Pasadikasutta 30.1-20

30.1

Ṭhānaṃ kho panetaṃ, cunda, vijjati yaṃ aññatitthiyā paribbājakā evaṃ vadeyyuṃ:

It’s possible that wanderers of other religions might say,

30.2

‘kiṃ nu kho, āvuso, hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇā, idameva saccaṃ moghamaññan’ti?

‘Is this your view: “A realized one still exists after death. This is the only truth, anything else is futile”?’

30.3

Evaṃvādino, cunda, aññatitthiyā paribbājakā evamassu vacanīyā:

You should say to them,

30.4

‘abyākataṃ kho etaṃ, āvuso, bhagavatā:

‘Reverend, this has not been declared by the Buddha.’

30.5

“hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇā, idameva saccaṃ moghamaññan”’ti.

30.6

Ṭhānaṃ kho panetaṃ, cunda, vijjati, yaṃ aññatitthiyā paribbājakā evaṃ vadeyyuṃ:

The wanderers might say,

30.7

‘kiṃ panāvuso, na hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇā, idameva saccaṃ moghamaññan’ti?

‘Then is this your view: “A realized one no longer exists after death. This is the only truth, anything else is futile”?’

30.8

Evaṃvādino, cunda, aññatitthiyā paribbājakā evamassu vacanīyā:

You should say to them,

30.9

‘etampi kho, āvuso, bhagavatā abyākataṃ:

‘This too has not been declared by the Buddha.’

30.10

“na hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇā, idameva saccaṃ moghamaññan”’ti.

30.11

Ṭhānaṃ kho panetaṃ, cunda, vijjati, yaṃ aññatitthiyā paribbājakā evaṃ vadeyyuṃ:

The wanderers might say,

30.12

‘kiṃ panāvuso, hoti ca na ca hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇā, idameva saccaṃ moghamaññan’ti?

‘Then is this your view: “A realized one both still exists and no longer exists after death. This is the only truth, anything else is futile”?’

30.13

Evaṃvādino, cunda, aññatitthiyā paribbājakā evamassu vacanīyā:

You should say to them,

30.14

‘abyākataṃ kho etaṃ, āvuso, bhagavatā:

‘This too has not been declared by the Buddha.’

30.15

“hoti ca na ca hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇā, idameva saccaṃ moghamaññan”’ti.

30.16

Ṭhānaṃ kho panetaṃ, cunda, vijjati, yaṃ aññatitthiyā paribbājakā evaṃ vadeyyuṃ:

The wanderers might say,

30.17

‘kiṃ panāvuso, neva hoti na na hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇā, idameva saccaṃ moghamaññan’ti?

‘Then is this your view: “A realized one neither still exists nor no longer exists after death. This is the only truth, anything else is futile”?’

30.18

Evaṃvādino, cunda, aññatitthiyā paribbājakā evamassu vacanīyā:

You should say to them,

30.19

‘etampi kho, āvuso, bhagavatā abyākataṃ:

‘This too has not been declared by the Buddha.’

30.20

“neva hoti na na hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇā, idameva saccaṃ moghamaññan”’ti.