At one time the Exalted One was staying at Sàketa in Kàlaka's
monastery. There the Exalted One addressed the monks, saying;
"Monks." "Revered Sir," replied those monks in assent. The Exalted
One said: "Monks, whatsoever in the world with its gods, Màras and
Brahmas, among the progeny consisting of recluses and brahmins,
gods and men whatsoever is seen, heard, sensed, cognized, attained,
sought after and pondered over by the mind all that do I know.
Monks, whatsoever in the world . . . . . . . . . of gods and men
whatsoever is seen, . . . . . . . . . by the mind that have I fully
understood; all that is known to the Tathàgata, but the Tathàgata
has not taken his stand upon it. If I were to say : 'Monks,
whatsoever in the world . . . . of gods and men whatsoever is seen
. . . . . by the mind all that I do not 1 know' it would be a
falsehood in me. If I were to say : 'I both know it and know it
not' that too would be a falsehood in me. If I were to say : 'I
neither know it nor am ignorant of it' it would be a fault in me.
Thus, monks, a Tathàgata does not conceive of a visible thing as
apart from sight; he does not conceive of an unseen; he does not
conceive of a 'thing-worth-seeing'; he does not conceive about a
seer. He does not conceive of an audible thing as apart from
hearing; he does not conceive of an unheard; he does not conceive
of a thing-worth-hearing'; he does not conceive about a hearer. He
does not conceive of a thing to be sensed as apart from sensation;
he does not conceive of an unsensed; he does not conceive of a
'thing-worth-sensing'; he does not conceive about one who senses.
He does not conceive of a cognizable thing as apart from cognition;
he does not conceive of an uncognized; he does not conceive of a
'thing-worth-cognizing'; he does not conceive about one who
cognizes. Thus, monks, the Tathàgata being such-like in regard to
all phenomena seen, heard, sensed and cognized, is 'Such'.
Moreover, than he who is 'Such', there is none other greater or
more excellent, I declare. Whatever is seen, heard, sensed or clung
to, is esteemed as truth by other folk, Midst those who are
entrenched in their own views being 'Such' I hold none as true or
false. This barb I beheld, well in advance, whereon mankind is
hooked, impaled, 'I know, I see `tis verily so'---- no such
clinging for the Tathàgatas. Kalakarama Sutta Recommended reading
The Magic of the Mind: An Exposition of the Kalakarama Sutta by
Ven. Nyanananda.