[1616] Paravādin: Is it not to be said that "the period of time (addhā) is fully constituted (parinipphanna)"?
Sakavādin: Yes.
Paravādin: But was it not said by the Blessed One: "Bhikkhus, there are these three subjects of discussion (kathāvatthu). Which three? One might talk, bhikkhus, with reference to the past period (addhāna), saying: 'Thus was the past period'; or one might talk, bhikkhus, with reference to the future period, saying: 'Thus will the future period be'; or one might talk, bhikkhus, with reference to the period now present, saying: 'Thus it is now, in the present.' These, bhikkhus, are the three subjects of discussion" — is there indeed such a discourse (suttanta)?
Sakavādin: Yes.
Paravādin: If so, then the period of time is fully constituted.
Discussion of the Period of Time (Addhākathā) [concluded].
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Discussion of the Moment, the Instant, and the Brief Interval (Khaṇalayamuhuttakathā)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.