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Abhidhammapiṭaka · Kathāvatthu · Vol. 37 · Section 726

[726] Sakavādin: Is the power of a Tathāgata (Tathāgatabala) — the knowledge (ñāṇa) as it really is (yathābhūta) regarding the passing away and rebirth (cutūpapāta) of beings — noble (ariya)? Paravādin: Yes. Sakavādin: Does it have emptiness (suññatā) as its object (ārammaṇa)? Paravādin: It should not be said thus. … Sakavādin: Does it have emptiness as its object? Paravādin: Yes. Sakavādin: Does he attend to the passing away and rebirth of beings and attend to emptiness? Paravādin: It should not be said thus. … Sakavādin: Does he attend to the passing away and rebirth of beings and attend to emptiness? Paravādin: Yes. Sakavādin: Is there a combination of two contacts (phassa), of two minds (citta)? Paravādin: It should not be said thus. … Sakavādin: Is the power of a Tathāgata — the knowledge as it really is regarding the passing away and rebirth of beings — noble? Paravādin: Yes. Sakavādin: Does it have the signless (animitta) as its object? … Does it have the undirected (appaṇihita) as its object? Paravādin: It should not be said thus. … Sakavādin: Does it have the undirected as its object? Paravādin: Yes. Sakavādin: Does he attend to the passing away and rebirth of beings and attend to the undirected? Paravādin: It should not be said thus. … Sakavādin: Does he attend to the passing away and rebirth of beings and attend to the undirected? Paravādin: Yes. Sakavādin: Is there a combination of two contacts, of two minds? Paravādin: It should not be said thus. …

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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