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Abhidhammapiṭaka · Kathāvatthu · Vol. 37 · Section 1668

[1668] [Sakavādin:] Is form (rūpa) wholesome (kusala)? [Paravādin:] Yes. [S:] Does it have an object (sārammaṇa)? Is there adverting (āvajjanā) of it, … resolve (paṇidhi)? [P:] It should not be said thus. … [S:] Is form not without an object (anārammaṇa)? Is there no adverting of it, … resolve? [P:] Yes. [S:] If it is without an object, and there is no adverting of it, … resolve, then surely you should not say that form is wholesome.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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