much more abundant.'
' E v e n so, bhikkhus, of what I have known I have told you only
a little, what I have not told you is very much more. A n d w h y
have I not told you (those things) ? Because that is not useful. . .
not leading to
Nirvana.
That is w h y I have not told you those
things.'
2
It is futile, as some scholars vainly try to do, for us to specu-
late on what the Buddha knew but did not tell us.
T h e Buddha was not interested in discussing unnecessary
metaphysical questions which are purely speculative and which
create imaginary problems. He considered them as a 'wilderness
of opinions'. It seems that there were some among his own
disciples w h o did not appreciate this attitude of his. For, we have
1
MI (PTS), pp. 134-i 3 5. Dhamma here, according to the Commentary, means high
spiritual attainments as well as pure views and ideas. Attachment even to these,
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