A conversation between the Buddha and the wanderer (paribbājaka) Vacchagotta. Vacchagotta asks, and the Buddha explains, why, unlike the various wanderers, the Buddha does not say whether the world is eternal or not, or make various similar statements. Vacchagotta puts the same question to Mahā-Moggallāna and receives the same answer. Vacchagotta expresses his admiration of the fact that teacher and pupil should agree so closely. S.iv.395 f; cp. S.iii.257 f.