The Tipiṭaka in Three Languages

Ekanibāta

Suttapiṭaka · Aṅguttaranikāya · Ekakanipāta · Dukanipāta · Tikanipāta · Vol. 20 · Section 74

[74] Bhikkhus, I do not see even one other thing by which unarisen wholesome states (kusalā dhammā) arise, or arisen unwholesome states (akusalā dhammā) decline, so much as this, bhikkhus: devotion (anuyoga) to wholesome states and non-devotion to unwholesome states. Through devotion to wholesome states, bhikkhus, and through non-devotion to unwholesome states, unarisen wholesome states arise and arisen unwholesome states decline.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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