sn12.20:5.1 When a noble disciple has clearly seen with right wisdom this dependent origination and these dependently originated phenomena as they are, it will be quite impossible for them to turn back to the first beginning, thinking:
sn12.20:5.2 ‘Did I exist in the past? Did I not exist in the past? What was I in the past? How was I in the past? After being what, what did I become in the past?’
sn12.20:5.3 Or to turn forward to the final end, thinking:
sn12.20:5.4 ‘Will I exist in the future? Will I not exist in the future? What will I be in the future? How will I be in the future? After being what, what will I become in the future?’
sn12.20:5.5 Or to be undecided about the present, thinking:
sn12.20:5.6 ‘Am I? Am I not? What am I? How am I? This sentient being—where did it come from? And where will it go?’
sn12.20:5.8 Why is that?
sn12.20:5.9 Because that noble disciple has clearly seen with right wisdom this dependent origination and these dependently originated phenomena as they are.”