Concentration Samṅdhi Sutta (AN 6:70)
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('â', a mind with passion,â and a mind without passion as ),
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('â', a mind without passionâ; that he would discern a mind with aversion as ),
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('â', a mind with aversion,â and a mind without aversion as ),
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('â', a mind without aversionâ; that he would discern a mind with delusion as ),
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('â', a mind with delusion,â and a mind without delusion as ),
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('â', a mind without delusionâ; that he would discern a restricted mind as ),
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('â', a restricted mind,â and a scattered mind as ),
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('â', a scattered mindâ; that he would discern an enlarged mind as ),
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('â', an enlarged mind,â and an unenlarged mind as ),
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('â', an unenlarged mindâ; that he would discern a surpassed mind [one that is not at the most excellent level] as ),
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('â', a surpassed mind,â and an unsurpassed mind as ),
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('â', an unsurpassed mindâ; that he would discern a concentrated mind as ),
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('â', a concentrated mind,â and an unconcentrated mind as ),
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('â', an unconcentrated mindâ; that he would discern a released mind as ),
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('â', a released mind,â and an unreleased mind as ),
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('â', an unreleased mind.â "Itâs impossible that he would recollect his manifold past lives [literally: previous homes], i.e., one birth, two births, three births, four, five, ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, one hundred, one thousand, one hundred thousand, many eons of cosmic contraction, many eons of cosmic expansion, many eons of cosmic contraction & expansion, (recollecting,) ),
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('â', There I had such a name, belonged to such a clan, had such an appearance. Such was my food, such my experience of pleasure & pain, such the end of my life. Passing away from that state, I re-arose there. There too I had such a name, belonged to such a clan, had such an appearance. Such was my food, such my experience of pleasure & pain, such the end of my life. Passing away from that state, I re-arose hereâ; that he would thus recollect his manifold past lives in their modes & details. "Itâs impossible that he would see—by means of the divine eye, purified & surpassing the human—beings passing away & re-appearing, and discern how they are inferior & superior, beautiful & ugly, fortunate & unfortunate in accordance with their kamma: ),
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('â', These beings—who were endowed with bad conduct of body, speech, & mind, who reviled the noble ones, held wrong views and undertook actions under the influence of wrong views—with the break-up of the body, after death, have re-appeared in a plane of deprivation, a bad destination, a lower realm, hell. But these beings—who were endowed with good conduct of body, speech, & mind, who did not revile the noble ones, who held right views and undertook actions under the influence of right views—with the break-up of the body, after death, have re-appeared in a good destination, a heavenly worldâ; that he would thus—by means of the divine eye, purified & surpassing the human—see beings passing away & re-appearing, and discern how they are inferior & superior, beautiful & ugly, fortunate & unfortunate in accordance with their kamma. "Itâs impossible that he would, through the ending of effluents, enter & remain in the effluent-free awareness-release & discernment-release, having directly known & realized them for himself right in the here & now." See also: AN 5:28 - --> - - - -