Studies in the Origins of Buddhism c8.87

c8.87

Then follows a discourse on the Viññāṇaṭṭhitis which has no relevancy to the immediately preceding context. It appears to have been suggested by the fact (viññāṇapatiṭṭhiti) mentioned towards the end of the first section (i.e., in para 22) of which it is an elaborate and schematic development. It, however, goes beyond the purpose of the sutta into the attainment of liberation and furnishes the occasion for the detailing of the eight “vimokkhas”.