[524] Bhikkhus, therein, as to that way of undertaking things (dhammasamādāna) that is painful in the present and ripens in pain in the future — one who does not know it, being immersed in ignorance (avijjā), does not understand it as it really is thus: 'This way of undertaking things is painful in the present and ripens in pain in the future.' Not knowing it, immersed in ignorance, not understanding it as it really is, he cultivates it and does not avoid it. As he cultivates it and does not avoid it, undesirable, unwished-for, disagreeable things increase, and desirable, wished-for, agreeable things diminish. Why is that? Because, bhikkhus, that is how it is for one who does not know.
Bhikkhus, therein, as to that way of undertaking things that is pleasant in the present but ripens in pain in the future — one who does not know it, being immersed in ignorance, does not understand it as it really is thus: 'This way of undertaking things is pleasant in the present but ripens in pain in the future.' Not knowing it, immersed in ignorance, not understanding it as it really is, he cultivates it and does not avoid it. As he cultivates it and does not avoid it, undesirable, unwished-for, disagreeable things increase, and desirable, wished-for, agreeable things diminish. Why is that? Because, bhikkhus, that is how it is for one who does not know.
Bhikkhus, therein, as to that way of undertaking things that is painful in the present but ripens in pleasure in the future — one who does not know it, being immersed in ignorance, does not understand it as it really is thus: 'This way of undertaking things is painful in the present but ripens in pleasure in the future.' Not knowing it, immersed in ignorance, not understanding it as it really is, he cultivates it and does not avoid it. As he cultivates it and does not avoid it, undesirable, unwished-for, disagreeable things increase, and desirable, wished-for, agreeable things diminish. Why is that? Because, bhikkhus, that is how it is for one who does not know.
Bhikkhus, therein, as to that way of undertaking things that is pleasant in the present and ripens in pleasure in the future — one who does not know it, being immersed in ignorance, does not understand it as it really is thus: 'This way of undertaking things is pleasant in the present and ripens in pleasure in the future.' Not knowing it, immersed in ignorance, not understanding it as it really is, he cultivates it and does not avoid it. As he cultivates it and does not avoid it, undesirable, unwished-for, disagreeable things increase, and desirable, wished-for, agreeable things diminish. Why is that? Because, bhikkhus, that is how it is for one who does not know.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.