MahāvaggavaggaHevatthītikathā

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Kathāvatthu · Vol. 37 · Section 442

[442] [Sakavādin:] Does the present both exist and not exist? [Paravādin:] Yes. [Sakavādin:] In what sense does it exist? In what sense does it not exist? [Paravādin:] The present does exist in the sense of "present"; the present does not exist in the sense of "past"; the present does not exist in the sense of "future." [Sakavādin:] Does that very same thing exist and that very same thing not exist? [Paravādin:] It should not be said thus. … [Sakavādin:] Does that very same thing exist and that very same thing not exist? [Paravādin:] Yes. [Sakavādin:] Is the meaning of "it exists" the meaning of "it does not exist" … the same, equal, of like nature? [Paravādin:] It should not be said thus. …

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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