sn44.2:1.1 At one time the Buddha was staying near Vesālī, at the Great Wood, in the hall with the peaked roof.
sn44.2:1.2 Now at that time Venerable Anurādha was staying not far from the Buddha in a wilderness hut.
sn44.2:1.3 Then several wanderers of other religions went up to Venerable Anurādha and exchanged greetings with him.
sn44.2:1.4 When the greetings and polite conversation were over, they sat down to one side and said to him:
sn44.2:1.5 “Reverend Anurādha, when a realized one is describing a realized one—a supreme person, highest of people, who has reached the highest point—they describe them in these four ways:
sn44.2:1.6 After death, a realized one still exists, or no longer exists, or both still exists and no longer exists, or neither still exists nor no longer exists.”
sn44.2:1.7 “Reverends, when a realized one is describing a realized one—a supreme person, highest of people, who has reached the highest point—they describe them other than these four ways:
sn44.2:1.8 After death, a realized one still exists, or no longer exists, or both still exists and no longer exists, or neither still exists nor no longer exists.”
sn44.2:1.9 When he said this, the wanderers said to him,
sn44.2:1.10 “This mendicant must be junior, recently gone forth, or else a foolish, incompetent senior mendicant.”
sn44.2:1.11 Then, after rebuking Venerable Anurādha by calling him “junior” and “foolish”, the wanderers rose from their seats and left.