[76] How is development (bhāvanā) development in the sense of frequent practice (āsevana)?
Abandoning sensual desire (kāmacchanda), one frequently practices renunciation (nekkhamma): thus it is development in the sense of frequent practice. Abandoning ill will (byāpāda), one frequently practices non-ill will (abyāpāda): thus it is development in the sense of frequent practice. … Abandoning all defilements, one frequently practices the path (magga) of Arahantship: thus it is development in the sense of frequent practice. Thus it is development in the sense of frequent practice. These are the four developments.
Seeing form (rūpa), one develops; seeing feeling (vedanā), one develops; seeing perception (saññā), one develops; seeing volitional formations (saṅkhārā), one develops; seeing consciousness (viññāṇa), one develops; seeing the eye … seeing aging and death (jarāmaraṇa) … seeing Nibbāna, which merges in the Deathless, in the sense of being the consummation, one develops. Whatever dhammas have been developed, those dhammas are of a single taste.
That is knowledge (ñāṇa) in the sense of what is known, and wisdom (paññā) in the sense of the act of knowing. Hence it is said: the attending of the ear to "these dhammas are to be developed" — the wisdom that understands that is knowledge born of hearing (sutamaye ñāṇaṃ).
The Fourth Recitation Section.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.