[1771] Sakavādin: Does one abandon past (atīta) defilements (kilesa)?
Paravādin: Yes.
S.: Does one cause to cease what has ceased, cause to depart what has departed, cause to be exhausted what has been exhausted, cause to set what has set, cause to utterly disappear what has utterly disappeared?
P.: It should not be said thus. …
S.: Does one abandon past defilements?
P.: Yes.
S.: Has not the past ceased?
P.: Yes.
S.: If the past has ceased, then indeed, good sir, it should not be said that one abandons past defilements.
S.: Does one abandon past defilements?
P.: Yes.
S.: Is it not so that the past does not exist?
P.: Yes.
S.: If the past does not exist, then indeed, good sir, it should not be said that one abandons past defilements.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.