VaggaSukhānuppadānakathā

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Kathāvatthu · Vol. 37 · Section 1654

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English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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