[1773] S. (Sakavādī): Does one abandon present defilements (kilesa)?
P. (Paravādī): Yes.
S. Does one who is lustful abandon lust (rāga), one who is hateful abandon hatred (dosa), one who is deluded abandon delusion (moha), one who is defiled abandon defilements?
P. It should not be said thus. …
S. Does one abandon lust by means of lust, abandon hatred by means of hatred, abandon delusion by means of delusion, abandon defilements by means of defilements?
P. It should not be said thus. …
S. Is lust associated (sampayutta) with the mind (citta), and is the path (magga) associated with the mind?
P. Yes.
S. Is there then a conjunction of two contacts (phassa), … of two minds?
P. It should not be said thus. …
S. Is lust unwholesome and the path wholesome?
P. Yes.
S. Do phenomena (dhammā) that are wholesome and unwholesome, blameworthy and blameless, inferior and superior, dark and bright, being mutually opposed counterparts (sappaṭibhāga), come face to face?
P. It should not be said thus. …
S. Do phenomena that are wholesome and unwholesome, … being mutually opposed counterparts, come face to face?
P. Yes.
S. But was it not said by the Blessed One: "Bhikkhus, these four are far apart, exceedingly far apart. Which four? The sky, bhikkhus, and the earth — this is the first that is far apart, exceedingly far apart. … Therefore the Dhamma of the good is far from the vile" — is there indeed such a sutta?
P. Yes.
S. Then indeed it should not be said that wholesome and unwholesome … come face to face.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.