VaggaVacībhedakathā

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Kathāvatthu · Vol. 37 · Section 610

[610] [Paravādin:] Should it not be said: "There is utterance of speech (vacībheda) for one who has attained (samāpanna)"? [Sakavādin:] Yes. [Paravādin:] But were not thought-conception and discursive thought (vitakka-vicāra) declared by the Blessed One to be verbal formations (vacīsaṅkhāra)? And are there not thought-conception and discursive thought for one who has attained the first jhāna? [Sakavādin:] Yes. [Paravādin:] If thought-conception and discursive thought were declared by the Blessed One to be verbal formations, and there are thought-conception and discursive thought for one who has attained the first jhāna, then indeed, good sir, it should be said: "There is utterance of speech for one who has attained."

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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