Kathavatthu 2.7.10

2.7.10.1

Ākāsānañcāyatanūpagānaṃ devānaṃ ekaṃ cittaṃ yāvatāyukaṃ tiṭṭhatīti?

Does a single mind of the gods who have attained the sphere of infinite space last for the whole duration of their life?

In the case of the devas who have reached the realm of space-infinity, does any unit of consciousness last their whole lifetime? You affirm it does, yet you deny a similar duration in the case of humanity. You deny it also in the case of all devas of the plane of sense-desires, and of all devas of the higher or Rūpa plane, why not of those of the first-named non-Rūpa plane?

2.7.10.2

Āmantā.

Yes.

2.7.10.3

Manussānaṃ ekaṃ cittaṃ yāvatāyukaṃ tiṭṭhatīti?

Does a single mind of human beings last for the whole duration of their life?

2.7.10.4

Na hevaṃ vattabbe.

It should not be said thus.