[551] Of the four truths, how many are wholesome (kusala), how many unwholesome (akusala), how many indeterminate (abyākata)?
The truth of origin is unwholesome; the truth of the path is wholesome; the truth of cessation is indeterminate; the truth of suffering (dukkha) may be wholesome, may be unwholesome, may be indeterminate. [1] Three truths are included by one truth, and one truth is included by three truths — by way of basis (vatthu), in an indirect sense (pariyāya).
"May be": and how may it be? When the truth of suffering is unwholesome and the truth of origin is unwholesome, thus in the sense of being unwholesome two truths are included by one truth, and one truth is included by two truths. When the truth of suffering is wholesome and the truth of the path is wholesome, thus in the sense of being wholesome two truths are included by one truth, and one truth is included by two truths. When the truth of suffering is indeterminate and the truth of cessation is indeterminate, thus in the sense of being indeterminate two truths are included by one truth, and one truth is included by two truths. Thus it may be that three truths are included by one truth, and one truth is included by three truths — by way of basis, in an indirect sense.
[Note 1: The Siam Raṭṭha edition records the variant "ม. สิยา" — the Burmese edition reads "siyā" here.]
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.