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With Poṭṭhapāda 1.20

Potthapada Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha) 1.20

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1.20

‘Now is it, Sir, the idea, the state of consciousness, that arises’ first, and then knowledge; or does knowledge arise first, and then the idea, the state’ of consciousness; or do both arise simultaneously, neither of them before or after the other?’
‘It is the idea, Poṭṭhapāda, the state of consciousness, that arises first, and after that knowledge. And the springing up of knowledge is dependent on the springing up of the idea, of the state of consciousness. And this may be understood from the fact that a man recognises: “It is from this cause or that that knowledge has arisen to me.”’

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