Nidadesahaṅapuggaladhaṁvāra

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Yamaka (2) · Vol. 39 · Section 76

[76] Whatever mind (citta) of whatever person ceases, has that mind of that person ceased? — No. Or: whatever mind of whatever person has ceased, does that mind of that person cease? — No. Whatever mind of whatever person does not cease, has that mind of that person not ceased? — A past mind does not cease, but it is not the case that that mind of that person has not ceased; a mind at the moment of arising (uppādakkhaṇa) and a future mind neither cease nor have ceased. Or: whatever mind of whatever person has not ceased, does that mind of that person not cease? — A mind at the moment of dissolution (bhaṅgakkhaṇa) has not ceased, but it is not the case that that mind of that person does not cease; a mind at the moment of arising and a future mind neither have ceased nor cease. Whatever mind of whatever person ceases, will that mind of that person cease? — No. Or: whatever mind of whatever person will cease, does that mind of that person cease? — No. Whatever mind of whatever person does not cease, will that mind of that person not cease? — A mind at the moment of arising and a future mind do not cease, but it is not the case that that mind of that person will not cease; a past mind neither ceases nor will cease. Or: whatever mind of whatever person will not cease, does that mind of that person not cease? — A mind at the moment of dissolution will not cease, but it is not the case that that mind of that person does not cease; a past mind neither will cease nor ceases. Whatever mind of whatever person has ceased, will that mind of that person cease? — No. Or: whatever mind of whatever person will cease, has that mind of that person ceased? — No. Whatever mind of whatever person has not ceased, will that mind of that person not cease? — A mind at the moment of arising and a future mind have not ceased, but it is not the case that that mind of that person will not cease; a mind at the moment of dissolution neither has ceased nor will cease. Or: whatever mind of whatever person will not cease, has that mind of that person not ceased? — A past mind will not cease, but it is not the case that that mind of that person has not ceased; a mind at the moment of dissolution neither will cease nor has ceased. Exposition of the Mixed Section (Missakavāra-niddesa)

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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