[209] Bhikkhus, for one who is virtuous, accomplished in virtue, no volition (cetanā) need be exerted: 'May non-remorse (avippaṭisāra) arise in me.' It is natural (dhammatā), bhikkhus, that non-remorse arises in one who is virtuous, accomplished in virtue. For one free of remorse, bhikkhus, nothing need be done by the mind: 'May gladness (pāmojja) arise in me.' It is natural, bhikkhus, that gladness arises in one free of remorse. For one who is glad, bhikkhus, no volition need be exerted: 'May rapture (pīti) arise in me.' It is natural, bhikkhus, that rapture arises in one who is glad. For one whose mind is filled with rapture, bhikkhus, no volition need be exerted: 'May my body become tranquil.' It is natural, bhikkhus, that the body of one whose mind is filled with rapture becomes tranquil. For one whose body is tranquil, bhikkhus, no volition need be exerted: 'May I feel happiness.' It is natural, bhikkhus, that one whose body is tranquil feels happiness. For one who is happy, bhikkhus, no volition need be exerted: 'May my mind (citta) become concentrated.' It is natural, bhikkhus, that the mind of one who is happy becomes concentrated. For one who is concentrated, bhikkhus, no volition need be exerted: 'May I know and see as it really is (yathābhūta).' It is natural, bhikkhus, that one who is concentrated knows and sees as it really is. For one who knows and sees as it really is, bhikkhus, no volition need be exerted: 'May I become disenchanted.' It is natural, bhikkhus, that one knowing and seeing as it really is becomes disenchanted (nibbindati). For one who is disenchanted, bhikkhus, no volition need be exerted: 'May I become dispassionate.' It is natural, bhikkhus, that one who is disenchanted becomes dispassionate (virajjati). For one who is dispassionate, bhikkhus, no volition need be exerted: 'May I realize the knowledge and vision of liberation.' It is natural, bhikkhus, that one who is dispassionate realizes the knowledge and vision of liberation (vimuttiñāṇadassana).
Thus indeed, bhikkhus, dispassion (virāga) has the knowledge and vision of liberation as its purpose, the knowledge and vision of liberation as its benefit; disenchantment (nibbidā) has dispassion as its purpose, dispassion as its benefit; the knowledge and vision of things as they really are (yathābhūtañāṇadassana) has disenchantment as its purpose, disenchantment as its benefit; concentration (samādhi) has the knowledge and vision of things as they really are as its purpose, the knowledge and vision of things as they really are as its benefit; happiness has concentration as its purpose, concentration as its benefit; tranquility (passaddhi) has happiness as its purpose, happiness as its benefit; rapture has tranquility as its purpose, tranquility as its benefit; gladness has rapture as its purpose, rapture as its benefit; non-remorse has gladness as its purpose, gladness as its benefit; wholesome virtues have non-remorse as their purpose, non-remorse as their benefit. Thus indeed, bhikkhus, dhammas flow on into dhammas, dhammas bring dhammas to fulfillment, for the going from the near shore to the far shore.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.