VaggaSilaṅacetasikantikathā

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Kathāvatthu · Vol. 37 · Section 1407

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English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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