VaggaParinibbānakathā

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Kathāvatthu · Vol. 37 · Section 1856

[1856] Sakavādin: Is there final Nibbāna (parinibbāna) without having abandoned some fetter (saññojana)? Paravādin: Yes. Sakavādin: Is the Arahant (arahā) with lust (sarāga) … with defilement (sakilesa)? Paravādin: It should not be said so. … Sakavādin: Is not the Arahant without lust (nīrāga) … without defilement (nikkilesa)? Paravādin: Yes. Sakavādin: If the Arahant is without lust … without defilement, then indeed, good sir, it should not be said: "There is final Nibbāna without having abandoned some fetter."

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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