[1460] [Sakavādin:] "Could one endowed with the power of psychic potency (iddhibala) remain for an aeon (kappa)?"
[Paravādin:] "Yes."
[S.:] "Is that life-span (āyu) produced by psychic potency, is that destination (gati) produced by psychic potency, is that acquisition of individual existence (attabhāvapaṭilābha) produced by psychic potency?"
[P.:] "It should not be said thus. …"
[S.:] "Could one endowed with the power of psychic potency remain for an aeon?"
[P.:] "Yes."
[S.:] "Could he remain for a past aeon? Could he remain for a future aeon?"
[P.:] "It should not be said thus. …"
[S.:] "Could one endowed with the power of psychic potency remain for an aeon?"
[P.:] "Yes."
[S.:] "Could he remain for two aeons? Could he remain for three aeons? Could he remain for four aeons?"
[P.:] "It should not be said thus. …"
[S.:] "Could one endowed with the power of psychic potency remain for an aeon?"
[P.:] "Yes."
[S.:] "Could he remain while life, a remainder of life, exists, or could he remain when life, a remainder of life, does not exist?"
[P.:] "He could remain while life, a remainder of life, exists."
[S.:] "If he could remain while life, a remainder of life, exists, then indeed it should not be said: 'One endowed with the power of psychic potency could remain for an aeon.' …"
[P.:] "He could remain when life, a remainder of life, does not exist."
[S.:] "Could one who is dead remain? Could one who has passed away remain?"
[P.:] "It should not be said thus. …"
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.