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Abhidhammapiṭaka · Kathāvatthu · Vol. 37 · Section 1672

[1672] [Sakavādin:] Greed (lobha) is unwholesome (akusala), a state with an object (sārammaṇa); is there for it adverting (āvajjanā) … aspiration (paṇidhi)? [Paravādin:] Yes. [Sakavādin:] Form (rūpa) is unwholesome, a state with an object; is there for it adverting … aspiration? [Paravādin:] It should not be said so. … [Sakavādin:] Hatred (dosa), delusion (moha), conceit (māna) … lack of moral dread (anottappa) is unwholesome, a state with an object; is there for it adverting … aspiration? [Paravādin:] Yes. [Sakavādin:] Form is unwholesome, a state with an object; is there for it adverting … aspiration? [Paravādin:] It should not be said so. …

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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