To All,
Presently I am going through a discourse on Buddhist philosophy based on the writings of Sri HaraPrasad Shastri,a mid-late 19th century Bengali scholar . On the Chaptert on 'NIRAVANA' i came across a qoute from Buddha himself,which has been found in a certain Pali text(name not mentioned) .Buddha's qoute -roughly translates as follows -

Question- What is that which remains after Nirvana?

Buddha- Nothing.

Question- What is that which DOES NOT remain after Nirvana?

Buddha- Nothing.

Question- Is there any state existing in BETWEEN the above two.?

Buddha- Nothing.

Question-Is there any state existing APART from the above ?

Buddha- Nothing.

Can anybody kindly refer to the Pali text where this qoute occurs? I am interested because this qoute of Buddha has a unique identity with Shankara's Adwaitya Philisophy. Can it be in some text by Nagarjuna...or Asanga ?


ALAKENDU DAS.