The Kathâvatthu also condemns the proposition that a Bodhisattva can be reborn in realms of woe or fall into error, and this proposition hints that the career of a Bodhisattva was considered of general interest.
It is ancient, for the Kathâvatthu alludes to its doctrines.
Only three questions in the Kathâ-vatthu are directed against them but this probably means not that they were unimportant but that they did not differ much from the Vibhajjavâdins.
Tissa then composed the Kathâ-vatthu and presided over a council composed of one thousand arhats which established the true doctrine and fixed the present Pali Canon.
But other books such as the Peta-[630] and Vimâna-vatthu show a distinct difference in tone and are probably separated from the Buddha by several centuries.
Neither Asoka nor the author of the Kathâ-vatthu cites books by name.
And the Sakiyas of Kapila-vatthu sent a messenger to the Mallas, saying "The Blessed One was the pride of our race.
And the Sakiyas of Kapila-vatthu heard the news that the Blessed One had died at Kusinara.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "vatthu" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
