MahāsakuludāyisuttaTiracchānakathā

Suttapiṭaka · Majjhimanikāya · Vol. 13 · Section 334

[334] Furthermore, Udāyi, I have declared to my disciples the practice by which my disciples, practicing accordingly, develop the four right strivings (sammappadhāna). Here, Udāyi, a bhikkhu generates desire (chanda), strives, arouses energy, exerts his mind (citta), and endeavors for the non-arising of evil, unwholesome dhammas that have not yet arisen; he generates desire, strives, arouses energy, exerts his mind, and endeavors for the abandoning of evil, unwholesome dhammas that have arisen; he generates desire, strives, arouses energy, exerts his mind, and endeavors for the arising of wholesome dhammas that have not yet arisen; he generates desire, strives, arouses energy, exerts his mind, and endeavors for the persistence, non-decline, increase, abundance, development, and fulfillment of wholesome dhammas that have arisen. And therein many of my disciples abide, having attained the consummation and perfection of direct knowledge (abhiññā).

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.