3.8 Of the Celestial Ear (KV3.8)

Controverted Point: That the fleshly ear, when it is the medium of an idea, is the celestial ear.

correspond exactly to the same sections in Kv 3.7.

Theravādin: Further, you are, by your proposition, also admitting that the celestial ear, when it is the medium of a sensuous idea, becomes the fleshly ear. Further, you are also admitting that there is only one ear, or sense of hearing. If you deny, you cannot maintain your proposition. If you assent, I would ask whether the Exalted One did not speak of two ears—the fleshly ear and the heavenly ear?

The Points of Controversy, an English translation of the Pali Abhidhamma Kathāvatthu. Translated by Shwe Zan Aung and C.A.F. Rhys Davids. First published by Pali Text Society, 1915.

This SuttaCentral edition was prepared by Manfred Wierich and Ven. Vimala and proofread by Josephine Tobin. Some changes were introduced:

Abbreviations, i.e., those of cited works and the participants in the controversies, were expanded.

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The corrigenda were merged into the text. Some could not be resolved, though.

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