Atītāraṁmaṇattika

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Paṭṭhāna (2) · Vol. 41 · Section 1980

[1980] A phenomenon (dhamma) with a present object (paccuppannārammaṇa) is a condition for a phenomenon with a past object (atītārammaṇa) by object condition (ārammaṇa-paccaya): One reviews the past divine eye (dibbacakkhu); one reviews the divine ear element (dibbasotadhātu); one reviews past knowledge of supernormal powers (iddhividha-ñāṇa) that has a present object; the knowledge penetrating the minds of others (cetopariya-ñāṇa) … Noble ones (ariyā) review abandoned defilements (kilesa) with a present object; suppressed defilements …; those formerly indulged in … They see with insight past aggregates (khandha) with a present object as impermanent …; they relish them, they delight in them; taking that as object, lust (rāga) with a past object … grief (domanassa) arises. Past aggregates with a present object are a condition, by object condition, for the knowledge penetrating the minds of others, for the knowledge of reminiscence of past lives (pubbenivāsānussati-ñāṇa), for the knowledge of faring according to kamma (yathākammūpaga-ñāṇa), and for adverting (āvajjanā).

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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