[545] Bhikkhus, if there were no gratification (assāda) in the world, beings would not become enamored of the world; but because there is gratification in the world, therefore beings become enamored of the world. Bhikkhus, if there were no danger (ādīnava) in the world, beings would not become disenchanted with the world; but because there is danger in the world, therefore beings become disenchanted with the world. Bhikkhus, if there were no escape (nissaraṇa) in the world, beings would not escape from the world; but because there is an escape in the world, therefore beings escape from the world.
Bhikkhus, so long as beings had not directly known, as it really is, the gratification of the world as gratification, the danger of the world as danger, and the escape from the world as escape, for just so long, bhikkhus, beings did not dwell escaped from the world with its devas, with its Māra, with its Brahmā, from this generation with its ascetics and brahmins, with its devas and humans—detached from it, released from it, with a mind rid of boundaries. But when, bhikkhus, beings directly knew, as it really is, the gratification of the world as gratification, the danger of the world as danger, and the escape from the world as escape, then, bhikkhus, beings dwell escaped from the world with its devas, with its Māra, with its Brahmā, from this generation with its ascetics and brahmins, with its devas and humans—detached from it, released from it, with a mind rid of boundaries.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.