[79] **By wisdom these are shut off** (paññāyete pithiyyare): "Wisdom" (paññā) is whatever wisdom there is, the act of understanding … non-delusion, investigation of dhammas, right view. **By wisdom these are shut off**: by wisdom these streams are shut off, are cut off; they do not flow, do not stream, do not run on, do not continue.
For one knowing and seeing "All conditioned things (saṅkhārā) are impermanent," by wisdom these streams are shut off, are cut off; they do not flow, do not stream, do not run on, do not continue. For one knowing and seeing "All conditioned things are suffering (dukkha)," by wisdom these streams are shut off, are cut off; they do not flow, do not stream, do not run on, do not continue. For one knowing and seeing "All dhammas are not-self," by wisdom these streams are shut off, are cut off; they do not flow, do not stream, do not run on, do not continue.
For one knowing and seeing "With ignorance (avijjā) as condition, volitional formations [come to be]," by wisdom these streams are shut off, are cut off; they do not flow, do not stream, do not run on, do not continue. For one knowing and seeing "With volitional formations as condition, consciousness; with consciousness as condition, name-and-form (nāmarūpa); with name-and-form as condition, the six sense bases (saḷāyatana); with the six sense bases as condition, contact (phassa); with contact as condition, feeling (vedanā); with feeling as condition, craving (taṇhā); with craving as condition, clinging (upādāna); with clinging as condition, existence (bhava); with existence as condition, birth; with birth as condition, aging and death," by wisdom these streams are shut off, are cut off; they do not flow, do not stream, do not run on, do not continue.
For one knowing and seeing "With the cessation of ignorance comes the cessation of volitional formations; with the cessation of volitional formations comes the cessation of consciousness; with the cessation of consciousness comes the cessation of name-and-form; with the cessation of name-and-form comes the cessation of the six sense bases; with the cessation of the six sense bases comes the cessation of contact; with the cessation of contact comes the cessation of feeling; with the cessation of feeling comes the cessation of craving; with the cessation of craving comes the cessation of clinging; with the cessation of clinging comes the cessation of existence; with the cessation of existence comes the cessation of birth; with the cessation of birth comes the cessation of aging and death," by wisdom these streams are shut off, are cut off; they do not flow, do not stream, do not run on, do not continue.
For one knowing and seeing "This is suffering; this is the origin of suffering; this is the cessation of suffering; this is the practice leading to the cessation of suffering," by wisdom these streams are shut off, are cut off; they do not flow, do not stream, do not run on, do not continue. For one knowing and seeing "These are the taints (āsava); this is the origin of the taints; this is the cessation of the taints; this is the practice leading to the cessation of the taints," by wisdom these streams are shut off, are cut off; they do not flow, do not stream, do not run on, do not continue.
For one knowing and seeing "These dhammas are to be directly known; these dhammas are to be fully understood; these dhammas are to be abandoned; these dhammas are to be developed; these dhammas are to be realized," by wisdom these streams are shut off, are cut off; they do not flow, do not stream, do not run on, do not continue.
For one knowing and seeing the origin, the passing away, the gratification, the danger, and the escape in regard to the six bases of contact, by wisdom these streams are shut off, are cut off; they do not flow, do not stream, do not run on, do not continue. For one knowing and seeing the origin, the passing away, the gratification, the danger, and the escape in regard to the five aggregates subject to clinging; for one knowing and seeing the origin, the passing away, the gratification, the danger, and the escape in regard to the four great elements (mahābhūta); for one knowing and seeing "Whatever is subject to origination, all that is subject to cessation," by wisdom these streams are shut off, are cut off; they do not flow, do not stream, do not run on, do not continue — thus, "by wisdom these are shut off."
Therefore the Blessed One said:
"Whatever streams there are in the world," (said the Blessed One to Ajita,)
"mindfulness is the barrier against them;
I declare the restraint of the streams:
by wisdom these are shut off."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.