# Upasīvamāṇavapucchā sutta Snp 5.7

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Welcome to the forum Dogen!  
You might like to read this old thread

> [@Yamaka sutta with notes by Bodhi](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/yamaka-sutta-with-notes-by-bodhi/879):
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> This is a commonly misunderstood sutta, so I give ven. Bodhi`s translation along with his notes. Saṁyutta Nikāya Connected Discourses on the Aggregates 22.85. 85 (3) Yamaka On one occasion the Venerable Sāriputta was dwelling at Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s Park. Now on that occasion the following pernicious view had arisen in a bhikkhu named Yamaka: “As I understand the Dhamma taught by the Blessed One, a bhikkhu whose taints are destroyed is annihilated and perishes with …

this is pertinent:  
Bhikkhu bodhi note to Yamaka sutta

> **Spk: If he had thought, “Formations arise and cease; a simple process of  
> formations reaches nonoccurrence, this would not be a view (diṭṭhigata) but**  
> knowledge in accordance with the Teaching .But since he thought, A being is  
> annihilated and destroyed,” this becomes a view. What follows is paralleled by  
> MN I 130-31 and I 256-57.

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