> "What do you think, Anuradha: Do you regard form as the Tathagata?"
>
> "No, lord."
>
> "Do you regard feeling as the Tathagata?"
>
> "No, lord."
>
> "Do you regard perception as the Tathagata?"
>
> "No, lord."
>
> "Do you regard fabrications as the Tathagata?"
>
> "No, lord."
>
> "Do you regard consciousness as the Tathagata?"
>
> "No, lord."
>
> "What do you think, Anuradha: Do you regard the Tathagata as being in form?... Elsewhere than form?... In feeling?... Elsewhere than
> feeling?... In perception?... Elsewhere than perception?... In
> fabrications?... Elsewhere than fabrications?... In consciousness?...
> Elsewhere than consciousness?"
>
> "No, lord."
>
> "What do you think: Do you regard the Tathagata as form-feeling-perception-fabrications-consciousness?"
>
> "No, lord."
>
> "Do you regard the Tathagata as that which is without form, without feeling, without perception, without fabrications, without
> consciousness?"
>
> "No, lord."
>
> "And so, Anuradha — when you can't pin down the Tathagata as a truth or reality even in the present life — is it proper for you to
> declare, 'Friends, the Tathagata — the supreme man, the superlative
> man, attainer of the superlative attainment — being described, is
> described otherwise than with these four positions: The Tathagata
> exists after death, does not exist after death, both does & does not
> exist after death, neither exists nor does not exist after death'?"
>
> "No, lord."
>
> "Very good, Anuradha. Very good. Both formerly & now, it is only suffering that I describe, and the cessation of suffering."
Based on the above, who is it that is really suffering? And who is I?
Asked by Nithin Manmohan
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Oct 2, 2024, 05:47 PM
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