[190] "Is the person (puggala) apprehended in the sense of a real and ultimate fact (sacchikaṭṭha-paramattha)?"
"Yes."
"Is not the Blessed One a speaker of truth, a speaker at the right time, a speaker of what is real, a speaker of what is so, a speaker of what is not untrue, a speaker of what is not otherwise?"
"Yes."
"Was it said by the Blessed One: 'a pot of oil, a pot of honey, a pot of molasses, a pot of milk, a pot of water, a drinking-water bowl, a drinking-water cup, a drinking-water saucer, a permanent meal (niccabhatta), a constant gruel (dhuvayāgu)'?"
"Yes."
"Is there any gruel that is permanent, constant, eternal, not subject to change?"
"It should not be said so."
"Then indeed it should not be said: 'The person is apprehended in the sense of a real and ultimate fact.'"
Abridged (saṅkhittaṃ).
The Discourse on the Person (Puggalakathā) [is concluded].
The eight refutation cycles (niggaha-peyyāla); the section on transmigration (sandhāvaniya); that on derivation (upādāya);
by way of mind (citta), the good as the fifth; supernormal power (iddhi); with the citation of suttas as the eighth.
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Parihānikathā (Discourse on Falling Away)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.