Controverted PointAtītena samannāgatoti? Theravādin:But is not the past extinct, departed, changed, come to an end, finished?And is not the future unborn, not yet become, not come into being, not produced, not brought to pass, not manifested? How then can you call either something that is actually possessed?Āmantā. Is one who possesses a present material or bodily aggregate also in possession of a past and a future bodily aggregate? Then must you admit three bodily aggregates. Similarly, if he is actually in possession of five past and five future, as well as five presentbodily and mentalaggregates, you must admit fifteen aggregates … .Nanu atītaṁ niruddhaṁ vigataṁ vipariṇataṁ atthaṅgataṁ abbhatthaṅgatanti? bodily and mentalĀmantā. A similar argument applies to the organs and objects of sense, to the eighteen elements, to the twenty-two controlling powers.Hañci atītaṁ niruddhaṁ vigataṁ vipariṇataṁ atthaṅgataṁ abbhatthaṅgataṁ, no ca vata re vattabbe—Andhaka:But are there not those who, meditating on the eight stages of emancipation, can induce the fourJhānas at their pleasure, can acquire the four serial grades? Surely then it is right to say that one can have actual present possession of past and future things?“atītena samannāgato”ti.

Andhaka:Anāgatena samannāgatoti? Shwe Zan AungĀmantā. This SuttaCentral edition was prepared byManfred WierichandVen. Vimalaand proofread byJosephine Tobin. Some changes were introduced:Nanu anāgataṁ ajātaṁ abhūtaṁ asañjātaṁ anibbattaṁ anabhinibbattaṁ apātubhūtanti? Manfred WierichĀmantā. Ven. VimalaHañci anāgataṁ ajātaṁ abhūtaṁ asañjātaṁ anibbattaṁ anabhinibbattaṁ apātubhūtaṁ, no ca vata re vattabbe—Josephine Tobin“anāgatena samannāgato”ti.

Abbreviations, i.e., those of cited works and the participants in the controversies, were expanded.Cross-references were linked.Some typographic changes were introduced, among others, i.e.: the phonetic symbol “ŋ” was changed to the Pāli diacritical letter “ṃ”, “ô” to “o”, single quotes to double quotes, and “:—” to “:”.Letter-spacing with fixed spaces was replaced with bold font.The corrigenda were merged into the text. Some could not be resolved, though.Atītena rūpakkhandhena samannāgato, anāgatena rūpakkhandhena samannāgato, paccuppannena rūpakkhandhena samannāgatoti? Abbreviations, i.e., those of cited works and the participants in the controversies, were expanded.Āmantā. Cross-references were linked.Tīhi rūpakkhandhehi samannāgatoti? Some typographic changes were introduced, among others, i.e.: the phonetic symbol “ŋ” was changed to the Pāli diacritical letter “ṃ”, “ô” to “o”, single quotes to double quotes, and “:—” to “:”.Na hevaṁ vattabbe …pe… Letter-spacing with fixed spaces was replaced with bold font.atītehi pañcahi khandhehi samannāgato, anāgatehi pañcahi khandhehi samannāgato, paccuppannehi pañcahi khandhehi samannāgatoti? The corrigenda were merged into the text. Some could not be resolved, though.Āmantā. This electronic version is published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 3.0 licence (CC BY-NC 3.0) as found here:http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/Pannarasahi khandhehi samannāgatoti? All copyright is owned by the Pali Text Society. See also the statement under http://www.palitext.com/ → Publications → Copyright Announcement. For non-commercial use only.Na hevaṁ vattabbe …pe….

Atītena cakkhāyatanena samannāgato, anāgatena cakkhāyatanena samannāgato, paccuppannena cakkhāyatanena samannāgatoti? Āmantā. Tīhi cakkhāyatanehi samannāgatoti? Na hevaṁ vattabbe …pe… atītehi dvādasahi āyatanehi samannāgato, anāgatehi dvādasahi āyatanehi samannāgato, paccuppannehi dvādasahi āyatanehi samannāgatoti? Āmantā. Chattiṁsāyatanehi samannāgatoti? Na hevaṁ vattabbe …pe…

Atītāya cakkhudhātuyā samannāgato, anāgatāya cakkhudhātuyā samannāgato, paccuppannāya cakkhudhātuyā samannāgatoti? Āmantā. Tīhi cakkhudhātūhi samannāgatoti? Na hevaṁ vattabbe …pe… atītāhi aṭṭhārasahi dhātūhi samannāgato, anāgatāhi aṭṭhārasahi dhātūhi samannāgato, paccuppannāhi aṭṭhārasahi dhātūhi samannāgatoti? Āmantā. Catupaññāsadhātūhi samannāgatoti? Na hevaṁ vattabbe …pe….

Atītena cakkhundriyena samannāgato, anāgatena cakkhundriyena samannāgato, paccuppannena cakkhundriyena samannāgatoti? Āmantā. Tīhi cakkhundriyehi samannāgatoti? Na hevaṁ vattabbe …pe… atītehi bāvīsatindriyehi samannāgato, anāgatehi bāvīsatindriyehi samannāgato, paccuppannehi bāvīsatindriyehi samannāgatoti? Āmantā. Chasaṭṭhindriyehi samannāgatoti? Na hevaṁ vattabbe …pe….

Na vattabbaṁ—“atītānāgatehi samannāgato”ti? Āmantā. Nanu atthi aṭṭhavimokkhajhāyī catunnaṁ jhānānaṁ nikāmalābhī navannaṁ anupubbavihārasamāpattīnaṁ lābhīti? Āmantā. Hañci atthi aṭṭhavimokkhajhāyī catunnaṁ jhānānaṁ nikāmalābhī navannaṁ anupubbavihārasamāpattīnaṁ lābhī, tena vata re vattabbe—“atītānāgatehi samannāgato”ti.

Atītānāgatapaccuppannakathā niṭṭhitā.
Navamo vaggo.

Tassuddānaṁ

Ānisaṁsadassāvissa saṁyojanānaṁ pahānaṁ, amatārammaṇaṁ saṁyojanaṁ, rūpaṁ sārammaṇaṁ, anusayā anārammaṇā, evamevaṁ ñāṇaṁ, atītānāgatārammaṇaṁ cittaṁ, sabbaṁ cittaṁ vitakkānupatitaṁ, sabbaso vitakkayato vicārayato vitakkavipphāro saddo, na yathācittassa vācā, tatheva kāyakammaṁ atītānāgatehi samannāgatoti.