Sṅriputta and Koṭṭhita (1) Sṅriputta-Koṭṭhita Sutta (SN 44:3)

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('â', The Tathṅgata exists after death.â" "Well then, friend Sṅriputta, does the Tathṅgata not exist after death?" "Friend, that too has not been declared by the Blessed One: ),

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('â', The Tathṅgata does not exist after death.â" "Then does the Tathṅgata both exist and not exist after death?" "That has not been declared by the Blessed One: ),

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('â', The Tathṅgata both exists and does not exist after death.â" "Well then, does the Tathṅgata neither exist nor not exist after death?" "That too has not been declared by the Blessed One: ),

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('â', The Tathṅgata neither exists nor does not exist after death.â" "Now, friend Sṅriputta, when asked if the Tathṅgata exists after death, you say, ),

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('â', That has not been declared by the Blessed One: "The Tathṅgata exists after death."â When asked if the Tathṅgata does not exist after death⦠both exists and does not exist after death⦠neither exists nor does not exist after death, you say, ),

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('â', That too has not been declared by the Blessed One: "The Tathṅgata neither exists nor does not exist after death."â Now, what is the cause, what is the reason, why that has not been declared by the Blessed One?" "),

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('â', The Tathṅgata exists after deathâ is immersed in form. ),

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('â', The Tathṅgata does not exist after deathâ is immersed in form. ),

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('â', The Tathṅgata both exists and does not exist after deathâ is immersed in form. ),

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('â', The Tathṅgata neither exists nor does not exist after deathâ is immersed in form. "),

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('â', The Tathṅgata exists after deathâ is immersed in feeling⦠"),

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('â', The Tathṅgata exists after deathâ is immersed in perception⦠"),

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('â', The Tathṅgata exists after deathâ is immersed in fabrication⦠"),

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('â', The Tathṅgata exists after deathâ is immersed in consciousness. ),

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('â', The Tathṅgata does not exist after deathâ is immersed in consciousness. ),

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('â', The Tathṅgata both exists and does not exist after deathâ is immersed in consciousness. ),

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('â', The Tathṅgata neither exists nor does not exist after deathâ is immersed in consciousness. "This is the cause, this is the reason, why that has not been declared by the Blessed One." - --> - - - -