Lomasakaṅgiyabhaddekarattasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Majjhimanikāya · Vol. 14 · Section 573

[573] "And how, bhikkhu, does one not run back to the past? Thinking, 'I had such form (rūpa) in the past,' one does not bring delight along after that. Thinking, 'I had such feeling (vedanā) …' 'I had such perception (saññā) …' 'I had such volitional formations (saṅkhārā) …' Thinking, 'I had such consciousness (viññāṇa) in the past,' one does not bring delight along after that. It is thus, bhikkhu, that one does not run back to the past."

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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