MN 72 - Why is a freed mind not "not reborn"?

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Re. MN 72, isn't this like, "When you stop beating your wife? Did you ever, eventually, stop beating her? Or, have you not stopped beating her yet?" The only feasible answer is that that question "doesn't apply".

Re. SN 22.59 I think your opinion is that "rebirth" refers to the arising of self-views, so "not reborn" implies "no more self-views" (nor conceits).

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Well then, are they not reborn?

Tena hi, bho gotama, na upapajjatī ti?

‘They’re not reborn’ doesn’t apply, Vaccha.

I would suggest it has to do with the way this question is formulated. It's not about rebirth having ended but about pointing to a person because of the use of the word 'they'.

Talking about a 'they', 'him', 'her' doesn't apply anymore. So, the question is wrongly put.

That's my take on it.

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