Kathavatthu 2.7.1

2.7.1.1

Ekaṃ cittaṃ divasaṃ tiṭṭhatīti?

Does a single consciousness persist for a day?

Controverted Point: That a single unit of consciousness lasts for a day.

2.7.1.2

Āmantā.

Yes.

Controverted Point: That a single unit of consciousness lasts for a day.

2.7.1.3

Upaḍḍhadivaso uppādakkhaṇo, upaḍḍhadivaso vayakkhaṇoti?

Is half a day the moment of arising, and half a day the moment of cessation?

Theravādin: If your proposition is true, does one-half of the day belong to the “nascent moment”, and one-half to the “cessant moment”? You say no; but you have implied it. A similar admission is involved in affirming that a state of consciousness lasts two days, or four days or eight, ten, or twenty days, or a month, or two, four, eight, or ten months, or a year, or any number of years, or any number of æon ons.

2.7.1.4

Na hevaṃ vattabbe.

It should not be said thus.