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Abhidhammapiṭaka · Kathāvatthu · Vol. 37 · Section 1349

[1349] Sakavādin: There is adverting (āvajjanā) … aspiration (paṇidhi) with reference to the past; and yet a mind (citta) that has the past as its object (atītārammaṇa) is without an object (anārammaṇa)? Paravādin: Yes. Sakavādin: There is adverting … aspiration with reference to the present; and yet a mind that has the present as its object is without an object? Paravādin: It should not be said thus. …

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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