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Abhidhammapiṭaka · Kathāvatthu · Vol. 37 · Section 1513

[1513] Sakavādin: Would one fixed for the aeon (kappaṭṭha) remain for the aeon (kappa)? Paravādin: Yes. S.: Does the aeon persist, and does a Buddha arise in the world? P.: It should not be said thus. … S.: Would one fixed for the aeon remain for the aeon? P.: Yes. S.: Does the aeon persist, and is the Saṅgha divided? P.: It should not be said thus. … S.: Would one fixed for the aeon remain for the aeon? P.: Yes. S.: Does the aeon persist, and does the one fixed for the aeon commit the kamma that fixes one for the aeon (kappaṭṭhiya kamma)? P.: It should not be said thus. … S.: Would one fixed for the aeon remain for the aeon? P.: Yes. S.: Does the aeon persist, and does the person fixed for the aeon die? P.: It should not be said thus. … S.: Would one fixed for the aeon remain for the aeon? P.: Yes. S.: Would he remain for the past aeon? Would he remain for the future aeon? P.: It should not be said thus. … S.: Would one fixed for the aeon remain for the aeon? P.: Yes. S.: Would he remain for two aeons? Would he remain for three aeons? Would he remain for four aeons? P.: It should not be said thus. … S.: Would one fixed for the aeon remain for the aeon? P.: Yes. S.: When the aeon is burning, where does the one fixed for the aeon go? P.: He goes to another world-system (lokadhātu). S.: Does he go having died, or does he go through the air? P.: He goes having died. S.: Is the kamma that fixes one for the aeon kamma that ripens in subsequent existences (aparāpariyavepakka)? P.: It should not be said thus. … S.: Does he go through the air? P.: Yes. S.: Is the one fixed for the aeon possessed of psychic power (iddhi)? P.: It should not be said thus. … S.: Is the one fixed for the aeon possessed of psychic power? P.: Yes. S.: Has the one fixed for the aeon developed the basis of psychic power of zeal (chanda-iddhipāda), developed the basis of psychic power of energy (vīriya-iddhipāda), developed the basis of psychic power of mind (citta-iddhipāda), developed the basis of psychic power of investigation (vīmaṃsā-iddhipāda)? P.: It should not be said thus. …

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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