[168] S. You take it that "a mother exists" — and is it for that reason that the person (puggala) is apprehended in the sense of a real and ultimate fact (sacchikaṭṭha-paramaṭṭha)?
P. Yes.
S. Is there anyone who, having been a mother, is then not a mother?
P. Yes.
S. Is there anyone who, having been a person, is then not a person?
P. That should not be said. …
S. Is there anyone who, having been a father, having been a brother, having been a sister, having been a noble (khattiya), having been a brahmin (brāhmaṇa), having been a merchant (vessa), having been a labourer (sudda), having been a householder (gahaṭṭha), having been one gone forth (pabbajita), having been a deva, having been a human (manussa), is then not a human?
P. Yes.
S. Is there anyone who, having been a person, is then not a person?
P. That should not be said. …
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.