VaggaIssariyakāmakārikākathā

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Kathāvatthu · Vol. 37 · Section 1886

[1886] [Sakavādin:] "The Bodhisatta goes to a state of misery (vinipāta) by reason of the sovereign exercise of free will (issariyakāmakārikā)?" [Paravādin:] "Yes." [Sakavādin:] "Is there really a discourse (suttanta) [stating]: 'The Bodhisatta goes to a state of misery by reason of the sovereign exercise of free will'?" [Paravādin:] "There is not." [Sakavādin:] "If there really is no discourse [stating]: 'The Bodhisatta goes to a state of misery by reason of the sovereign exercise of free will,' then surely you should not say: 'The Bodhisatta goes to a state of misery by reason of the sovereign exercise of free will.'"

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.