[1566] [Sakavādin:] "Does body-consciousness (kāyaviññāṇa) arise immediately after tongue-consciousness (jivhāviññāṇa)?"
[Paravādin:] "Yes."
[Sakavādin:] "Does tongue-consciousness arise in one attending to the sign of taste (rasanimitta)?"
[Paravādin:] "Yes."
[Sakavādin:] "Does body-consciousness arise in one attending to the sign of taste?"
[Paravādin:] "It should not be said thus. …"
[Sakavādin:] "Does tongue-consciousness have taste alone as its object (ārammaṇa), and not another object?"
[Paravādin:] "Yes."
[Sakavādin:] "Does body-consciousness have taste alone as its object, and not another object?"
[Paravādin:] "It should not be said thus. …"
[Sakavādin:] "Does tongue-consciousness arise in dependence on the tongue and tastes?"
[Paravādin:] "Yes."
[Sakavādin:] "Does body-consciousness arise in dependence on the tongue and tastes?"
[Paravādin:] "It should not be said thus. …"
[Sakavādin:] "Does body-consciousness arise in dependence on the tongue and tastes?"
[Paravādin:] "Yes."
[Sakavādin:] "Is there indeed a discourse (suttanta) [stating]: 'In dependence on the tongue and tastes, body-consciousness arises'?"
[Paravādin:] "There is not."
[Sakavādin:] "Is there indeed a discourse [stating]: 'In dependence on the tongue and tastes, tongue-consciousness arises'?"
[Paravādin:] "Yes."
[Sakavādin:] "If there is indeed a discourse [stating]: 'In dependence on the tongue and tastes, tongue-consciousness arises,' then indeed, good sir, it should not be said: 'In dependence on the tongue and tastes, body-consciousness arises.'"
[Sakavādin:] "Does body-consciousness arise immediately after tongue-consciousness?"
[Paravādin:] "Yes."
[Sakavādin:] "Is that very tongue-consciousness that body-consciousness?"
[Paravādin:] "It should not be said thus. …"
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.