Vagga 8Rūpaṅkammantikathā

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Kathāvatthu · Vol. 37 · Section 1242

[1242] [Sakavādin:] "Is bodily action (kāyakamma) originated by a wholesome mind (citta) form (rūpa), and wholesome?" [Paravādin:] "Yes." [Sakavādin:] "Is it something that has an object (sārammaṇa)? Is there for it adverting (āvajjanā), ideation (ābhoga), consideration (samannāhāra), attention (manasikāra), volition (cetanā), aspiration (patthanā), resolve (paṇidhi)?" [Paravādin:] "It should not be said thus." … [Sakavādin:] "Is it not without an object (anārammaṇa)? Does it not lack adverting, ideation, consideration, attention, volition, aspiration, and resolve?" [Paravādin:] "Yes." [Sakavādin:] "If it is without an object, and it lacks adverting … resolve, then indeed you should not say: 'Bodily action originated by a wholesome mind is form, and wholesome.'"

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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