[62] Whatever mind (citta) ceases, has that mind ceased?
No.
Or else, whatever mind has ceased, does that mind cease?
No.
Whatever mind does not cease, has that mind not ceased?
Past mind does not cease, but it is not the case that that mind has not ceased; mind at the moment of arising (uppādakkhaṇa) and future mind neither cease nor have ceased.
Or else, whatever mind has not ceased, does that mind not cease?
At the moment of dissolution (bhaṅgakkhaṇa), mind has not ceased, but it is not the case that that mind does not cease; mind at the moment of arising and future mind neither have ceased nor cease.
Whatever mind ceases, will that mind cease?
No.
Or else, whatever mind will cease, does that mind cease?
No.
Whatever mind does not cease, will that mind not cease?
Mind at the moment of arising and future mind do not cease, but it is not the case that that mind will not cease; past mind neither ceases nor will cease.
Or else, whatever mind will not cease, does that mind not cease?
At the moment of dissolution, mind will not cease, but it is not the case that that mind does not cease; past mind neither will cease nor ceases.
Whatever mind has ceased, will that mind cease?
No.
Or else, whatever mind will cease, has that mind ceased?
No.
Whatever mind has not ceased, will that mind not cease?
Mind at the moment of arising and future mind have not ceased, but it is not the case that that mind will not cease; at the moment of dissolution, mind neither has ceased nor will cease.
Or else, whatever mind will not cease, has that mind not ceased?
Past mind will not cease, but it is not the case that that mind has not ceased; at the moment of dissolution, mind neither will cease nor has ceased.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.