Undeclared Abyṅkata Sutta (AN 7:51)

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('â', The Tathṅgata exists after death,â the view-standpoint, ),

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('â', The Tathṅgata doesnât exist after death,â the view-standpoint, ),

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('â', The Tathṅgata both does and doesnât exist after death,â the view-standpoint, ),

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('â', The Tathṅgata neither does nor doesnât exist after deathâ: The uninstructed run-of-the-mill person doesnât discern view, doesnât discern the origination of view, doesnât discern the cessation of view, doesnât discern the path of practice leading to the cessation of view, and so for him that view grows. He is not freed from birth, aging, & death; from sorrows, lamentations, pains, distresses, & despairs. He is not freed, I tell you, from suffering & stress. But the instructed disciple of the noble ones discerns view, discerns the origination of view, discerns the cessation of view, discerns the path of practice leading to the cessation of view, and so for him that view ceases. He is freed from birth, aging, & death; from sorrows, lamentations, pains, distresses, & despairs. He is freed, I tell you, from suffering & stress. "Thus knowing, thus seeing, the instructed disciple of the noble ones doesnât declare that ),

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('â', The Tathṅgata exists after death,â doesnât declare that ),

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('â', The Tathṅgata doesnât exist after death,â doesnât declare that ),

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('â', The Tathṅgata both does and doesnât exist after death,â doesnât declare that ),

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('â', The Tathṅgata neither does nor doesnât exist after death.â Thus knowing, thus seeing, he is thus of a nature not to declare the undeclared issues. Thus knowing, thus seeing, he isnât paralyzed, doesnât quake, doesnât shiver or shake over the undeclared issues. "),

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('â', The Tathṅgata exists after deathâ—this craving-standpoint, this perception-standpoint, this product of conceiving, this product of elaboration, this clinging-standpoint: Thatâs anguish.1 ),

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('â', The Tathṅgata doesnât exist after deathâ: Thatâs anguish. ),

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('â', The Tathṅgata both does and doesnât exist after deathâ: Thatâs anguish. ),

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('â', The Tathṅgata neither does nor doesnât exist after deathâ: Thatâs anguish.2 The uninstructed run-of-the-mill person doesnât discern anguish, doesnât discern the origination of anguish, doesnât discern the cessation of anguish, doesnât discern the path of practice leading to the cessation of anguish, and so for him that anguish grows. He is not freed from birth, aging, & death; from sorrows, lamentations, pains, distresses, & despairs. He is not freed, I tell you, from suffering & stress. But the instructed disciple of the noble ones discerns anguish, discerns the origination of anguish, discerns the cessation of anguish, discerns the path of practice leading to the cessation of anguish, and so for him that anguish ceases. He is freed from birth, aging, & death; from sorrows, lamentations, pains, distresses, & despairs. He is freed, I tell you, from suffering & stress. "Thus knowing, thus seeing, the instructed disciple of the noble ones doesnât declare that ),

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('â', The Tathṅgata exists after death,â doesnât declare that ),

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('â', The Tathṅgata doesnât exist after death,â doesnât declare that ),

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('â', The Tathṅgata both does and doesnât exist after death,â doesnât declare that ),

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('â', The Tathṅgata neither does nor doesnât exist after death.â Thus knowing, thus seeing, he is thus of a nature not to declare the undeclared issues. Thus knowing, thus seeing, he isnât paralyzed, doesnât quake, doesnât shiver or shake over the undeclared issues." Notes 1. "Anguish" here translates vippaṭisṅra, which is usually rendered into English as "remorse" or "regret." Here, however, the feeling of vippaṭisṅra relates to concerns about the future, rather than the past, and so neither remorse nor regret are appropriate to the context. The anguish alluded to in this passage is based either on the fear that awakening would entail an end to existence or on the contrary fear that it wouldnât. 2. In some manuscripts, this paragraph runs as follows: "),

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('â', The Tathṅgata exists after deathâ—this craving-standpoint, this perception-standpoint, this product of conceiving, this product of elaboration, this clinging-standpoint: Thatâs anguish. ),

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('â', The Tathṅgata doesnât exist after deathâ ⦠),

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('â', The Tathṅgata both does and doesnât exist after deathâ ⦠),

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('â', The Tathṅgata neither does nor doesnât exist after deathâ—this craving-standpoint, this perception-standpoint, this product of conceiving, this product of elaboration, this clinging-standpoint: Thatâs anguish." See also: DN 9; MN 63, MN 72; SN 12:20; SN 44; AN 10:93 - --> - - - -