EIGHT INOPPORTUNE TIMES      Atthakkhana

t|u©P–- r*fzdkvf&&ef tcGifhtcg r[kwfaom tcgumv? tcGifhaumif;-cPaumif; r[kwfaom umva'o (8)yg;/
tjypf&Sdaomt&yfudk &yfjypf[kac:onf/ tjypf[k qdkaomfvnf; xl;xl;jcm;jcm; qdk;0g;aom tjypfr[kwf? xdkt&yfodkYa&mufaevQif r*fzdkvfa&mufatmif tm;xkwf cGifhr&aom ae&mjzpfí tjypf&Sdaomt&yf[k qdkvdkonf/
&yfjypf&Spfyg; &Sdonf –
(1) i&J?
(2) wd&pämef?
(3) Nydwåm (tok&um,f tygt0if)?
(4) touf&Snfatmif t½lybHk? tonowfbHk?
(5) bk&m;ESifh &[Eåmrsm; ra&muaom ypöEÅt&yf?
(6) rdpäm'd|d t,l&Sdjcif;?
(7) w&m;udkem;vnfEkdifatmif ÓPfr&Sdoljzpfjcif;?
(8) ÓPf&Sdaomfvnf; bk&m;ryGifhonhftcg vljzpf&jcif;/
Ak'¨bmom0ifwdkYonf bk&m;&Sdcdk;wdkif; þ&yfjypf&Spfyg;rSuif;vGwfNidrf;at;atmif xnfhí qkawmif; Muonf/

Time with no opportunity for the attainment of Path and Fruition (i.e., Magga and Phala); eight occasions where the above conditions prevail.
The above conditions are known as “ Faulty Conditions” Their fault is that they lack opportunities for striving to attain Magga and Phala.
The eight Faulty Conditions are:
(1) being born in the realms of Continuous Suffering, Niraya;
(2) being born in the animal world;
(3) being born in the realm of ever-hungry beings, petas, and also including the miserable and frightened beings, asurakayas;
(4) being born in the Non-material realm where the life-span of beings is immense and in the Brahma realms where beings is immense and in the Brahma realms where beings are without consciousness;
(5) being born in a place not visited by the Buddha or the arahtas;
(6) being a holder of wrong vies;
(7) being born with intelligence not adequate for understanding the Teaching;
(8) being born with adequate intelligence but not during the time of the Buddha’sarising.