5:11 Jatukaṃṃinâs Question

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('â', beforeâ stands for defilements related to the past, ),

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('â', afterâ for defilements related to the future, and ),

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('â', in betweenâ for the five aggregates—form, feeling, perception, thought-fabrications, sensory consciousness—in the present. - --> - - - -