VaggaAriyantikathā

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Kathāvatthu · Vol. 37 · Section 734

[734] "Is the knowledge (ñāṇa) as it really is of the destruction of the taints (āsava) — a power of the Tathāgata (tathāgatabala) — noble (ariya), having emptiness (suññatā) as its object (ārammaṇa)?" "Yes." "Is the knowledge as it really is of the possible and the impossible (ṭhānāṭhāna) — a power of the Tathāgata — noble, having emptiness as its object?" "It should not be said thus. …" "Is the knowledge as it really is of the destruction of the taints — a power of the Tathāgata — noble, having the signless (animitta) as its object … having the desireless (appaṇihita) as its object?" "Yes." "Is the knowledge as it really is of the possible and the impossible — a power of the Tathāgata — noble, having the desireless as its object?" "It should not be said thus. …"

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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