1At one time Venerable Sāriputta and Venerable Mahākoṭṭhita were staying near Benares, in the deer park at Isipatana. …

The same down as far as:

“What’s the cause, reverend, what’s the reason why this has not been declared by the Buddha?”

“Reverend, if you’re not rid of greed, desire, fondness, thirst, passion, and craving for form … feeling … perception … choices … consciousness, you think ‘a Realized One exists after death’ … ‘a Realized One neither exists nor doesn’t exist after death.’

If you are rid of greed for form … feeling … perception … choices … consciousness, you don’t think ‘a Realized One exists after death’ … ‘a Realized One neither exists nor doesn’t exist after death.’

This is the cause, this is the reason why this has not been declared by the Buddha.”

1Ekaṁ samayaṁ āyasmā ca sāriputto, āyasmā ca mahākoṭṭhiko bārāṇasiyaṁ vihāranti isipatane migadāye … pe …

sāyeva pucchā.

"Ko nu kho, āvuso, hetu ko paccayo, yenetaṁ abyākataṁ bhagavatā"ti?

"Rūpe kho, āvuso, avigatarāgassa avigatacchandassa avigatapemassa avigatapipāsassa avigatapariḷāhassa avigātataṇhassa ‘hoti tathāgato paraṁ maraṇā’tipissa hoti … pe … ‘neva hoti na na hoti tathāgato paraṁ maraṇā’tipissa hoti. Vedanāya … pe … saññāya … pe … saṅkhāresu … pe … viññāṇe avigatarāgassa avigatacchandassa avigatapemassa avigatapipāsassa avigatapariḷāhassa avigātataṇhassa ‘hoti tathāgato paraṁ maraṇā’tipissa hoti … pe … ‘neva hoti na na hoti tathāgato paraṁ maraṇā’tipissa hoti.

Rūpe ca kho, āvuso, vigatarāgassa … pe … vedanāya … pe … saññāya … pe … saṅkhāresu … pe … viññāṇe vigatarāgassa vigatacchandassa vigatapemassa vigatapipāsassa vigatapariḷāhassa vigātataṇhassa ‘hoti tathāgato paraṁ maraṇā’tipissa na hoti … pe … ‘neva hoti na na hoti tathāgato paraṁ maraṇā’tipissa na hoti.

Ayaṁ kho, āvuso, hetu, ayaṁ paccayo, yenetaṁ abyākataṁ bhagavatā"ti.

Pañcamaṁ.