[1285] Sakavādin: There is no material life faculty (rūpajīvitindriya)?
Paravādin: Yes.
S.: Is there no life (āyu), persistence (ṭhiti), going on (yapanā), keeping going (yāpanā), activity (iriyanā), continuance (vattanā), preservation (pālanā) of material phenomena (rūpino dhammā)?
P.: It should not be said thus. …
S.: Is there life, persistence, going on, keeping going, activity, continuance, preservation of material phenomena?
P.: Yes.
S.: If there is life, persistence, going on, keeping going, activity, continuance, preservation of material phenomena, then indeed it should not be said that "there is no material life faculty."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.