Pālileyyasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Khandhavaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 17 · Section 174

[174] Bhikkhus, how does one know, how does one see, so that the destruction of the taints (āsava) comes about immediately (anantarā)? Here, bhikkhus, an uninstructed worldling (assutavā puthujjano) — one who has no regard for the noble ones, unskilled in the Dhamma of the noble ones, undisciplined in the Dhamma of the noble ones, who has no regard for good persons (sappurisa) … undisciplined in the Dhamma of good persons — regards form (rūpa) as self. Now, bhikkhus, that regarding is a volitional formation (saṅkhāra). And that volitional formation — what is its cause, what its origin, what its genesis, what its source? Bhikkhus, when the uninstructed worldling is contacted by a feeling (vedanā) born of contact with ignorance (avijjāsamphassa), craving (taṇhā) arises in him; that volitional formation is born from that. Thus, bhikkhus, that volitional formation too is impermanent, conditioned, dependently arisen; that craving too is impermanent, conditioned, dependently arisen; that feeling too; that contact too; that ignorance too is impermanent, conditioned, dependently arisen. Bhikkhus, when one knows thus, when one sees thus, the destruction of the taints comes about immediately.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.