[1615] Sakavādī: Is the period of time (addhā) fully constituted (parinipphanna)?
Paravādī: Yes.
S: Is it form (rūpa)?
P: It should not be said thus. …
S: Is it feeling (vedanā)? … Is it perception (saññā)? … Is it volitional formations (saṅkhārā)? … Is it consciousness (viññāṇa)?
P: It should not be said thus. …
S: Is the past period of time fully constituted?
P: Yes.
S: Is it form?
P: It should not be said thus. …
S: Is it feeling? … Is it perception? … Is it volitional formations? … Is it consciousness?
P: It should not be said thus. …
S: Is the future period of time fully constituted?
P: Yes.
S: Is it form?
P: It should not be said thus. …
S: Is it feeling? … Is it perception? … Is it volitional formations? … Is it consciousness?
P: It should not be said thus. …
S: Is the present period of time fully constituted?
P: Yes.
S: Is it form?
P: It should not be said thus. …
S: Is it feeling? … Is it perception? … Is it volitional formations? … Is it consciousness?
P: It should not be said thus. …
S: Are past form, feeling, perception, volitional formations, and consciousness the past period of time?
P: Yes.
S: Are there five past periods of time?
P: It should not be said thus. …
S: Are future form, feeling, perception, volitional formations, and consciousness the future period of time?
P: Yes.
S: Are there five future periods of time?
P: It should not be said thus. …
S: Are present form, feeling, perception, volitional formations, and consciousness the present period of time?
P: Yes.
S: Are there five present periods of time?
P: It should not be said thus. …
S: Are the five past aggregates (khandhā) the past period of time, the five future aggregates the future period of time, and the five present aggregates the present period of time?
P: Yes.
S: Are there fifteen periods of time?
P: It should not be said thus. …
S: Are the twelve past sense bases (āyatana) the past period of time, the twelve future sense bases the future period of time, and the twelve present sense bases the present period of time?
P: Yes.
S: Are there thirty-six periods of time?
P: It should not be said thus. …
S: Are the eighteen past elements (dhātu) the past period of time, the eighteen future elements the future period of time, and the eighteen present elements the present period of time?
P: Yes.
S: Are there fifty-four periods of time?
P: It should not be said thus. …
S: Are the twenty-two past faculties (indriya) the past period of time, the twenty-two future faculties the future period of time, and the twenty-two present faculties the present period of time?
P: Yes.
S: Are there sixty-six periods of time?
P: It should not be said thus. …
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.