Venerable MahaKoṭṭhita

Venerable MahaKoṭṭhita approached venerable Sāriputta, exchanged friendly greetings sat on a side and said to venerable Sāriputta:

Friend, when the six spheres of contact get disenchanted and cease without a remainder, is there anything more?

Friend, do not say so.

Friend, when the six spheres of contact get disenchanted and cease without a remainder, is there not anything more?

Friend, do not say so.

Friend, when the six spheres of contact get disenchanted and cease without a remainder, is there something and not anything more?

Friend, do not say so.

Friend, when the six spheres of contact get disenchanted and cease without a remainder, there neither is, nor is not anything more?

Friend, do not say so.

Friend, when asked,when the six spheres of contact get disenchanted and cease without a remainder, is there anything more, you said, do not say so.

When asked, when the six spheres of contact get disenchanted and cease without a remainder, is there not anything more, you said, do not say so.

When asked, when the six spheres of contact get disenchanted and cease without a remainder, is there something and not anything more, you said, do not say so.

When asked, when the six spheres of contact get disenchanted and cease without a remainder, there neither is, nor is not anything more, you said, do not say so.

Friend, how should the meaning of these words be known?

Friend, when the six spheres of contact get disenchanted and cease without a remainder, to say there is anything more is the diffuseness of the world again.

Friend, when the six spheres of contact get disenchanted and cease without a remainder, to say there is not anything more is the diffuseness of the world again.

Friend, when the six spheres of contact get disenchanted and cease without a remainder, to say there is something and not anything, is diffuseness of the world again.

Friend, when the six spheres of contact get disenchanted and cease without a remainder, to say there neither is, nor is not anything more is diffuseness of the world again.

Friend, as long as there is a course of action in the six spheres of contact, till then there is the diffuseness of the world. As long as the diffuseness of the world is evident, till then there is a course of action in the six spheres of contact. When the six spheres of contact get disenchanted and cease without a remainder, it is the appeasement and cessation of the six spheres of contact.

Then venerable Ānanda approached venerable MahaKoṭṭhita, exchanged friendly greetings, sat on a side and said: Friend, when the six spheres of contact get disenchanted and cease without a remainder, is there anything more?

Friend, do not say so.

Friend, when the six spheres of contact get disenchanted and cease without a remainder, is there not anything more?

Friend, do not say so.

Friend, when the six spheres of contact get disenchanted and cease without a remainder, is there something and not anything more?

Friend, do not say so.

Friend, when the six spheres of contact get disenchanted and cease without a remainder, there neither is, nor is not anything more?

Friend, do not say so.

Friend, when asked,when the six spheres of contact get disenchanted and cease without a remainder, is there anything more, you said, do not say so.

When asked, when the six spheres of contact get disenchanted and cease without a remainder, is there not anything more, you said, do not say so.

When asked, when the six spheres of contact get disenchanted and cease without a remainder, is there something and not anything more, you said, do not say so.

When asked, when the six spheres of contact get disenchanted and cease without a remainder, there neither is, nor is not anything more, you said, do not say so.

Friend, how should the meaning of these words be known?

Friend, when the six spheres of contact get disenchanted and cease without a remainder, to say there is anything more is the diffuseness of the world again.

Friend, when the six spheres of contact get disenchanted and cease without a remainder, to say there is not anything more is the diffuseness of the world again.

Friend, when the six spheres of contact get disenchanted and cease without a remainder, to say there is something and not anything more is diffuseness of the world again.

Friend, when the six spheres of contact get disenchanted and cease without a remainder, to say there neither is, nor is not anything more is diffuseness of the world again.

Friend, as long as there is a course of action in the six spheres of contact, till then there is the diffuseness of the world. As long as the diffuseness of the world is evident, till then there is a course of action in the six spheres of contact. When the six spheres of contact get disenchanted and cease without a remainder, it is the appeasement and cessation of the six spheres of contact.