sn22.85:11.1 “What do you think, Yamaka?
sn22.85:11.2 Do you consider that the label ‘realized one’ applies to that one who is without form?” … “… feeling?” … “… perception?” … “… choices?” … “… consciousness?”
sn22.85:11.3 “No, reverend.”
sn22.85:11.4 “In that case, Reverend Yamaka, since a realized one is not found by you as a genuine fact in this very life, is it cogent for you to declare:
sn22.85:11.5 ‘As I understand the Buddha’s teaching, a mendicant who has ended the defilements is annihilated and destroyed when their body breaks up, and doesn’t exist after death’?”