• Points of ControversyKathāvatthu
  • Points of ControversyMahāpaṇṇāsaka
  • 12.6 Sequel to the ForegoingDvādasamavagga

Uttarāpathaka:Again, if you maintain it is wrong to say that thekolankolo, or one ranking in the First Path next above him of the seven rebirths' limit, is assured of salvation by his rank, I ask: Does not his rank itselfguarantee that he shall attain?Kolaṅkolakathā

Uttarāpathaka:Na vattabbaṁ—guarantee that he shall attain“kolaṅkolo puggalo kolaṅkolatāniyato”ti? Shwe Zan AungĀmantā. This SuttaCentral edition was prepared byManfred WierichandVen. Vimalaand proofread byJosephine Tobin. Some changes were introduced:Nanu so kolaṅkoloti? Manfred WierichĀmantā. Ven. VimalaHañci so kolaṅkolo, tena vata re vattabbe—Josephine Tobin“kolaṅkolo puggalo kolaṅkolatāniyato”ti.

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.Kolaṅkolakathā niṭṭhitā.