Early Monastic Buddhism v2.c34.s8.1

v2.c34.s8.1

The remaining three opinions of this group of schools, viz.,
(i) There is no intermediate state of existence (antarābhava),
(ii) Phenomena exist neither in the past nor in the future, and
(iii) The nature of mind is pure in its origin: it becomes impure when it is stained by āgantukarajas and upakleśas, are in accord with those of the Theravādins.¹ Both these schools do not admit that between death and rebirth there is any intervening period in which the subtle khandhas wait for the selection of the parents or the states of existences. The Kvu. says that the opinion of the opponents is formed through the miscomprehension of the meaning of the word ‘antarāparinibbāyī.’ We shall revert to this topic while dealing with the Sammitīyas, with whom, the commentator says, the Pubbaseliyas agreed.