VaggaAntarābhavakathā

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Kathāvatthu · Vol. 37 · Section 1207

[1207] [S.] For a person who has not committed a deed of immediate result (ānantariya), is there an intermediate existence (antarābhava)? [P.] Yes. [S.] For a person who has committed a deed of immediate result, is there an intermediate existence? [P.] It should not be said thus. … [S.] For a person who has committed a deed of immediate result, is there no intermediate existence? [P.] Yes. [S.] For a person who has not committed a deed of immediate result, is there no intermediate existence? [P.] It should not be said thus. … [S.] For a person bound for hell (niraya) … for a person bound for [the realm of] non-percipient beings (asaññasatta) … for a person bound for the formless (arūpa) realm, is there an intermediate existence? [P.] It should not be said thus. … [S.] For a person bound for the formless realm, is there no intermediate existence? [P.] Yes. [S.] If, for a person bound for the formless realm, there is no intermediate existence, then surely, good sir, it should not be said: "There is an intermediate existence."

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.