Cittuppādakaṇḍa

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Dhammasaṅgaṇī · Vol. 34 · Section 46

[46] What at that time is the power of moral dread (ottappabala)? That which at that time is dread, dreading what ought to be dreaded, dreading the attaining of evil, unwholesome phenomena (dhammā) — this at that time is the power of moral dread.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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