VaggaNiyatassaniyāmakathā

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Kathāvatthu · Vol. 37 · Section 1521

[1521] Sakavādin: Does one who is fixed (niyata) enter the fixed course (niyāma)? Paravādin: Yes. Sakavādin: Does one fixed in wrongness (micchatta) enter the fixed course of rightness (sammatta-niyāma), and does one fixed in rightness enter the fixed course of wrongness (micchatta-niyāma)? Paravādin: It should not be said thus. … Sakavādin: Does one who is fixed enter the fixed course? Paravādin: Yes. Sakavādin: Having first developed the path (magga), does one afterwards enter the fixed course? Paravādin: It should not be said thus. … Sakavādin: Having first developed the path of stream-entry (sotāpatti-magga), does one afterwards enter the fixed course of stream-entry (sotāpatti-niyāma)? Paravādin: It should not be said thus. … Sakavādin: Having first developed the path of once-returning (sakadāgāmi-magga) … the path of non-returning (anāgāmi-magga) … the path of arahantship (arahatta-magga), does one afterwards enter the fixed course of arahantship (arahatta-niyāma)? Paravādin: It should not be said thus. … Sakavādin: Having first developed the establishment of mindfulness (satipaṭṭhāna) … the right exertions (sammappadhāna) … the bases of success (iddhipāda) … the faculties (indriya) … the powers (bala) … the factors of awakening (bojjhaṅga), does one afterwards enter the fixed course? Paravādin: It should not be said thus. …

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.