VaggaṬhapetvāariyamaggantikathā

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Kathāvatthu · Vol. 37 · Section 1705

[1705] [Sakavādin:] Setting aside the noble path (ariyamagga), are the remaining conditioned things (saṅkhārā) suffering (dukkha)? [Paravādin:] Yes. [Sakavādin:] Is the origin of suffering (dukkhasamudaya) also suffering? [Paravādin:] It should not be said thus. … [Sakavādin:] Is the origin of suffering also suffering? [Paravādin:] Yes. [Sakavādin:] Are there only three noble truths (ariyasacca)? [Paravādin:] It should not be said thus. … [Sakavādin:] Are there only three noble truths? [Paravādin:] Yes. [Sakavādin:] Were not four noble truths declared by the Blessed One — suffering, the origin of suffering, the cessation of suffering (dukkhanirodha), and the way of practice leading to the cessation of suffering (dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā)? [Paravādin:] Yes. [Sakavādin:] If four noble truths were declared by the Blessed One — suffering, the origin of suffering, the cessation of suffering, and the way of practice leading to the cessation of suffering — then indeed it should not be said that "there are only three noble truths."

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.