[358] Which phenomena (dhammā) are wholesome?
On the occasion when a wholesome mind (citta) of the sense sphere (kāmāvacara) has arisen, accompanied by joy (somanassa), associated with knowledge (ñāṇa), having as its object a form (rūpa) … or a dhamma, or with reference to whatever [object] it may be — on that occasion, with wholesome root (kusalamūla) as condition (paccaya) there is volitional formation (saṅkhāra); with 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, confidence (pasāda); with confidence as condition, resolution (adhimokkha); with resolution as condition, existence (bhava); with existence as condition, birth (jāti); with birth as condition, aging and death. Thus is the origin of this whole mass of suffering (dukkha).
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.