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¹⁶⁴³ Vide Majjhima-nikāya (Cūla-Mālunkyasutta and Aggi-vaccagotta-sutta) ed. by V Trenkner, vol I suttas 63 and 72 pp 431 and 486 'न निब्बिदाय न विरागाय न निरोधाय न उपसमाय न अभिञ्ञाय न सम्बोधाय न निव्बानाय संवत्तति, These very words occur in the Potthapada-sutta of the Dīgha-nikāya when Buddha was asked by Potthapada whether the world was permanent or otherwise, whether it was without end or not, whether the soul (jīva) and body were different and he replied that he did not expound these matters because they served no purpose and did not lead to nirvāna (Pali Texts Society, vol. I pp 188-189 para 28).