Mastodawn

'As a flame overthrown by the force of the wind
goes to an end
that cannot be classified [as essence, annihilation, etc],
so the sage freed from the name-body [ie, all mentation]
goes to an end
that cannot be classified' (Sn 5.6, Ṭhānissaro's trans).

https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/KN/StNp/StNp5_6.html

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… all are his fellow-passengers in the great journey of life, subject to the same universal laws and fundamental principles to which he himself is subject.

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