[277] "Bhikkhus, there are these five weaknesses in the training (sikkhādubbalya). What five? The destruction of life (pāṇātipāta) … the taking of intoxicants — liquor and spirits — that are a basis for heedlessness (surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhāna). These, bhikkhus, are the five weaknesses in the training.
"For the abandoning of these five weaknesses in the training, the four right strivings (sammappadhāna) should be developed. What four? Here, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu generates desire (chanda), makes effort, arouses energy (vīriya), exerts his mind (citta), and strives for the non-arising of unarisen evil, unwholesome states; he generates desire, makes effort, arouses energy, exerts his mind, and strives for the abandoning of arisen evil, unwholesome states; he generates desire, makes effort, arouses energy, exerts his mind, and strives for the arising of unarisen wholesome states; he generates desire, makes effort, arouses energy, exerts his mind, and strives for the persistence, non-decline, increase, abundance, development, and fulfillment of arisen wholesome states. For the abandoning of these five weaknesses in the training, bhikkhus, these four right strivings should be developed."
(To be expanded in the same way by means of the right strivings.)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.