“Householder, you may wonder how the Thus-Gone One correctly understands the knowledge of what is impossible. Householder, this is how the Thus-Gone One knows it. It is impossible and unfeasible that the ripening of negative physical actions is desirable, beautiful, and pleasant. It is also impossible and unfeasible that the ripening of negative verbal actions and negative mental actions is desirable, beautiful, and pleasant. It is also impossible and unfeasible that the ripening of negative physical, verbal, and mental acts leads to birth in a delightful destiny within the higher realms after the body disintegrates and one dies. It is also impossible and unfeasible that the ripening of positive physical actions is undesirable, repulsive, and unpleasant. The same applies to positive verbal and mental acts. It is also impossible and unfeasible that by committing positive physical acts, after the body disintegrates and one dies, one will fall into the sad destinies of the lower realms and take birth in the hells. It is also impossible and unfeasible that by committing positive verbal and mental acts, after the body disintegrates and one dies, one will fall into the sad destinies of the lower realms and take birth in the hells. It is also impossible and unfeasible that people who have the correct view would willingly end the life of their mother, or their father, or a worthy one, or cause a schism in the saṅgha, or with evil intentions draw blood from the body of the Thus-Gone One. It is also impossible and unfeasible that people who have the correct view would adopt the teachings of other extremist teachers and the views of such teachers, and engage in their practices. They will not perceive any benefits or auspicious qualities in such religious practitioners and brahmins, nor will they adopt what those ascetics and brahmins have taught, and say to others, ‘You must meet this venerable teacher! You have to understand this view!’ It is also impossible and unfeasible that people who have the correct view obtain the eight human existences. It is also impossible and unfeasible that a woman can become Śakra, Māra, or Brahmā in that very body. It is also impossible and unfeasible that a woman can become a universal monarch in that very body. It is also impossible and unfeasible that a woman can become a thus-gone, worthy, perfect buddha in that very body. It is also impossible and unfeasible that two thus-gone ones can appear in a single world. Householder, this is how the Thus-Gone One correctly understands the knowledge of what is impossible.

“Householder, moreover, the Thus-Gone One correctly understands the state of beings who have become impossible recipients. He knows who is averse to billions of buddhas and who therefore is not a vessel for the teachings of the buddhas, the teachings of the solitary buddhas, or the teachings of the hearers. In this way, the Thus-Gone One correctly understands the knowledge of what is impossible. When the Thus-Gone One is asked about what is impossible, he can respond for an eon, and so forth, up until an inexpressible number of inexpressible eons, since his eloquence is inexhaustible. Therefore, with his unimpeded wisdom vision he will enjoy this temple with its sandalwood courtyard.

“Householder, you may wonder how the Thus-Gone One correctly understands the knowledge of the origin as related to knowledge of what is impossible. Householder, the Thus-Gone One correctly understands those causes and conditions that accomplish knowledge of the origin as related to knowledge of what is impossible. Whether he considers permanence, no suffering, no disease, lack of results, lack of unease, no evil, no other, no disintegration, no movement, no destruction, no epidemic, no emptiness, existence of a self, lack of comfort, lack of faults, no harm, or no opposition, that is called knowing the origin as related to knowledge of what is impossible. That is what the Thus-Gone One knows, understands, and actualizes. Therefore, the wisdom of the Thus-Gone One correctly understands the knowledge of the origin as related to knowledge of what is impossible. That is called knowing the origin as related to knowledge of what is impossible. When the Thus-Gone One is asked about knowing the origin as related to what is impossible, he can respond for an eon and so forth, up until an inexpressible number of inexpressible eons, since his eloquence is inexhaustible. Householder, you may wonder why that is. It is because in his wisdom the Thus-Gone One knows the matchless sphere of reality. In this way, when the Thus-Gone One is asked about the knowledge of the origin as related to what is impossible, he can respond for an eon, and so forth, up until an inexpressible number of inexpressible eons, since he possesses inexhaustible eloquence. Therefore, with his unimpeded wisdom vision he will enjoy this temple with its sandalwood courtyard.

“Householder, you may wonder how the Thus-Gone One correctly understands the knowledge of cessation as related to knowledge of what is impossible. Householder, the Thus-Gone One correctly understands it in this way. He understands that when sentient beings do not rely on the Thus-Gone One, they are included under the knowledge of the origin as related to knowledge of what is impossible. However, if they rely on the Thus-Gone One, the origin ceases. Householder, this is how the Thus-Gone One correctly understands the knowledge of cessation as related to knowledge of what is impossible. Moreover, householder, the Thus-Gone One correctly understands it in this way. He accomplished the welfare of an immeasurable number of beings and refrained from harming them. He illuminated them and cleared away their darkness. He has freed innumerable beings from suffering and established them in happiness. That is the knowledge of cessation as related to knowledge of what is impossible. Moreover, he knows it to be primordially unborn. Householder, in this way the Thus-Gone One correctly understands the knowledge of cessation as related to knowledge of what is impossible. When the Thus-Gone One is asked about the knowledge of cessation as related to knowledge of what is impossible, he can respond for an eon, and so forth, up until an inexpressible number of inexpressible eons, since his eloquence is inexhaustible. Therefore, with his unimpeded wisdom vision he will enjoy this temple with its sandalwood courtyard.

“Householder, you may wonder how the Thus-Gone One correctly understands the knowledge of the path that leads to cessation as related to knowledge of what is impossible. Householder, the Thus-Gone One correctly understands it in this way. The extreme delusion that produces ignorance with regard to impossible teachings, taught by extremely deluded people, is devoid of essential existence. Thus, since all phenomena lack intrinsic existence, the phenomena of extreme delusion also do not exist. Householder, thus does the Thus-Gone One correctly understand the knowledge of the path that leads to cessation as related to knowledge of what is impossible. Moreover, householder, the Thus-Gone One correctly understands the knowledge of the path that leads to cessation as related to knowledge of what is impossible whether he contemplates insipidity, or whether he contemplates no shortcomings, or whether he contemplates no deliverance. The Thus-Gone One correctly understands this. When the Thus-Gone One is asked about the knowledge of the path that leads to cessation as related to knowledge of what is impossible, he can respond for an eon, and so forth, up until an inexpressible number of inexpressible eons, since his eloquence is inexhaustible. Householder, you may wonder why that is. It is because in his wisdom the Thus-Gone One knows the matchless sphere of reality. In this way, when the Thus-Gone One is asked about the knowledge of the path that leads to cessation as related to knowledge of what is impossible, he can respond for an eon, and so forth, up until an inexpressible number of inexpressible eons. Therefore, with his unimpeded wisdom vision he will enjoy this temple with its sandalwood courtyard.