[111] The venerable Sāriputta said this: "When, friends, a noble disciple understands the unwholesome (akusala) and understands the root of the unwholesome, understands the wholesome (kusala) and understands the root of the wholesome, to that extent, friends, a noble disciple is one of right view (sammādiṭṭhi), whose view is straight, who is endowed with perfect confidence in the Dhamma, and who has arrived at this true Dhamma (saddhamma).
"And what, friends, is the unwholesome? Killing living beings, friends, is unwholesome; taking what is not given is unwholesome; misconduct in sensual pleasures is unwholesome; false speech is unwholesome; divisive speech is unwholesome; harsh speech is unwholesome; idle chatter is unwholesome; covetousness (abhijjhā) is unwholesome; ill will (byāpāda) is unwholesome; wrong view is unwholesome. This, friends, is called the unwholesome.
"And what, friends, is the root of the unwholesome? Greed (lobha) is a root of the unwholesome; hatred (dosa) is a root of the unwholesome; delusion (moha) is a root of the unwholesome. This, friends, is called the root of the unwholesome.
"And what, friends, is the wholesome? Abstinence from killing living beings is wholesome; abstinence from taking what is not given is wholesome; abstinence from misconduct in sensual pleasures is wholesome; abstinence from false speech is wholesome; abstinence from divisive speech is wholesome; abstinence from harsh speech is wholesome; abstinence from idle chatter is wholesome; non-covetousness is wholesome; non-ill will is wholesome; right view is wholesome. This, friends, is called the wholesome.
"And what, friends, is the root of the wholesome? Non-greed is a root of the wholesome; non-hatred is a root of the wholesome; non-delusion is a root of the wholesome. This, friends, is called the root of the wholesome.
"When, friends, a noble disciple thus understands the unwholesome, thus understands the root of the unwholesome, thus understands the wholesome, thus understands the root of the wholesome, then, having entirely abandoned the underlying tendency to lust, having dispelled the underlying tendency to aversion, having uprooted the underlying tendency to the view and conceit 'I am', having abandoned ignorance (avijjā) and aroused true knowledge (vijjā), he makes an end of suffering (dukkha) in this very life. To that extent too, friends, a noble disciple is one of right view, whose view is straight, who is endowed with perfect confidence in the Dhamma, and who has arrived at this true Dhamma."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.