[1137] S. (Sakavādin): Is contact (phassa) conascent (sahajāta) with the mind (citta)?
P. (Paravādin): Yes.
S.: If contact is conascent with the mind, then indeed, good sir, it must be said that contact is a mental factor (cetasika).
S.: Feeling (vedanā) … perception (saññā), volition (cetanā) … faith (saddhā), energy (viriya), mindfulness (sati), concentration (samādhi), wisdom (paññā), lust (rāga), hatred (dosa), delusion (moha) … Is the lack of moral dread (anottappa) conascent with the mind?
P.: Yes.
S.: If the lack of moral dread is conascent with the mind, then indeed, good sir, it must be said that the lack of moral dread is a mental factor.
P.: Is it because they are conascent with the mind that they are 'mental factors' (cetasikā)?
S.: Yes.
P.: Then because they are conascent with contact, are they 'contact-factors' (phassasikā)?
S.: Yes.
P.: Is it because they are conascent with the mind that they are 'mental factors' (cetasikā)?
S.: Yes.
P.: With feeling … with perception, with volition, with faith, with energy, with mindfulness, with concentration, with wisdom, with lust, with hatred, with delusion … Because they are conascent with the lack of moral dread, are they 'anottappa-factors' (anottappasikā)?
S.: Yes.
S.: Is there no phenomenon (dhamma) that is a mental factor?
P.: Yes.
S.: But was it not said by the Blessed One:
"This mind and the phenomena that are mental factors
are evident as not-self (anattato) to one who has fully understood;
having known the inferior and the sublime in both of these,
one of right vision knows them as subject to dissolution (palokadhamma)" —
is there indeed such a discourse (suttanta)?
P.: Yes.
S.: Well then, there is indeed a phenomenon that is a mental factor.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.