[242] Further, bhikkhus, when a bhikkhu has cognized a dhamma with the mind, he understands lust (rāga), hatred, and delusion existing within thus: 'There is lust, hatred, and delusion within me'; or he understands lust, hatred, and delusion not existing within thus: 'There is no lust, hatred, and delusion within me.'
Bhikkhus, as to this — that when a bhikkhu has cognized a dhamma with the mind, he understands lust, hatred, and delusion existing within thus: 'There is lust, hatred, and delusion within me,' or he understands lust, hatred, and delusion not existing within thus: 'There is no lust, hatred, and delusion within me' — are these dhammas to be known by faith, to be known by preference, to be known by oral tradition, to be known by reasoned reflection, or to be known by acceptance of a view after consideration?"
"No indeed, venerable sir."
"Are these dhammas not to be known by seeing them with wisdom (paññā)?"
"Yes, venerable sir."
"This too, bhikkhus, is a method (pariyāya), by recourse to which a bhikkhu — quite apart from faith, apart from preference, apart from oral tradition, apart from reasoned reflection, apart from acceptance of a view after consideration — declares final knowledge (aññā): he understands, 'Birth is destroyed, the holy life has been lived, what had to be done has been done, there is no more of this state of being.'"
The eighth.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.