uktaṃ hi bhagavatā "atītaṃ ced bhikṣavo rūpaṃ nābhaviṣyan na śrutavānāryaśrāvako 'tītarūpe 'napekṣo 'bhaviṣyat /
For the Blessed One has said: "O monks, if past form had not existed, the noble disciple who has heard [the teaching] would not have become indifferent to past form."