VaggaÑāṇaṅanāraṁmaṇantikathā

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Kathāvatthu · Vol. 37 · Section 1338

[1338] Sakavādin: Is knowledge (ñāṇa) without an object (anārammaṇa)? Paravādin: Yes. S.: Is it form (rūpa), Nibbāna, the eye sense base (cakkhāyatana) … the tangible sense base (phoṭṭhabbāyatana)? P.: It should not be said thus. … S.: Is knowledge without an object? P.: Yes. S.: Are wisdom (paññā), the wisdom faculty (paññindriya), the power of wisdom (paññābala), right view (sammādiṭṭhi), and the awakening factor of investigation of dhammas (dhammavicaya-sambojjhaṅga) without an object? P.: It should not be said thus. … S.: Are wisdom, the wisdom faculty, the power of wisdom, right view, and the awakening factor of investigation of dhammas with an object (sārammaṇa)? P.: Yes. S.: Is knowledge with an object? P.: It should not be said thus. …

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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