[354] Which phenomena (dhammā) are unwholesome?
On the occasion when an unwholesome mind (citta) has arisen, accompanied by equanimity (upekkhā), associated with doubt (vicikicchā), having a form as its object (ārammaṇa) … or a dhamma as its object, or with reference to whatever [object it may be] — on that occasion, with ignorance (avijjā) as condition, there is a volitional formation (saṅkhāra); with the volitional formation as condition, consciousness (viññāṇa); with consciousness as condition, mentality (nāma); with mentality 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, doubt; with doubt as condition, existence (bhava); with existence as condition, birth (jāti); with birth as condition, aging-and-death (jarāmaraṇa). Thus is the origin (samudaya) of this whole mass of suffering (dukkha).
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.