[225] "Say not so, Ānanda! Say not so, Ānanda! This dependent origination (paṭiccasamuppāda), Ānanda, is deep and appears deep. It is through not knowing (aññāṇā), not understanding, and not penetrating this dhamma, Ānanda, that this generation has become like a tangled skein of thread, like a knotted ball of yarn, like matted muñja grass and pabbaja reeds, and does not pass beyond the plane of misery (apāya), the bad destination (duggati), the lower world (vinipāta), saṃsāra."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.