MahāvaggavaggaMahāvagga

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Kathāvatthu · Vol. 37 · Section 55

[55] … Is the eye faculty (cakkhundriya) the person (puggala)? … Is the person in the eye faculty? … Is the person apart from the eye faculty? … Is the eye faculty in the person? … Is the faculty of one endowed with final knowledge (aññātāvindriya) the person? … Is the person in the faculty of one endowed with final knowledge? … Is the person apart from the faculty of one endowed with final knowledge? … Is the faculty of one endowed with final knowledge in the person? P. It should not be said thus. S. Acknowledge the refutation (niggaha): If the person is apprehended in a real and ultimate sense (saccikaṭṭha-paramaṭṭha), then indeed, good sir, it should be said that the faculty of one endowed with final knowledge is in the person. What you say there — namely, that it should indeed be said that the person is apprehended in a real and ultimate sense, but that it should not be said that the faculty of one endowed with final knowledge is in the person — is wrong. But if it should not be said that the faculty of one endowed with final knowledge is in the person, then indeed, good sir, it should not be said that the person is apprehended in a real and ultimate sense. What you say there — namely, that it should indeed be said that the person is apprehended in a real and ultimate sense, but that it should not be said that the faculty of one endowed with final knowledge is in the person — is wrong. …

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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