It is the same with the cosmological order: "'The world is eternal,' 'The world is not
eternal,' 'The world is fmite,' 'The world is infinite,' 'The life-principle and the body are
the same,' 'The life-principle is one thing, the body another,' 'The Accomplished One is
after death,' 'The Accomplished One is not after death," The Accomplished One both is
and is not after death,' 'The Accomplished One neither is nor is not after death'—this is a
blind alley of opinions, a thicket of opinions, a wood of opinions, a tangle of opinions, a
labyrinth of opinions, painful. desperate, tortuous, not leading to detachment, not leading
to progress, not leading to vision, not leading to awakening, not leading to extinction."'
The doctrine of the Accomplished Ones is described as that which "destroys to the
foundations every attachment to and satisfaction in false theories, dogmas and systems"
and which therefore cuts off both fear and hope.' The reply to the question asked of the
Buddha: "Perhaps Lord Gotama [this is the Prince Siddhattha's family name] has some
opinion?" is categorical: "Opinion: that is remote from the Accomplished One. The
Accomplished One has seen."
All of this philosophical nonsense only serves to drive you further from Truth.