[1619] [Sakavādin:] "Are the four taints (āsavā) not subject to taints (anāsava)?"
[Paravādin:] "Yes."
[S.:] "Are they the path (magga), fruition (phala), Nibbāna, the path of stream-entry (sotāpattimagga), the fruition of stream-entry (sotāpattiphala), … a factor of awakening (bojjhaṅga)?"
[P.:] "It should not be said thus. …"
[P.:] "Should it not be said that the four taints are not subject to taints?"
[S.:] "Yes."
[P.:] "Do there indeed exist other taints, by which taints those taints are subject to taints (sāsava)?"
[S.:] "It should not be said thus."
[P.:] "Then indeed the four taints are not subject to taints."
The Discussion of Taints (Āsavakathā).
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The Discussion of Aging and Death (Jarāmaraṇakathā)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.