"Existence" and "nonexistence" in the Kaccānagotta Sutta

[stephen]

The groundwork for this has been covered previously.

See here:

Translating ‘hoti’ and ‘atthi’ in context of rebirth

Hi Venerable, thanks for a brief structured answer to a somewhat chaotic post. “To exist in a conditioned way, as a stream of ever-changing phenomena. But look, let’s leave this one behind, shall we?” Yup! More than happy! “I don’t agree with this. I think “survive” is a more emotive word than “exist”.” OK. I think in the back of my head I’m connecting “survival” mostly with the kind you do on a deserted island. But apart from that, I think to use “exist” in “the Thatagata exists…