{"collection":"Khuddaka Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_snp5.15/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_snp5.15","id":"suttacentral_snp5.15","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/snp5.15/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Khuddaka Nikaya"],"text":"\u201cTo the one who reveals the past,\u201d said Venerable Pos\u0101la, \u201cwho is imperturbable, with doubts cut off, and who has gone beyond all things, I have come seeking with a question. Consider one who perceives that form has vanished, who has entirely given up the body, and who sees nothing at all internally and externally. I ask the Sakyan about knowledge for them; how should that sort be guided?\u201d \u201cThe Realized One directly knows,\u201d said the Buddha, \u201call planes of consciousness. And he knows this one who remains, committed to that as their final goal. Understanding that desire for rebirth in the dimension of nothingness is a fetter, and directly knowing what this really means, one then discerns that matter clearly. That is their knowledge of truth, the brahmin who has lived the life.\u201d","title":"The Question of Pos\u0101la","tradition":"Khuddaka Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":134}