Duṭṭhaṭṭhakasuttaniddesa

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Mahāniddesa · Vol. 29 · Section 106

[106] *Without attachment (anūpaya) — by what, and in what way, could anyone speak of him?* — "Attachment": there are two attachments (upaya): attachment through craving (taṇhā, taṇhūpaya) and attachment through views (diṭṭhūpaya) … This is attachment through craving … This is attachment through views. For him, attachment through craving has been abandoned and attachment through views has been relinquished. Because attachment through craving has been abandoned, because attachment through views has been relinquished, by what lust (rāga) could one speak of him who is without attachment? By what hatred could one speak of him? By what delusion could one speak of him? By what conceit (māna) could one speak of him? By what view (diṭṭhi) could one speak of him? By what restlessness could one speak of him? By what doubt could one speak of him? By what latent tendencies (anusaya) could one speak of him — as "lustful," or "hating," or "deluded," or "bound," or "grasping," or "gone to distraction," or "come to no conclusion," or "grown obstinate"? Those volitional formations (abhisaṅkhāra) have been abandoned; because the volitional formations have been abandoned, by what could one speak of his destinations (gati) — as "one bound for hell," or … or "neither percipient nor non-percipient"? For him there is no cause, there is no condition, there is no ground by which one might speak, talk, tell, explain, or express. Hence, "Without attachment — by what, and in what way, could anyone speak of him?"

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.