[118] "Therein, householders, as to those ascetics and brahmins who hold such a doctrine and such a view: 'There is cause, there is condition for the defilement of beings; with cause, with condition, beings are defiled. There is cause, there is condition for the purification of beings; with cause, with condition, beings are purified. There is power, there is energy (vīriya), there is human strength, there is human exertion; all beings, all living creatures, all existent creatures, all souls, possessed of control, possessed of power, possessed of energy, molded by destiny, circumstance, and nature, experience pleasure and pain in the very six classes of birth (abhijāti)'—of them this may be expected: that they will shun these three unskillful dhammas, namely bodily misconduct, verbal misconduct, and mental misconduct, and will undertake and practise these three skillful dhammas, namely bodily good conduct, verbal good conduct, and mental good conduct. For what reason? Because those worthy ascetics and brahmins see the danger, the degradation, and the defilement in unskillful dhammas, and the benefit of renunciation, the aspect of cleansing, in skillful dhammas.
Since there really is cause, when one holds the view 'there is cause,' that view of his is right view. Since there really is cause, when one intends 'there is cause,' that intention of his is right intention. Since there really is cause, when one utters the speech 'there is cause,' that speech of his is right speech. Since there really is cause, when one says 'there is cause,' he does not set himself in opposition to those arahants who affirm cause (hetuvāda). Since there really is cause, when one persuades another that 'there is cause,' that persuasion of his is persuasion to the true Dhamma (saddhammasaññatti); and by that persuasion to the true Dhamma he neither exalts himself nor disparages others. Thus, from the very first, his unvirtue is abandoned and good virtue is established; and there are this right view, right intention, right speech, non-opposition to the noble ones, persuasion to the true Dhamma, non-exaltation of self, and non-disparagement of others. Thus these many skillful dhammas come to be with right view as their condition."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.