VaggaSaññāvedayitakathā

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Kathāvatthu · Vol. 37 · Section 1622

[1622] Sakavādin: Is the attainment of the cessation of perception and feeling (saññāvedayitanirodha-samāpatti) supramundane (lokuttara)? Paravādin: Yes. S.: Is it 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 attainment of the cessation of perception and feeling is supramundane? S.: Yes. P.: Is it mundane (lokiya)? S.: It should not be said thus. … P.: In that case, it is supramundane. Discussion of [the Cessation of] Perception and Feeling (Saññāvedayitakathā). __________________ The Second Discussion of [the Cessation of] Perception and Feeling (Dutiyasaññāvedayitakathā)

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.