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn16.12","id":"suttacentral_sn16.12","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn16.12/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At one time Venerable Mah\u0101kassapa and Venerable S\u0101riputta were staying near Varanasi in the deer park at Isipatana. Then in the late afternoon, Venerable S\u0101riputta came out of retreat, went to Venerable Mah\u0101kassapa, and exchanged greetings with him. When the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side and said to Mah\u0101kassapa: \u201cReverend Kassapa, does a realized one still exist after death?\u201d \u201cReverend, this has not been declared by the Buddha.\u201d \u201cWell then, does a realized one no longer exist after death?\u201d \u201cThis too has not been declared by the Buddha.\u201d \u201cWell then, does a realized one both still exist and no longer exist after death?\u201d \u201cThis too has not been declared by the Buddha.\u201d \u201cWell then, does a realized one neither still exist nor no longer exist after death?\u201d \u201cThis too has not been declared by the Buddha.\u201d \u201cAnd why has this not been declared by the Buddha?\u201d \u201cBecause it\u2019s not beneficial or relevant to the fundamentals of the spiritual life. It doesn\u2019t lead to disillusionment, dispassion, cessation, peace, insight, awakening, and extinguishment. That\u2019s why it has not been declared by the Buddha.\u201d \u201cSo what now has been declared by the Buddha?\u201d \u201c\u2018This is suffering\u2019 has been declared by the Buddha. \u2018This is the origin of suffering\u2019 \u2026 \u2018This is the cessation of suffering\u2019 \u2026 \u2018This is the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering\u2019 has been declared by the Buddha.\u201d \u201cAnd why has this been declared by the Buddha?\u201d \u201cBecause it\u2019s beneficial and relevant to the fundamentals of the spiritual life. It leads to disillusionment, dispassion, cessation, peace, insight, awakening, and extinguishment. That\u2019s why it has been declared by the Buddha.\u201d","title":"The Realized One After Death","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":278}