[1654] [Sakavādin:] Does one person bestow (anuppadeti) happiness (sukha) upon another?
[Paravādin:] Yes.
[S.:] Does one person bestow suffering (dukkha) upon another?
[P.:] It should not be said thus …
[S.:] Does one person not bestow suffering upon another?
[P.:] Yes.
[S.:] Does one person not bestow happiness upon another?
[P.:] It should not be said thus …
[S.:] Does one person bestow happiness upon another?
[P.:] Yes.
[S.:] Does one person bestow upon another his own happiness, or does he bestow the happiness of others, or does he bestow the happiness of that one [the recipient]?
[P.:] It should not be said thus …
[S.:] Does one person bestow upon another neither his own happiness, nor the happiness of others, nor the happiness of that one [the recipient]?
[P.:] Yes.
[S.:] If one person bestows upon another neither his own happiness, nor the happiness of others, nor the happiness of that one [the recipient], then indeed it should not be said that one person bestows happiness upon another.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.