VaggaRūpaṅkusalākusalantikathā

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Kathāvatthu · Vol. 37 · Section 1673

[1673] Sakavādin: Form (rūpa) is unwholesome (akusala), without an object (anārammaṇa); there is no adverting (āvajjanā) of it, … no resolve (paṇidhi)? Paravādin: Yes. Sakavādin: Greed (lobha) is unwholesome, without an object; there is no adverting of it, … no resolve? Paravādin: It should not be said thus. … Sakavādin: Form is unwholesome, without an object; there is no adverting of it, … no resolve? Paravādin: Yes. Sakavādin: Hatred (dosa), delusion (moha), conceit (māna), … lack of moral dread (anottappa) is unwholesome, without an object; there is no adverting of it, … no resolve? Paravādin: It should not be said thus. …

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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