VaggaJīvitindriyakathā

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Kathāvatthu · Vol. 37 · Section 1287

[1287] [Sakavādin:] "There is life (āyu), persistence (ṭhiti), maintenance (yapanā), sustenance (yāpanā), motion (iriyanā), continuance (vattanā), and preservation (pālanā) of material phenomena (dhammā), yet there is no material life faculty (rūpa-jīvitindriya)?" [Paravādin:] "Yes." [Sakavādin:] "There is life, persistence, maintenance, sustenance, motion, continuance, and preservation of immaterial phenomena, yet there is no immaterial life faculty (arūpa-jīvitindriya)?" [Paravādin:] "It should not be said thus." …

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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