The Buddha’s Undisclosed Answers to Questions ~ Malunkyaputta, its not the case that when there is the view, The cosmos is eternal, there is the living of the holy life. And its not the case that when there is the view, The cosmos is not eternal, there is the living of the holy life. When there is the view, The cosmos is eternal, and when there is the view, The cosmos is not eternal, there is still the birth, there is the aging, there is the death, there is the sorrow, lamentation, pain, despair, and distress whose destruction I make known right in the here and now. ~ Its not the case that when there is the view, The cosmos is finite, there is the living of the holy life. And its not the case that when there is the view, The cosmos is infinite, there is the living of the holy life. When there is the view, The cosmos is finite, and when there is the view, The cosmos is infinite, there is still the birth, there is the aging, there is the death, there is the sorrow, lamentation, pain, despair, and distress whose destruction I make known right in the here and now. ~ Its not the case that when there is the view, The soul and the body are the same, there is the living of the holy life. And its not the case that when there is the view, the soul is one thing and the body another, there is the living of the holy life. When there is the view, The soul and the body are the same, and when there is the view, The soul is one thing and the body another, there is still the birth, there is the aging, there is the death, there is the sorrow, lamentation, pain, despair, and distress whose destruction I make known right in the here and now. ~ Its not the case that when there is the view, After death a Tathágata exists, there is the living of the holy life. And its not the case that when there is the view, After death a Tathágata does not exist, there is the living of the holy life. And its not the case that when there is the view, After death a Tathágata both exists and does not exist, there is the living of the holy life. And its not the case that when there is the view, After death a Tathágata neither exists nor does not exist there is the living of the holy life. When there is the view, After death a Tathágata exists... After death a Tathágata does not exist... After death a Tathágata both exists and does not exist... After death a Tathágata neither exists nor does not exist, there is still the birth, there is the aging, there is the death, there is the sorrow, lamentation, pain, despair, and distress whose destruction I make known right in the here and now. ~ So, Malunkyaputta, remember what is undisclosed by me as undisclosed, and what is disclosed by me as disclosed. And what is undisclosed by me? The cosmos is eternal, is undisclosed by me. The cosmos is not eternal, is undisclosed by me. The cosmos is finite... The cosmos is infinite... The soul and the body are the same... The soul is one thing and the body another... After death a Tathágata exists... After death a Tathágata does not exist... After death a Tathágata both exists and does not exist... After death a Tathágata neither exists nor does not exist, is undisclosed by me. ~ And why are they undisclosed by me? Because they are not connected with the goal, are not fundamental to the holy life. They do not lead to disenchantment, dispassion, cessation, calming, direct knowledge, self-awakening, Unbinding. Thats why they are undisclosed by me. ~ And what is disclosed by me? This is stress, is disclosed by me. This is the origination of stress, is disclosed by me. This is the cessation of stress, is disclosed by me. This is the path of practice leading to the cessation of stress, is disclosed by me. And why are they disclosed by me? Because they are connected with the goal, are fundamental to the holy life. They lead to disenchantment, dispassion, cessation, calming, direct knowledge, self-awakening, Unbinding. Thats why they are disclosed by me. ~ So, Malunkyaputta, remember what is undisclosed by me as undisclosed, and what is disclosed by me as disclosed. ❀❀❀ ~ Cula-Malunkyovada Sutta: The Shorter Instructions to Malunkya translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu ~ accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.063.than.html
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