[194] "Bhikkhus, what do you think? Would a bhikkhu whose taints (āsava) are destroyed (khīṇāsava) generate a meritorious volitional formation (puññābhisaṅkhāra), or generate a demeritorious volitional formation (apuññābhisaṅkhāra), or generate an imperturbable volitional formation (āneñjābhisaṅkhāra)?"
"No indeed, venerable sir."
"And when there are no volitional formations at all, with the cessation of volitional formations, would consciousness be discerned?"
"No indeed, venerable sir."
"And when there is no consciousness at all, with the cessation of consciousness, would name-and-form (nāmarūpa) be discerned?"
"No indeed, venerable sir."
"And when there is no name-and-form at all, with the cessation of name-and-form, would the six sense bases (saḷāyatana) be discerned?"
"No indeed, venerable sir."
"And when there are no six sense bases at all, with the cessation of the six sense bases, would contact (phassa) be discerned?"
"No indeed, venerable sir."
"And when there is no contact at all, with the cessation of contact, would feeling (vedanā) be discerned?"
"No indeed, venerable sir."
"And when there is no feeling at all, with the cessation of feeling, would craving (taṇhā) be discerned?"
"No indeed, venerable sir."
"And when there is no craving at all, with the cessation of craving, would clinging (upādāna) be discerned?"
"No indeed, venerable sir."
"And when there is no clinging at all, with the cessation of clinging, would existence (bhava) be discerned?"
"No indeed, venerable sir."
"And when there is no existence at all, with the cessation of existence, would birth be discerned?"
"No indeed, venerable sir."
"And when there is no birth at all, with the cessation of birth, would aging-and-death be discerned?"
"No indeed, venerable sir."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.