[648] "Headman, there are these three kinds of wearing away (nijjarā) that are directly visible (sandiṭṭhika), immediate (akālika), inviting one to come and see (ehipassika), onward-leading (opanayika), to be personally experienced by the wise (paccattaṃ veditabbā viññūhi). What three?
That whereby one who is lustful, with lust (rāga) as the cause, intends for his own affliction, intends for the affliction of others, and intends for the affliction of both — when lust is abandoned, he neither intends for his own affliction, nor intends for the affliction of others, nor intends for the affliction of both: this is a wearing away that is directly visible, immediate, inviting one to come and see, onward-leading, to be personally experienced by the wise.
That whereby one who is full of hatred, with hatred (dosa) as the cause, intends for his own affliction, intends for the affliction of others, and intends for the affliction of both — when hatred is abandoned, he neither intends for his own affliction, nor intends for the affliction of others, nor intends for the affliction of both: this is a wearing away that is directly visible, immediate, inviting one to come and see, onward-leading, to be personally experienced by the wise.
That whereby one who is deluded, with delusion (moha) as the cause, intends for his own affliction, intends for the affliction of others, and intends for the affliction of both — when delusion is abandoned, he neither intends for his own affliction, nor intends for the affliction of others, nor intends for the affliction of both: this is a wearing away that is directly visible, immediate, inviting one to come and see, onward-leading, to be personally experienced by the wise.
These, headman, are the three kinds of wearing away that are directly visible, immediate, inviting one to come and see, onward-leading, to be personally experienced by the wise."
When this was said, Rāsiya the headman said to the Blessed One: "Excellent, venerable sir! Excellent, venerable sir! … Let the Blessed One remember me as a lay follower (upāsaka) who has gone for refuge for as long as life lasts, from this day forward."
The twelfth.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.