VaggaSilaṅacetasikantikathā

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Kathāvatthu · Vol. 37 · Section 1414

[1414] Sakavādin: Is virtue (sīla) not a mental factor (acetasika), yet possessed of result (savipāka)? Paravādin: Yes. Sakavādin: Is the eye base (cakkhāyatana) not a mental factor, yet possessed of result? Paravādin: It should not be said thus. … Sakavādin: Is virtue not a mental factor, yet possessed of result? Paravādin: Yes. Sakavādin: Is the ear base (sotāyatana) … the body base (kāyāyatana) … the form base (rūpāyatana) … the tangible-object base (phoṭṭhabbāyatana) not a mental factor, yet possessed of result? Paravādin: It should not be said thus. …

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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