[1775] Sakavādin: Is emptiness (suññatā) included in the aggregate of volitional formations (saṅkhārakkhandha)?
Paravādin: Yes.
S.: Is the signless (animitta) included in the aggregate of volitional formations?
P.: It should not be said thus. …
S.: Is emptiness included in the aggregate of volitional formations?
P.: Yes.
S.: Is the undirected (appaṇihita) included in the aggregate of volitional formations?
P.: It should not be said thus. …
S.: Should the signless not be said to be included in the aggregate of volitional formations?
P.: Yes.
S.: Should emptiness not be said to be included in the aggregate of volitional formations?
P.: It should not be said thus. …
S.: Should the undirected not be said to be included in the aggregate of volitional formations?
P.: Yes.
S.: Should emptiness not be said to be included in the aggregate of volitional formations?
P.: It should not be said thus. …
S.: Is emptiness included in the aggregate of volitional formations?
P.: Yes.
S.: Is the aggregate of volitional formations not impermanent, not conditioned, not dependently arisen, not subject to destruction, not subject to passing away, not subject to fading away, not subject to cessation, not subject to change?
P.: It should not be said thus. …
S.: Is not the aggregate of volitional formations impermanent, conditioned, dependently arisen, subject to destruction, subject to passing away, subject to fading away, subject to cessation, subject to change?
P.: Yes.
S.: If the aggregate of volitional formations is impermanent … subject to change, then indeed it should not be said that emptiness is included in the aggregate of volitional formations.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.