[BeaseHoca]

Original posting; daverupa
'We have said that time is the sine qua non of the succession of mental states. To every separate state of consciousness [citta]…there are three phases - genesis (uppada), development (thiti), and dissolution (bhanga). Each of these three phases occupies an infinitesimal …Seventeen thought moments are held to be requisite for a complete process of consciousness…Buddhists speak of matter as lasting seventeen thought moments.'
Elements reply; hi Dave,
just because the Abhidhamma proposes an undiscernable 1/billionth of a second mind moment,
Just a small niggle Element, which l'm sure you are aware of, but "mind moments" are not 'time' related, so a small portion of a second does not apply to mind moments