[312] Which phenomena (dhammā) are unwholesome (akusala)?
On the occasion when an unwholesome mind (citta) has arisen — accompanied by joy (somanassasahagata), dissociated from view (diṭṭhigatavippayutta), having form as object, or sound as object, or odour as object, or taste as object, or the tangible as object, or a dhamma as object, or with reference to whatever [object] — on that occasion there is contact (phassa), there is feeling (vedanā), there is perception (saññā), there is volition (cetanā), there is mind, there is thought-conception (vitakka), there is discursive thought (vicāra), there is rapture (pīti), there is pleasure (sukha), there is one-pointedness of mind (cittass'ekaggatā), there is the energy faculty (vīriyindriya), there is the concentration faculty (samādhindriya), there is the mind faculty (manindriya), there is the joy faculty (somanassindriya), there is the life faculty (jīvitindriya), there is wrong thought (micchāsaṅkappa), there is wrong effort (micchāvāyāma), there is wrong concentration (micchāsamādhi), there is the power of energy (vīriyabala), there is the power of concentration (samādhibala), there is the power of shamelessness (ahirikabala), there is the power of lack of moral dread (anottappabala), there is greed (lobha), there is delusion (moha), there is covetousness (abhijjhā), there is shamelessness (ahirika), there is lack of moral dread (anottappa), there is serenity (samatha), there is exertion (paggāha), there is non-distraction (avikkhepa); or whatever other dependently arisen immaterial phenomena there are on that occasion — these phenomena are unwholesome. …
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.