Kathavatthu 2.8.8

2.8.8.1

Sabbe saṅkhārā anodhiṃ katvā kukkuḷāti?

Are all volitional formations, without distinction, a pit of hot coals?

Theravādin: But take giving: does that bring forth fruit that is undesired, unpleasant, disagreeable, adulterated? Does it bear, and result in, sorrow? Or take virtue, the keeping of feastdays, religious training, and religious life: do they bring forth such fruit, etc.? Do they not rather have the opposite result? How then can you affirm your general proposition?

2.8.8.2

Āmantā.

Yes.

2.8.8.3

Dānaṃ aniṭṭhaphalaṃ akantaphalaṃ amanuññaphalaṃ secanakaphalaṃ dukkhudrayaṃ dukkhavipākanti?

Does giving have an undesirable fruit, an unpleasing fruit, a disagreeable fruit, a tainted fruit, yielding suffering, resulting in suffering?

2.8.8.4

Na hevaṃ vattabbe.

It should not be said thus.