Moggallāna Sutta3
SuttaA discourse in which Vacchagotta questions Mahā-Moggallāna on whether the world is eternal or finite, is told the Buddha does not address such questions, and then puts the same questions to the Buddha, receiving the identical answer and explanation.
Vacchagotta asks Mahā-Moggallāna a series of questions as to whether the world is eternal or finite, and Moggallāna replies that these matters have not been revealed by the Buddha because the Buddha’s point of view is different from that of other teachers. Vacchagotta seeks the Buddha, asks the same questions, and receives the same answers and the same explanation. S.iv.391.
SN 44.7
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