{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn44.3/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn44.3","id":"suttacentral_sn44.3","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn44.3/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At one time Venerable S\u0101riputta and Venerable Mah\u0101ko\u1e6d\u1e6dhita were staying near Varanasi in the deer park at Isipatana. Then in the late afternoon, Venerable Mah\u0101ko\u1e6d\u1e6dhita came out of retreat, went to Venerable S\u0101riputta, and exchanged greetings with him. When the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side, and said to S\u0101riputta: \u201cReverend S\u0101riputta, 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? \u2026 Does a realized one both still exist and no longer exist after death? \u2026 Does a realized one neither still exist nor no longer exist after death?\u201d \u201cThis too has not been declared by the Buddha.\u201d \u201cReverend, when asked these questions, you say that they have not been declared by the Buddha. What\u2019s the cause, what\u2019s the reason why they have not been declared by the Buddha?\u201d \u201cReverend, \u2018Does a realized one still exist after death?\u2019 is included in form. \u2018Does a realized one no longer exist after death?\u2019 is included in form. \u2018Does a realized one both still exist and no longer exist after death?\u2019 is included in form. \u2018Does a realized one neither still exist nor no longer exist after death?\u2019 is included in form. \u2018Does a realized one still exist after death?\u2019 is included in feeling \u2026 perception \u2026 choices \u2026 consciousness. \u2018Does a realized one no longer exist after death?\u2019 is included in consciousness. \u2018Does a realized one both still exist and no longer exist after death?\u2019 is included in consciousness. \u2018Does a realized one neither still exist nor no longer exist after death?\u2019 is included in consciousness. This is the cause, this is the reason why this has not been declared by the Buddha.\u201d","title":"With S\u0101riputta and Ko\u1e6d\u1e6dhita (1st)","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":296}