[114] S. Just as, in dependence on (upādāya) the tree, there is the designation (paññatti) of the shadow, so too, in dependence on form (rūpa), there is the designation of the person (puggala)?
S. Just as, in dependence on the tree, there is the designation of the shadow, and the tree too is impermanent (anicca) and the shadow too is impermanent, so too, in dependence on form, there is the designation of the person, and form too is impermanent and the person too is impermanent?
P. It should not be said thus. …
S. Just as, in dependence on the tree, there is the designation of the shadow, and the tree is one thing and the shadow another, so too, in dependence on form, there is the designation of the person, and form is one thing and the person another?
P. It should not be said thus. …
S. Just as, in dependence on the village, there is the designation of the villager, so too, in dependence on form, there is the designation of the person?
S. Just as, in dependence on the village, there is the designation of the villager, and the village is one thing and the villager another, so too, in dependence on form, there is the designation of the person, and form is one thing and the person another?
P. It should not be said thus. …
S. Just as, in dependence on the kingdom, there is the designation of the king, so too, in dependence on form, there is the designation of the person?
S. Just as, in dependence on the kingdom, there is the designation of the king, and the kingdom is one thing and the king another, so too, in dependence on form, there is the designation of the person, and form is one thing and the person another?
P. It should not be said thus. …
S. Just as the shackle is not the shackled one — he who has the shackle is the shackled one — so too, form is not the one who has form (rūpavā); he who has form is the one who has form?
S. Just as the shackle is not the shackled one — he who has the shackle is the shackled one — and the shackle is one thing and the shackled one another, so too, form is not the one who has form — he who has form is the one who has form — and form is one thing and the one who has form another?
P. It should not be said thus. …
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.