[556] "And how, friends, does one run back to the past? Thinking, 'Such was my eye in the past, such were forms,' one's consciousness becomes bound up there with desire and lust (chandarāga); because consciousness is bound up with desire and lust, one delights in that; delighting in that, one runs back to the past.
Thinking, 'Such was my ear in the past, such were sounds' …
Thinking, 'Such was my nose in the past, such were odours' …
Thinking, 'Such was my tongue in the past, such were tastes' …
Thinking, 'Such was my body in the past, such were tangibles' …
Thinking, 'Such was my mind in the past, such were mind-objects (dhammā),' one's consciousness becomes bound up there with desire and lust; because consciousness is bound up with desire and lust, one delights in that; delighting in that, one runs back to the past. It is in this way, friends, that one runs back to the past."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.