[1407] Sakavādin: Is virtue (sīla) not a mental factor (acetasika)?
Paravādin: Yes.
S.: Is it form (rūpa), Nibbāna, the eye sense base (cakkhāyatana) … the body sense base (kāyāyatana) … the form sense base (rūpāyatana) … the tangible sense base (phoṭṭhabbāyatana)?
P.: It should not be said thus. …
S.: Is virtue not a mental factor?
P.: Yes.
S.: Is contact (phassa) not a mental factor?
P.: It should not be said thus. …
S.: Is virtue not a mental factor?
P.: Yes.
S.: Is feeling (vedanā) … perception (saññā) … volition (cetanā) … faith (saddhā) … energy (vīriya) … mindfulness (sati) … concentration (samādhi) … wisdom (paññā) not a mental factor?
P.: It should not be said thus. …
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.