MahāvaggavaggaJahatikathā

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Kathāvatthu · Vol. 37 · Section 293

[293] S. Does the person practicing for the realization of the fruition of non-returning (anāgāmi-phala) abandon sensual lust (kāmarāga) and ill will (byāpāda) by the path of non-returning (anāgāmi-magga), and is that path one leading out (niyyānika), going to destruction (khayagāmī), going to awakening (bodhagāmī), going to dispersal (apacayagāmī), taintless (anāsava), not conducive to the fetters (asaṃyojaniya), … not conducive to defilement (asaṅkilesika)? P. Yes. S. Does the worldling (puthujjana) abandon sensual lust and ill will by the form-sphere (rūpāvacara) path, and is that path one leading out, going to destruction, going to awakening, going to dispersal, taintless, not conducive to the fetters, … not conducive to defilement? P. It should not be said thus. …

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.