• Linked Discourses 24.17 Saṁyutta Nikāya 24.17
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A Realized One Both Still Exists and No Longer Exists Hoticanacahotitathāgatosutta

At Sāvatthī. Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

ā€œMendicants, when what exists, because of grasping what and insisting on what, does the view arise: ā€œKismiṁ nu kho, bhikkhave, sati, kiṁ upādāya, kiṁ abhinivissa evaṁ diį¹­į¹­hi uppajjati: ā€˜A realized one both still exists and no longer exists after death’?ā€ … ā€˜hoti ca na ca hoti tathāgato paraṁ maraį¹‡Äā€™ā€ti?

ā€œBhagavaṁmÅ«lakā no, bhante, dhammā …pe… niyato sambodhiparāyanoā€ti.

Sattarasamaṁ.