[1792] Sakavādin: Is there absolute fixedness [of destiny] (accantaniyāmatā)¹ for a worldling (puthujjana)?
Paravādin: Yes.
S. Is one who has killed his mother (mātughātaka) absolutely fixed? Is one who has killed his father (pitughātaka) … one who has killed an Arahant (arahantaghātaka) … one who has shed [a Tathāgata's] blood (ruhiruppādaka) … one who has caused schism in the Order (saṅghabhedaka) absolutely fixed?
P. It should not be said so. …
S. Is there absolute fixedness for a worldling?
P. Yes.
S. Could doubt (vicikicchā) arise in a person who is absolutely fixed?
P. Yes.
S. If doubt could arise in a person who is absolutely fixed, then indeed you should not say that there is absolute fixedness for a worldling.
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¹ [Siam Raṭṭha editorial note:] The Burmese edition reads "-niyamatā"; the reading appears thus throughout.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.