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                  The Thesis entitled " An Analysis of the Buddha's Silence on Abyakatapanha (Indeterminate Questions) is aimed to study the philosophical aspects of Indeterminate Questions which are found in four categories, i.e., metaphysical aspect transcendental aspect, the aspect of two extreme views of upholding eternalism or nihilism and the aspect of questions which determined the only answer either "yes" or "no".

                  The philoshophical views towards the Buddha's silence on Abyakatapanha can be sumed up into two groups, the first one, accepts the Buddha's omniscience arguing that he knows all things but he sclects a few to teach. This group covering

Positivism, Pragmatism, cmpiricism and humanism. The second one, does not accept his omniscience. Among them, skepticism argues that the main reason of his silence is the hesitaion due to the wonder. Agnoticism argues that the cause of silence is

unknowing the metaphysical problems 

                   The Buddha showed his attitudes to these questions by keep silence or by preaching the useful Dhamma instead. His reasons to keep silence about Indeterminate Questions are:

                   1) they are raised by individual misunderstanding that arising from wrong view. Therefore, it cannot be found the real answers.

                   2) They are uscless for practice and waste the time.

                   3) They may lead to dispute to cach other.

                   4) They cannot be empirically realized through the five senses.