[168] There the Venerable Sāriputta addressed the bhikkhus: …
"Friends, for one who is unvirtuous (dussīla), whose virtue (sīla) is corrupted, right concentration (sammāsamādhi) is deprived of its proximate cause (upanisā). When there is no right concentration, for one whose right concentration is corrupted, knowledge and vision of things as they really are (yathābhūtañāṇadassana) is deprived of its proximate cause. When there is no knowledge and vision of things as they really are, for one whose knowledge and vision of things as they really are is corrupted, disenchantment and dispassion (nibbidāvirāga) are deprived of their proximate cause. When there is no disenchantment and dispassion, for one whose disenchantment and dispassion are corrupted, knowledge and vision of liberation (vimuttiñāṇadassana) is deprived of its proximate cause. Just as, friends, a tree deficient in branches and foliage: its shoots do not grow to fullness, and its bark, its softwood, and its heartwood do not grow to fullness — even so, friends, for one who is unvirtuous, whose virtue is corrupted, right concentration is deprived of its proximate cause. When there is no right concentration, for one whose right concentration is corrupted, knowledge and vision of things as they really are is deprived of its proximate cause. When there is no knowledge and vision of things as they really are, for one whose knowledge and vision of things as they really are is corrupted, disenchantment and dispassion are deprived of their proximate cause. When there is no disenchantment and dispassion, for one whose disenchantment and dispassion are corrupted, knowledge and vision of liberation is deprived of its proximate cause.
"Friends, for one who is virtuous, accomplished in virtue, right concentration possesses its proximate cause. When there is right concentration, for one accomplished in right concentration, knowledge and vision of things as they really are possesses its proximate cause. When there is knowledge and vision of things as they really are, for one accomplished in knowledge and vision of things as they really are, disenchantment and dispassion possess their proximate cause. When there are disenchantment and dispassion, for one accomplished in disenchantment and dispassion, knowledge and vision of liberation possesses its proximate cause. Just as, friends, a tree accomplished in branches and foliage: its shoots grow to fullness, and its bark, its softwood, and its heartwood grow to fullness — even so, friends, for one who is virtuous, accomplished in virtue, right concentration possesses its proximate cause. When there is right concentration, for one accomplished in right concentration, knowledge and vision of things as they really are possesses its proximate cause. When there is knowledge and vision of things as they really are, for one accomplished in knowledge and vision of things as they really are, disenchantment and dispassion possess their proximate cause. When there are disenchantment and dispassion, for one accomplished in disenchantment and dispassion, knowledge and vision of liberation possesses its proximate cause."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.