- Points of ControversyKathāvatthu
- Points of ControversyMahāpaṇṇāsaka
- 22.6 Of the UnmoralBāvīsatimavagga
Controverted Point: That all dream-consciousness is ethically neutral.Abyākatakathā
Controverted PointSabbaṁ supinagatassa cittaṁ abyākatanti? Theravādin:You admit, do you not, that a dreamer may (in dreams) commit murder, theft, etc.? How then can you call such consciousness ethically neutral?Āmantā. Uttarāpathaka:If I am wrong, was it not said by the Exalted One that dream-consciousness was negligible? If so, my proposition holds good.Supinantena pāṇaṁ haneyyāti? Uttarāpathaka:Āmantā. Shwe Zan AungHañci supinantena pāṇaṁ haneyya, no ca vata re vattabbe—This SuttaCentral edition was prepared byManfred WierichandVen. Vimalaand proofread byJosephine Tobin. Some changes were introduced:“sabbaṁ supinagatassa cittaṁ abyākatan”ti.
Manfred WierichSupinantena adinnaṁ ādiyeyya …pe… Ven. Vimalamusā bhaṇeyya, Josephine Tobinpisuṇaṁ bhaṇeyya, Abbreviations, i.e., those of cited works and the participants in the controversies, were expanded.Cross-references were linked.Some typographic changes were introduced, among others, i.e.: the phonetic symbol “ŋ” was changed to the Pāli diacritical letter “ṃ”, “ô” to “o”, single quotes to double quotes, and “:—” to “:”.Letter-spacing with fixed spaces was replaced with bold font.The corrigenda were merged into the text. Some could not be resolved, though.pharusaṁ bhaṇeyya, Abbreviations, i.e., those of cited works and the participants in the controversies, were expanded.samphaṁ palapeyya, Cross-references were linked.sandhiṁ chindeyya, Some typographic changes were introduced, among others, i.e.: the phonetic symbol “ŋ” was changed to the Pāli diacritical letter “ṃ”, “ô” to “o”, single quotes to double quotes, and “:—” to “:”.nillopaṁ hareyya, Letter-spacing with fixed spaces was replaced with bold font.ekāgārikaṁ kareyya, The corrigenda were merged into the text. Some could not be resolved, though.paripanthe tiṭṭheyya, This electronic version is published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 3.0 licence (CC BY-NC 3.0) as found here:http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/paradāraṁ gaccheyya, All copyright is owned by the Pali Text Society. See also the statement under http://www.palitext.com/ → Publications → Copyright Announcement. For non-commercial use only.gāmaghātakaṁ kareyya, nigamaghātakaṁ kareyya, supinantena methunaṁ dhammaṁ paṭiseveyya, supinagatassa asuci mucceyya, supinantena dānaṁ dadeyya, cīvaraṁ dadeyya, piṇḍapātaṁ dadeyya, senāsanaṁ dadeyya, gilānapaccayabhesajjaparikkhāraṁ dadeyya, khādanīyaṁ dadeyya, bhojanīyaṁ dadeyya, pānīyaṁ dadeyya, cetiyaṁ vandeyya, cetiye mālaṁ āropeyya, gandhaṁ āropeyya, vilepanaṁ āropeyya …pe… cetiyaṁ abhidakkhiṇaṁ kareyyāti? Āmantā. Hañci supinantena cetiyaṁ abhidakkhiṇaṁ kareyya, no ca vata re vattabbe—“sabbaṁ supinagatassa cittaṁ abyākatan”ti.
Na vattabbaṁ—“sabbaṁ supinagatassa cittaṁ abyākatan”ti? Āmantā. Nanu supinagatassa cittaṁ abbohāriyaṁ vuttaṁ bhagavatāti? Āmantā. Hañci supinagatassa cittaṁ abbohāriyaṁ vuttaṁ bhagavatā, tena vata re vattabbe—“sabbaṁ supinagatassa cittaṁ abyākatan”ti.
Abyākatakathā niṭṭhitā.