MahāvaggavaggaSabbamatthītikathā

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Kathāvatthu · Vol. 37 · Section 322

[322] S. Form (rūpa) does not abandon the state of being form (rūpabhāva)? P. Yes. S. Is form permanent, stable, eternal, not subject to change? P. It should not be said thus. … S. Is it not that form abandons the state of being form? Is form impermanent, unstable, non-eternal, subject to change? P. Yes. S. If form is impermanent, unstable, non-eternal, subject to change, then indeed it should not be said that "form does not abandon the state of being form."

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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