1.
He in whom there live no lusts,'--so said the venerable Todeyya,--'to whom there is no desire, and who has overcome doubt, what sort of deliverance is there for him?'

2.
'He in whom there live no lusts, O Todeyya,'--so said Bhagavat,--'to whom there is no desire, and who has overcome doubt, for him there is no other deliverance.'

3.
Todeyya: 'Is he without breathing or is he breathing, is he possessed of understanding or is he forming himself an understanding ? Explain this to me, O thou all-seeing one, that I may know a Muni, O Sakka.'

4.
Buddha: 'He is without breathing, he is not breathing, he is possessed of understanding, and he is not forming himself an understanding; know, O Todeyya, that such is the Muni, not possessing anything, not cleaving to lust and existence.'