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Tattha ca tathāgato lokādīsu ca bhūmīsu saṃyojanānañca sekkhānaṃ dvīhi balehi gatiṃ pajānāti, pubbenivāsānussatiyā atīte saṃsāre etarahi ca paccuppanne dibbacakkhunā cutūpapātaṃ iti imāni dve balāni dibbacakkhuto abhinīhitāni.
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[8. The Recollection of Past Life, 9. The Heavenly Eye] 125. Herein, by means of two powers a Perfect One understands the destination, in the planes and the worlds, etc., of those who have fetters and of those who are Initiates, [understanding it] in the past roundabout by means of the Recollection of Past Life [and understanding their] decease and reappearance now in this presently arisen [ro11ndabout] by means of the Heavenly Eye. Thus these two powers are directed 1 to the Heavenly Eye:
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So atītamaddhānaṃ dibbassa cakkhuno gocaro so etarahi sati gocaro iti attano ca paresaṃ ca pubbenivāsañāṇaṃ anekavidhaṃ nānappakārakaṃ paccuppannamaddhānaṃ dibbena cakkhunā imāni dve tathāgatabalāni, aṭṭhamaṃ pubbenivāso, navamaṃ dibbacakkhu.
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that which 2 was the Heavenly Eye's province in the past period becomes Mindfulness's province now. 126. So there is knowledge of his own past life in various ways and different aspects, and of others in the present period by means of the Heavenly Eye. These are two Powers of a Perfect One : Past Life the eighth and the Heavenly Eye the ninth.
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