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SN 44.5 - With Sāriputta and Koṭṭhita (3rd) Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato Source: https://suttacentral.net/sn44.5/en/sujato License: CC0-1.0 Linked Discourses 44.5 1. The Undeclared Points With Sāriputta and Koṭṭhita (3rd) At one time Venerable Sāriputta and Venerable Mahākoṭṭhita were staying near Varanasi in the deer park at Isipatana. … (The same down as far as:) “What’s the cause, reverend, what’s the reason why this has not been declared by the Buddha?” “Reverend, if you’re not rid of greed, desire, fondness, thirst, passion, and craving for form … feeling … perception … choices … consciousness, you think ‘a realized one still exists after death’ … ‘a realized one neither still exists nor no longer exists after death.’ If you are rid of greed for form … feeling … perception … choices … consciousness, you don’t think ‘a realized one still exists after death’ … ‘a realized one neither still exists nor no longer exists after death.’ This is the cause, this is the reason why this has not been declared by the Buddha.”