[337] *Nor by absence of view, by absence of learning, by absence of knowledge (ñāṇa), by absence of virtue, by absence of vows — nor by that*: view, too, is required, namely right view (sammādiṭṭhi) with its ten grounds: "There is what is given, there is what is sacrificed, there is what is offered; there is fruit and result of actions well done and ill done; there is this world, there is the other world; there is mother, there is father; there are spontaneously reborn beings (opapātika); there are in the world ascetics and brahmins, faring rightly and practicing rightly, who, having realized this world and the other world for themselves by direct knowledge (abhiññā), proclaim them." Hearing, too, is required: the utterance of another (parato ghosa) — the discourses (sutta), the mixed prose and verse (geyya), the prose expositions (veyyākaraṇa), the verses (gāthā), the inspired utterances (udāna), the thus-said discourses (itivuttaka), the birth stories (jātaka), the marvellous accounts (abbhūtadhamma), and the question-and-answer discourses (vedalla). Knowledge, too, is required: knowledge of the ownership of one's kamma (kammassakatāñāṇa), knowledge in conformity with the truths (saccānulomikañāṇa), knowledge of direct knowledge (abhiññāñāṇa), knowledge of the attainments (samāpattiñāṇa). Virtue, too, is required: restraint by the Pātimokkha (pāṭimokkhasaṃvara). Vows, too, are required: the eight ascetic practices (dhutaṅga) — the forest-dweller's practice, the alms-food-eater's practice, the refuse-rag-wearer's practice, the triple-robe-wearer's practice, the house-to-house-seeker's practice, the later-food-refuser's practice, the sitter's practice, and the any-bed-user's practice.
*Nor by absence of view, by absence of learning, by absence of knowledge, by absence of virtue, by absence of vows — nor by that*: not merely by right view, nor merely by hearing, nor merely by knowledge, nor merely by virtue, nor merely by vows does one become an attainer of inner peace (ajjhattasanti); nor does one reach inner peace apart from these dhammas. Rather, these dhammas are requisites for reaching, attaining, touching, and realizing inner peace. Therefore it is said: "Nor by absence of view, by absence of learning, by absence of knowledge, by absence of virtue, by absence of vows — nor by that."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.