{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn24.18/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn24.18","id":"suttacentral_sn24.18","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn24.18/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. \u201cMendicants, when what exists, because of grasping what and insisting on what, does the view arise: \u2018A realized one neither still exists nor no longer exists after death\u2019?\u201d \u201cOur teachings are rooted in the Buddha. \u2026\u201d \u201cWhen form exists, because of grasping form and insisting on form, the view arises: \u2018A realized one neither still exists nor no longer exists after death\u2019 \u2026 What do you think, mendicants? Is form permanent or impermanent?\u201d \u201cImpermanent, sir.\u201d \u2026 \u201cBut by not grasping what\u2019s impermanent, suffering, and perishable, would the view arise: \u2018A realized one neither still exists nor no longer exists after death\u2019?\u201d \u201cNo, sir.\u201d \u201cThat which is seen, heard, thought, known, attained, sought, and explored by the mind: is that permanent or impermanent?\u201d \u201cImpermanent, sir.\u201d \u201cBut if it\u2019s impermanent, is it suffering or happiness?\u201d \u201cSuffering, sir.\u201d \u201cBut by not grasping what\u2019s impermanent, suffering, and perishable, would the view arise: \u2018A realized one neither still exists nor no longer exists after death\u2019?\u201d \u201cNo, sir.\u201d \u201cWhen a noble disciple has given up doubt regarding these six grounds, and has given up doubt in suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation, they\u2019re called a noble disciple who is a stream-enterer, not liable to be reborn in the underworld, assured, destined for awakening.\u201d","title":"A Realized One Neither Still Exists Nor No Longer Exists","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":216}