MahāvaggavaggaMahāvagga

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Kathāvatthu · Vol. 37 · Section 120

[120] Sakavādin: Is the person (puggala) apprehended in the sense of a real and ultimate fact (sacchikaṭṭha-paramaṭṭha)? Paravādin: Yes (āmantā). Sakavādin: Is it not so that he who does not hear … he who does not smell … he who does not taste … he who does not touch … he who does not cognize, that which he does not cognize, that by which he does not cognize — he does not cognize, does not cognize that, does not cognize by that? Paravādin: Yes. Sakavādin: If, indeed, he who does not cognize, that which he does not cognize, that by which he does not cognize — he does not cognize, does not cognize that, does not cognize by that — then truly, good sir, it should not be said: "The person is apprehended in the sense of a real and ultimate fact."

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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