[787] "Friend, for one who does not delight in craving (taṇhā), who does not take pleasure in craving, who does not rejoice in craving, and who knows and sees the cessation of craving as it really is, the view 'the Tathāgata exists after death' does not occur to him … the view 'the Tathāgata neither exists nor does not exist after death' does not occur to him. This, friend, is the reason (pariyāya) why this has not been declared (abyākata) by the Blessed One."
"But, friend, might there be some other reason why this has not been declared by the Blessed One?"
"Here now, friend Sāriputta, what more do you wish beyond this? Friend Sāriputta, for a bhikkhu liberated through the destruction of craving (taṇhāsaṅkhayavimutta), there is no round (vaṭṭa) that could serve for describing him."
The sixth.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.