Nidadesahaṅadhaṁvāra

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Yamaka (2) · Vol. 39 · Section 61

[61] Whatever mind (citta) arises, did that mind arise? No. Or else, whatever mind arose, does that mind arise? No. Whatever mind does not arise, did that mind not arise? Past mind does not arise, yet it is not the case that that mind did not arise; mind at the moment of dissolution (bhaṅgakkhaṇa) and future mind neither arise nor arose. Or else, whatever mind did not arise, does that mind not arise? At the moment of arising (uppādakkhaṇa), mind did not arise, yet it is not the case that that mind does not arise; mind at the moment of dissolution and future mind neither arose nor arise. Whatever mind arises, will that mind arise? No. Or else, whatever mind will arise, does that mind arise? No. Whatever mind does not arise, will that mind not arise? Future mind does not arise, yet it is not the case that that mind will not arise; mind at the moment of dissolution and past mind neither arise nor will arise. Or else, whatever mind will not arise, does that mind not arise? At the moment of arising, mind will not arise, yet it is not the case that that mind does not arise; mind at the moment of dissolution and past mind neither will arise nor arise. Whatever mind arose, will that mind arise? No. Or else, whatever mind will arise, did that mind arise? No. Whatever mind did not arise, will that mind not arise? Future mind did not arise, yet it is not the case that that mind will not arise; present mind neither arose nor will arise. Or else, whatever mind will not arise, did that mind not arise? Past mind will not arise, yet it is not the case that that mind did not arise; present mind neither will arise nor arose.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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