sn22.38:2.1 “Ānanda, suppose they were to ask you:
sn22.38:2.2 ‘Reverend Ānanda, what are the things for which arising, vanishing, and change while persisting were evident?
sn22.38:2.3 What are the things for which arising, vanishing, and change while persisting will be evident?
sn22.38:2.4 What are the things for which arising, vanishing, and change while persisting are evident?’
sn22.38:2.5 How would you answer?”
sn22.38:2.6 “Sir, suppose they were to ask me:
sn22.38:2.7 ‘Reverend Ānanda, what are the things for which arising, vanishing, and change while persisting were evident?
sn22.38:2.8 What are the things for which arising, vanishing, and change while persisting will be evident?
sn22.38:2.9 What are the things for which arising, vanishing, and change while persisting are evident?’
sn22.38:2.10 I’d answer like this:
sn22.38:2.11 ‘Whatever form has passed, ceased, and perished,
sn22.38:2.12 its arising, vanishing, and change while persisting were evident.
sn22.38:2.13 Whatever feeling …
sn22.38:2.15 perception …
sn22.38:2.16 choices …
sn22.38:2.18 consciousness has passed, ceased, and perished,
sn22.38:2.19 its arising, vanishing, and change while persisting were evident.
sn22.38:2.20 These are the things for which arising, vanishing, and change while persisting were evident.