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S.: Is the body sense base (kāyāyatana) a result (vipāka)?
P.: Yes.
S.: Is it to be experienced as pleasant (sukhavedaniya) … having an object (sārammaṇa)? Is there for it adverting (āvajjanā) … aspiration (paṇidhi)?
P.: It should not be said thus. …
S.: Is it not the case that it is not to be experienced as pleasant … that it is without an object (anārammaṇa), and that there is not for it adverting … aspiration?
P.: Yes.
S.: If it is not to be experienced as pleasant … is without an object, and there is not for it adverting … aspiration, then indeed it should not be said that the body sense base is a result. …
S.: Is contact (phassa) a result? Is contact to be experienced as pleasant … having an object? Is there for it adverting … aspiration?
P.: Yes.
S.: Is the body sense base a result? Is the body sense base to be experienced as pleasant … having an object? Is there for it adverting … aspiration?
P.: It should not be said thus. …
S.: Is the body sense base a result, yet the body sense base not to be experienced as pleasant … without an object, and is there not for it adverting … aspiration?
P.: Yes.
S.: Is contact a result, yet contact not to be experienced as pleasant … without an object, and is there not for it adverting … aspiration?
P.: It should not be said thus. …
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.