I can’t remember where I read it, but there is sutta where the Buddha stated it is impossible for him to be reborn. He said there is basically nothing left of him to be reborn?
Would anyone know where he said this?
There is this stock phrase as below:
“be described has been cut off at the root, made like a palm stump, obliterated, and unable to arise in the future”
“pahīnaṁ ucchinnamūlaṁ tālāvatthukataṁ anabhāvaṅkataṁ āyatiṁ anuppādadhammaṁ”
A search with keyword “made like a palm stump” will give you plenty of suttas, pick anyone you think is suitable for your need, for example here: SN22.3
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Thank you!
“In the same way, great king, any form by which a Realized One might be described has been cut off at the root, made like a palm stump, obliterated, and unable to arise in the future."
Did you mean this sutta?
DN29 Pāsādikasutta
It’s possible that wanderers who follow other paths might say, ‘The ascetic Gotama demonstrates boundless knowledge and vision of the past, but not of the future. What’s up with that?’ Those wanderers, like incompetent fools, seem to imagine that one kind of knowledge and vision can be demonstrated by means of another kind of knowledge and vision.Regarding the past, the Realized One has knowledge stemming from memory. He recollects as far as he wants.
Regarding the future, the Realized One has the knowledge born of awakening: ‘This is my last rebirth. Now there are no more future lives.’
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