Dighanikaya 9.411_2

9.411_2

Tatrekacceti tesu ekacce. Purimo cettha yvāyaṃ bāhire titthāyatane pabbajito cittappavattiyaṃ dosaṃ disvā acittakabhāvo santoti samāpattiṃ bhāvetvā ito cuto pañca kappasatāni asaññībhave ṭhatvā puna idha uppajjati. Tassa saññuppāde ca nirodhe ca hetuṃ apassanto – ahetū appaccayāti āha.

"Therein, some": some among them. And the first one here—he who, having gone forth into an outside sectarian fold, saw the danger in the occurrence of consciousness, thought, 'The state of being without consciousness is peaceful,' developed that attainment, passed away from here, remained in the realm of non-percipient beings for five hundred aeons, and was reborn here again—not seeing the cause for the arising and cessation of perception in that case, said: "Without cause and without condition."