Early Buddhism

With Khemā

Khemāsutta

Language
Pāli
Period
Early Buddhist Texts
Tradition
Early Buddhism
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While staying in Toraṇavatthu, King Pasenadi wishes to visit a spiritual teacher, and the nun Khemā is highly recommended to him. He asks her about whether a realized one still exists after death, and she says this is not answerable. Later he visits the Buddha, who replies in exactly the same way.

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