ABSTRACT
The treatment of this topic is brief, but the identical form is repeated later in the second vagga.91 The immediate question is: “Do all those who hear the utterance (vohāra) of Lord Buddha bring into being the path?” This is part of the larger question as to whether the utterance of the Lord Buddha is transcendent (lokuttara). This is important and must be examined, but for now it is sufficient to note that the issue in this topic is partly the question of momentariness. Can different things go on at the same time or do they occur in a rapid, sequential process? That of course is precisely the question of suttanta versus abhidhamma.
