[211] "Venerable sir, when one cultivates what kind of arising of thought (cittuppāda) do unwholesome states decline and wholesome states grow? Here, venerable sir, a certain person is uncovetous and dwells with a mind (citta) accompanied by non-covetousness; he is without ill will and dwells with a mind accompanied by non-ill-will; he is unharming and dwells with a mind accompanied by non-harming. Venerable sir, when one cultivates this kind of arising of thought, unwholesome states decline and wholesome states grow.
"'Bhikkhus, I say that arising of thought is of two kinds: that which should be cultivated and that which should not be cultivated; and each of these is itself an arising of thought' — so it was said by the Blessed One, and it was in dependence on this that it was said."
[Editorial footnote in the Siam Raṭṭha edition: "In the Burmese (M.) and European (Yu.) editions, 'averā' appears at this point" — this variant pertains to the preceding passage.]
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.