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S. Do past hands exist?
P. Yes.
S. When past hands exist, is taking up and putting down discerned?
P. It should not be said so. …
S. Do past feet exist?
P. Yes.
S. When past feet exist, is going forward and returning discerned?
P. It should not be said so. …
S. Do past joints exist?
P. Yes.
S. When past joints exist, is bending and stretching discerned?
P. It should not be said so. …
S. Does a past belly exist?
P. Yes.
S. When a past belly exists, are hunger and thirst discerned?
P. It should not be said so. …
S. Does a past body exist?
P. Yes.
S. Is a past body subject to favor and punishment, subject to cutting and breaking, common to crows, vultures, and hawks?
P. It should not be said so. …
S. Could poison enter into a past body, could a weapon enter into it, could fire enter into it?
P. It should not be said so. …
S. Is it possible to bind a past body with the bond of stocks, to bind it with the bond of rope, to bind it with the bond of chains, to bind it with the bond of a village, to bind it with the bond of a town, to bind it with the bond of a city, to bind it with the bond of a district, to bind it with the fivefold bonds, the neck being the fifth?
P. It should not be said so. …
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.