{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn44.5/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn44.5","id":"suttacentral_sn44.5","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn44.5/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. \u2026 (The same down as far as:) \u201cWhat\u2019s the cause, reverend, what\u2019s the reason why this has not been declared by the Buddha?\u201d \u201cReverend, if you\u2019re not rid of greed, desire, fondness, thirst, passion, and craving for form \u2026 feeling \u2026 perception \u2026 choices \u2026 consciousness, you think \u2018a realized one still exists after death\u2019 \u2026 \u2018a realized one neither still exists nor no longer exists after death.\u2019 If you are rid of greed for form \u2026 feeling \u2026 perception \u2026 choices \u2026 consciousness, you don\u2019t think \u2018a realized one still exists after death\u2019 \u2026 \u2018a realized one neither still exists nor no longer exists after death.\u2019 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 (3rd)","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":142}