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Abhidhammapiṭaka · Kathāvatthu · Vol. 37 · Section 1433

[1433] [S.] Is the latent tendency to sensual lust (kāmarāgānusaya) indeterminate (abyākata)? [P.] Yes. [S.] Are sensual lust (kāmarāga), the obsession of sensual lust (kāmarāga-pariyuṭṭhāna), the fetter of sensual lust (kāmarāga-saññojana), the flood of sensuality (kāmogha), the yoke of sensuality (kāmayoga), and the hindrance of sensual desire (kāmacchanda-nīvaraṇa) indeterminate? [P.] It should not be said thus. … [S.] Are sensual lust, the obsession of sensual lust, … the hindrance of sensual desire unwholesome (akusala)? [P.] Yes. [S.] Is the latent tendency to sensual lust unwholesome? [P.] It should not be said thus. …

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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