Abayākatasaṅyutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Saḷāyatanavaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 18 · Section 760

[760] "Even so, great king, that form (rūpa) by which one describing the Tathāgata might describe him — that form has been abandoned by the Tathāgata, cut off at the root, made like a palm stump, obliterated, no longer subject to future arising. The Tathāgata, great king, is freed from reckoning in terms of form; he is deep, immeasurable, hard to fathom, just as, great king, is the ocean. 'The Tathāgata exists after death' does not apply; 'the Tathāgata does not exist after death' does not apply; 'the Tathāgata both exists and does not exist after death' does not apply; 'the Tathāgata neither exists nor does not exist after death' does not apply. "That feeling (vedanā) by which … That perception (saññā) by which … Those volitional formations (saṅkhārā) by which … That consciousness (viññāṇa) by which one describing the Tathāgata might describe him — that consciousness has been abandoned by the Tathāgata, cut off at the root, made like a palm stump, obliterated, no longer subject to future arising. The Tathāgata, great king, is freed from reckoning in terms of consciousness; he is deep, immeasurable, hard to fathom, just as, great king, is the great ocean. 'The Tathāgata exists after death' does not apply; 'the Tathāgata does not exist after death' does not apply; 'the Tathāgata both exists and does not exist after death' does not apply; 'the Tathāgata neither exists nor does not exist after death' does not apply."

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.