The Buddha patiently answered most people's questions, but there were some he refused to answer at all, saying that they should be put aside. Many of these wer

The Buddha patiently answered most people's questions, but there were some he refused to answer at all, saying that they should be put aside. Many of these were questions about absolutes: Is the world eternal? Is the world finite? Is the self identical with the body? Does the Buddha exist after death? In fact in the buddhist path one goal is to see how everything† is impermanent and dependent on conditions for its existence. †Everything but nirvana.