VaggaAsaññakathā

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Kathāvatthu · Vol. 37 · Section 846

[846] "Perception (saññā) exists among non-percipient beings (asaññasattā), and that is a non-percipient existence (bhava), a non-percipient destination (gati), an abode of non-percipient beings (sattāvāsa), a non-percipient saṃsāra, a non-percipient mode of generation (yoni), an acquisition of non-percipient individuality (attabhāva-paṭilābha)?" "Yes." "Perception exists among human beings (manussā), and that is a non-percipient existence … an acquisition of non-percipient individuality?" "It should not be said so. …"

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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