[380] **"Not relying on the past extreme" (pubbamantam anissito):** the past period is called the past extreme. With reference to the past period, craving (taṇhā) has been abandoned and view has been relinquished; because craving has been abandoned and view has been relinquished, in this way too one is "not relying on the past extreme."
Or else, one does not bring delight (nandi) to bear there, [thinking]: "I had such form in the past period"; one does not bring delight to bear there, [thinking]: "I had such feeling (vedanā) in the past period ... I had such perception ... I had such volitional formations ... I had such consciousness in the past period." In this way too one is "not relying on the past extreme."
Or else, [with regard to the thought] "Thus was my eye in the past period, thus were forms," consciousness there is not bound by desire and lust (chandarāga); because consciousness is not bound by desire and lust, one does not delight in that; not delighting in that, in this way too one is "not relying on the past extreme." [With regard to the thought] "Thus was my ear in the past period, thus were sounds"; "Thus was my nose in the past period, thus were odours"; "Thus was my tongue in the past period, thus were tastes"; "Thus was my body in the past period, thus were tangible objects"; "Thus was my mind in the past period, thus were dhammas" — consciousness there is not bound by desire and lust; because consciousness is not bound by desire and lust, one does not delight in that; not delighting in that, in this way too one is "not relying on the past extreme."
Or else, whatever laughing, chatting, conversing, and playing there formerly were together with womenfolk (mātugāma), one does not relish that, does not long for it, and does not thereby come to gladness. In this way too one is "not relying on the past extreme."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.