MahāvaggavaggaMahāvagga

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Kathāvatthu · Vol. 37 · Section 53

[53] [S.] Is the person (puggala) apprehended in the sense of a real and ultimate fact (sacchikaṭṭha-paramaṭṭha)? [P.] Yes. [S.] Is the eye base (cakkhāyatana) the person? … Is the person in the eye base? … Is the person apart from the eye base? … Is the eye base in the person? … Is the mental-phenomena base (dhammāyatana) the person? … Is the person in the mental-phenomena base? … Is the person apart from the mental-phenomena base? … Is the mental-phenomena base in the person? …

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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