[419] In how many ways is there danger (ādīnava) in ignorance (avijjā)? In how many ways does ignorance cease? There is danger in ignorance in five ways; ignorance ceases in eight ways.
In what five ways is there danger in ignorance? There is danger in ignorance in the sense of impermanence; there is danger in ignorance in the sense of suffering (dukkha); there is danger in ignorance in the sense of not-self; there is danger in ignorance in the sense of torment (santāpa); there is danger in ignorance in the sense of change (vipariṇāma). In these five ways there is danger in ignorance.
In what eight ways does ignorance cease? Ignorance ceases through the cessation of its source (nidāna); ignorance ceases through the cessation of its origin (samudaya); ignorance ceases through the cessation of birth; ignorance ceases through the cessation of nutriment (āhāra); ignorance ceases through the cessation of its cause (hetu); ignorance ceases through the cessation of its condition (paccaya); ignorance ceases through the arising of knowledge (ñāṇa); ignorance ceases through the manifestation of cessation (nirodha). In these eight ways ignorance ceases.
Having seen the danger in ignorance in these five ways, one becomes possessed of zeal (chanda) for the cessation of ignorance in these eight ways, resolved through faith (saddhā), and one's mind (citta) is well established. He trains thus: "Contemplating the cessation of ignorance, I shall breathe in"; he trains thus: "Contemplating the cessation of ignorance, I shall breathe out."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.