{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn44.6/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn44.6","id":"suttacentral_sn44.6","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn44.6/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 S\u0101riputta came out of retreat, went to Venerable Mah\u0101ko\u1e6d\u1e6dhita, and they greeted each other. When the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side and said to Mah\u0101ko\u1e6d\u1e6dhita: \u201cReverend Ko\u1e6d\u1e6dhita, does a realized one still exist after death?\u201d \u2026 \u201cReverend, when asked these questions, you say that this has not been declared by the Buddha. What\u2019s the cause, what\u2019s the reason why this has not been declared by the Buddha?\u201d \u201cReverend, if you like, love, and enjoy form, and don\u2019t truly see the cessation of form, you think \u2018a realized one still exists after death\u2019 or \u2018a realized one no longer exists after death\u2019 or \u2018a realized one both still exists and no longer exists after death\u2019 or \u2018a realized one neither still exists nor no longer exists after death.\u2019 If you like, love, and enjoy feeling \u2026 perception \u2026 choices \u2026 consciousness, and don\u2019t truly see the cessation of 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 don\u2019t like, love, and enjoy form \u2026 feeling \u2026 perception \u2026 choices \u2026 consciousness, and you truly see the cessation of 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 \u201cBut reverend, could there be another way of explaining why this was not declared by the Buddha?\u201d \u201cThere could, reverend. If you like, love, and enjoy existence, and don\u2019t truly see the cessation of continued existence, 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 don\u2019t like, love, and enjoy existence, and you truly see the cessation of continued existence, 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 too is a way of explaining why this was not declared by the Buddha.\u201d \u201cBut reverend, could there be another way of explaining why this was not declared by the Buddha?\u201d \u201cThere could, reverend. If you like, love, and enjoy grasping, and don\u2019t truly see the cessation of grasping, 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 don\u2019t like, love, and enjoy grasping, and you truly see the cessation of grasping, 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 too is a way of explaining why this was not declared by the Buddha.\u201d \u201cBut reverend, could there be another way of explaining why this was not declared by the Buddha?\u201d \u201cThere could, reverend. If you like, love, and enjoy craving, and don\u2019t truly see the cessation of craving, 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 don\u2019t like, love, and enjoy craving, and you truly see the cessation of craving, 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 too is a way of explaining why this was not declared by the Buddha.\u201d \u201cBut reverend, could there be another way of explaining why this was not declared by the Buddha?\u201d \u201cSeriously, reverend, what more could you want? For one who is freed due to the ending of craving, there is no cycle of rebirths to be found.\u201d","title":"With S\u0101riputta and Ko\u1e6d\u1e6dhita (4th)","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":644}