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Abhidhammapiṭaka · Kathāvatthu · Vol. 37 · Section 975

[975] S. Was the Bodhisatta one who had entered the fixed course (niyāma) and had lived the holy life (brahmacariya) in the dispensation (pāvacana) of the Blessed One Kassapa? P. Yes. S. Did the Bodhisatta perform the practice of austerities (dukkarakārikā)? P. Yes. S. Would a person accomplished in vision (dassana) perform a deed hard to do? P. It should not be said so. …

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.