[Flyndaran]

Originally Posted by tantric

Re: Nopeti (Pali or Sanskrit?)

This was the Buddha's answer to several questions. I was being whimsical, but it is a valid answer and it doesn't mean "I don't know". If nothing else, the Buddha was an excellent logician. He had other ways of telling people to shut up - there's a parable about a man shot with an arrow, which arose directly from a monk who didn't like 'nopeti'.

I understand that many people believe that is a valid answer. I consider it gibberish. But even if it were the correct answer to reality, it doesn't sound valid in a known to be made up setting, in my opinion.