Dighanikaya 1.74

1.74

Evaṃ aṭṭhārasa pubbantakappike dassetvā idāni catucattārīsaṃ aparantakappike dassetuṃ – ‘‘santi, bhikkhave’’tiādimāha. Tattha anāgatakoṭṭhāsasaṅkhātaṃ aparantaṃ kappetvā gaṇhantīti aparantakappikā, aparantakappo vā etesaṃ atthīti aparantakappikā. Evaṃ sesampi pubbe vuttappakāranayeneva veditabbaṃ.

Having thus shown the eighteen speculators about the past, he now said, "There are, monks..." and so forth to show the forty-four speculators about the future. Therein, those who theorise about and hold to the future, which is called the subsequent portion, are 'speculators about the future'; or else, they are 'speculators about the future' because they hold a speculation about the future. What remains should be understood in the very manner stated previously.