[1159] S. Contact (phassa) is a result of kamma (kammavipāka); and contact is to be experienced as pleasant (sukhavedaniya), to be experienced as painful, to be experienced as neither-painful-nor-pleasant; it is associated (sampayutta) with pleasant feeling (vedanā), with painful … associated with neither-painful-nor-pleasant feeling; associated with contact, associated with feeling, associated with perception (saññā), associated with volition (cetanā), associated with mind (citta); it has an object (sārammaṇa); and does there exist for it adverting (āvajjanā) … aspiration (paṇidhi)?
P. Yes.
S. The earth (pathavī) is a result of kamma; and the earth is to be experienced as pleasant, to be experienced as painful, to be experienced as neither-painful-nor-pleasant; it is associated with pleasant feeling, associated with painful feeling, associated with neither-painful-nor-pleasant feeling; associated with contact, associated with feeling, associated with perception, associated with volition, associated with mind; it has an object; and does there exist for it adverting, ideation (ābhoga), consideration (samannāhāra), attention (manasikāra), volition, wishing (patthanā), aspiration (paṇidhi)?
P. It should not be said thus. …
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.