ception, without fabrications, without consciousness?" "No, lord." "And so, Anurṅdha—when you canât pin down the Tathṅgata as a truth or reality even in the present life—is it proper for you to declare, ), # Right single quote ('â', Friends, the Tathṅgata—the supreme man, the superlative man, attainer of the superlative attainment—being described, is described otherwise than with these four positions: The Tathṅgata exists after death, does not exist after death, both does & does not exist after death, neither exists nor does not exist after deathâ?" "No, lord." "Very good, Anurṅdha. Very good. Both formerly & now, it is only stress that I describe, and the cessation of stress." - --> - - - -