VaggaNevasaññānāsaññāyatanakathā

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Kathāvatthu · Vol. 37 · Section 856

[856] S. Should it not be said: "Perception (saññā) exists in the sphere of neither perception nor non-perception (nevasaññānāsaññāyatana), and that is a percipient existence (saññabhava), a percipient destination (saññagati) … an acquisition of percipient individuality (saññattabhāvapaṭilābha)"? P. Yes. S. Should it not be said: "Perception exists among non-percipient beings (asaññasattā), and that is a percipient existence, a percipient destination … an acquisition of percipient individuality"? P. It should not be said thus. …

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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