[291] Which phenomena (dhammā) are unwholesome (akusalā)?
On the occasion when an unwholesome mind (citta) has arisen — accompanied by joy (somanassa), associated with wrong view (diṭṭhigata), having a form as its object (ārammaṇa), or a sound as its object, or an odour as its object, or a taste as its object, or a tangible object as its object, or a dhamma as its object, or with reference to whatever [object it may be] — on that occasion, with ignorance (avijjā) as condition, a volitional formation (saṅkhāra); with the volitional formation as condition, consciousness (viññāṇa); with consciousness as condition, name (nāma); with name as condition, the sixth sense base (chaṭṭhāyatana); with the sixth sense base as condition, contact (phassa); with contact as condition, feeling (vedanā); with feeling as condition, craving (taṇhā); with craving as condition, clinging (upādāna); with clinging as condition, existence (bhava); with existence as condition, birth (jāti); with birth as condition, aging-and-death (jarāmaraṇa). Thus is the origin of this whole mass of suffering (dukkha).
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.