VaggaRūpaṅmaggotikathā

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Kathāvatthu · Vol. 37 · Section 1384

[1384] S. Right speech (sammāvācā) is the path (magga), and it is without an object (anārammaṇa); there is no adverting (āvajjanā) for it … no aspiration (paṇidhi)? P. Yes. S. Right view (sammādiṭṭhi) is the path, and it is without an object; there is no adverting for it … no aspiration? P. It should not be said thus. … S. Right speech is the path, and it is without an object; there is no adverting for it … no aspiration? P. Yes. S. Right thought (sammāsaṅkappa) … right effort (sammāvāyāma) … right mindfulness (sammāsati) … right concentration (sammāsamādhi) is the path, and it is without an object; there is no adverting for it … no aspiration? P. It should not be said thus. …

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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