Ekanipāta

Suttapiṭaka · Aṅguttaranikāya · Ekakanipāta · Dukanipāta · Tikanipāta · Vol. 20 · Section 57

[57] Bhikkhus, whatever states (dhammā) are unwholesome (akusala), partaking of the unwholesome, siding with the unwholesome — all of them are preceded by mind (mano). Mind arises first among those states, and unwholesome states follow right after.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.