VaggaAsañciccakathā

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Kathāvatthu · Vol. 37 · Section 1812

[1812] Paravādin: Is it not to be said that a matricide (mātughātaka) is one who has committed an act entailing immediate result (ānantarika)? Sakavādin: Yes. Paravādin: But has not the mother been deprived of life? Sakavādin: Yes. Paravādin: If the mother has been deprived of life, then indeed, good sir, it should be said that a matricide is one who has committed an act entailing immediate result. Paravādin: Is it not to be said that a patricide (pitughātaka) is one who has committed an act entailing immediate result? Sakavādin: Yes. Paravādin: But has not the father been deprived of life? Sakavādin: Yes. Paravādin: If the father has been deprived of life, then indeed, good sir, it should be said that a patricide is one who has committed an act entailing immediate result. Paravādin: Is it not to be said that a killer of an Arahant (arahantaghātaka) is one who has committed an act entailing immediate result? Sakavādin: Yes. Paravādin: But has not the Arahant been deprived of life? Sakavādin: Yes. Paravādin: If the Arahant has been deprived of life, then indeed, good sir, it should be said that a killer of an Arahant is one who has committed an act entailing immediate result. Paravādin: Is it not to be said that a shedder of [a Tathāgata's] blood (ruhiruppādaka) is one who has committed an act entailing immediate result? Sakavādin: Yes. Paravādin: But has not the Tathāgata's blood been shed? Sakavādin: Yes. Paravādin: If the Tathāgata's blood has been shed, then indeed, good sir, it should be said that a shedder of blood is one who has committed an act entailing immediate result. Sakavādin: Is one who causes schism in the Saṅgha (saṅghabhedaka) one who has committed an act entailing immediate result? Paravādin: Yes. Sakavādin: Are all who cause schism in the Saṅgha ones who have committed an act entailing immediate result? Paravādin: It should not be said thus. … Sakavādin: Are all who cause schism in the Saṅgha ones who have committed an act entailing immediate result? Paravādin: Yes. Sakavādin: Is one who causes schism in the Saṅgha perceiving [it] as Dhamma (dhammasaññī) one who has committed an act entailing immediate result? Paravādin: It should not be said thus. … Sakavādin: Is one who causes schism in the Saṅgha perceiving [it] as Dhamma one who has committed an act entailing immediate result? Paravādin: Yes. Sakavādin: But was it not said by the Blessed One: "There is, Upāli, one who causes schism in the Saṅgha who is bound for a state of loss (āpāyika), bound for hell (nerayika), abiding [there] for the aeon (kappaṭṭha), and incurable (atekiccha); there is, Upāli, one who causes schism in the Saṅgha who is not bound for a state of loss, not bound for hell, not abiding [there] for the aeon, and not incurable"—does such a discourse (suttanta) indeed exist? Paravādin: Yes. Sakavādin: If so, it should not be said that one who causes schism in the Saṅgha perceiving [it] as Dhamma is one who has committed an act entailing immediate result.

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