 Of the several Chinese parallel versions, the one contained in the Ekottara-āgama, attributed to the Mahāsānghikas, preserves a simpler, shorter and older form of this sutra.It treats Dona's questions as enquiries about the Buddha's present status, but omits the specific answer given by the Buddha, that he is a Buddha, found in all other versions.Here, the Buddha merely states that he knows that attachment and desire are the sources of the "skandhas" (the constituents of individual existence) and through that knowledge he has ended suffering.