The questions asked by Punnaka, pupil of Bāvarī (q.v.), und the Buddha's answers thereto.
Those who make sacrifices und exert themselves for gain of pleasure und praise do not succeed in escaping birth und decay.
Only the calm und the free can so escape. SN.vs.1043 48. They are explained in CNid.11ff.
The questions are referred to at A.i.133.