With Poṭṭhapāda 1.18

1.18

‘Now what do you think, Poṭṭhapāda? Have you ever heard, before this, of this gradual attainment of the cessation of conscious ideas?’
‘No, Sir, I have not. But I now understand what you say as follows: [and he repeated the words of’ section 17]
‘That is right, Poṭṭhapāda.’