VaggaAnantarāpayuttakathā

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Kathāvatthu · Vol. 37 · Section 1518

[1518] Paravādin: Could a person (puggala) who has instigated a deed of immediate retribution (anantarāpayutta) enter the fixed course of rightness (sammatta-niyāma)? Sakavādin: Yes. P.: Could he enter both the fixed course of wrongness (micchatta-niyāma) and the fixed course of rightness? S.: It should not be said thus. … P.: Could a person who has instigated a deed of immediate retribution enter the fixed course of rightness? S.: Yes. P.: Was not that deed (kamma) instigated, worry (kukkucca) occasioned, and remorse (vippaṭisāra) engendered? S.: Yes. P.: If that deed was instigated, worry occasioned, and remorse engendered, then indeed it must not be said: "A person who has instigated a deed of immediate retribution could enter the fixed course of rightness."

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.