{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn24.36/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn24.36","id":"suttacentral_sn24.36","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn24.36/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 When feeling \u2026 perception \u2026 choices \u2026 consciousness exists, because of grasping consciousness and insisting on consciousness, the view arises: \u2018A realized one neither still exists nor no longer exists after death.\u2019 What do you think, mendicants? Is form permanent or impermanent?\u201d \u201cImpermanent, sir.\u201d \u2026 \u201cAnd so, when suffering exists, because of grasping suffering and insisting on suffering, the view arises: \u2018A realized one neither still exists nor no longer exists after death.\u2019\u201d \u2026 \u201cIs feeling \u2026 perception \u2026 choices \u2026 consciousness permanent or impermanent?\u201d \u201cImpermanent, sir.\u201d \u2026 \u201cBut by not grasping what\u2019s impermanent, suffering, and perishable, would such a view arise?\u201d \u201cNo, sir.\u201d \u201cAnd so, when suffering exists, because of grasping suffering and insisting on suffering, the view arises: \u2018A realized one neither still exists nor no longer exists after death.\u2019\u201d","title":"Neither Still Exists Nor No Longer Exists","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":196}