Dutiyapaṇṇāsaka

Suttapiṭaka · Aṅguttaranikāya · Ekakanipāta · Dukanipāta · Tikanipāta · Vol. 20 · Section 327

[327] 81. Bhikkhus, evil, unwholesome states (pāpakā akusalā dhammā) arise possessed of form (sarūpā); they do not arise without form (arūpā). By the abandoning of that very form, those evil, unwholesome states thus come not to be.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.