Atītāraṁmaṇattika

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Paṭṭhāna (2) · Vol. 41 · Section 1977

[1977] A phenomenon (dhamma) with a future object is a condition, by object condition (ārammaṇa-paccaya), for a phenomenon with a past object. One reviews past knowledge (ñāṇa) of supernormal power (iddhividha-ñāṇa) that has a future object; knowledge of the minds of others (cetopariya-ñāṇa) … knowledge of the future (anāgataṃsa-ñāṇa). Noble ones (ariyā) review abandoned defilements (kilesa) that have a future object; they review suppressed defilements; the [defilements] formerly indulged in … They see with insight past aggregates (khandhā) with a future object as impermanent …; they relish them, they delight in them. On account of that, lust (rāga) with a past object arises; grief (domanassa) arises. Past aggregates with a future object are a condition, by object condition, for knowledge of the minds of others, for knowledge of the recollection of past lives (pubbenivāsānussati-ñāṇa), for knowledge of beings faring according to their kamma (yathākammūpaga-ñāṇa), and for adverting (āvajjana).

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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