[1553] For whomever, wherever, the latent tendency of conceit (mānānusaya) is unabandoned, is the latent tendency of view (diṭṭhānusaya) … the latent tendency of doubt (vicikicchānusaya) unabandoned for him there?
For three persons, in the two feelings (vedanā) in the sense-sphere element (kāmadhātu), in the form element (rūpadhātu), and in the formless element (arūpadhātu): for them there the latent tendency of conceit is unabandoned, but it is not the case that for them there the latent tendency of doubt is unabandoned. For the ordinary person (puthujjana), in the two feelings in the sense-sphere element, in the form element, and in the formless element: for him there the latent tendency of conceit is unabandoned and the latent tendency of doubt is unabandoned.
Or, for whomever, wherever, the latent tendency of doubt is unabandoned, is the latent tendency of conceit unabandoned for him there?
For the ordinary person, in painful feeling (dukkhā vedanā): for him there the latent tendency of doubt is unabandoned, but the latent tendency of conceit should not be said to be either 'abandoned' or 'unabandoned'. For that same person, in the two feelings in the sense-sphere element, in the form element, and in the formless element: for him there the latent tendency of doubt is unabandoned and the latent tendency of conceit is unabandoned.
For whomever, wherever, the latent tendency of conceit is unabandoned, is the latent tendency of lust for existence (bhavarāgānusaya) unabandoned for him there?
For four persons, in the two feelings in the sense-sphere element: for them there the latent tendency of conceit is unabandoned, but the latent tendency of lust for existence should not be said to be either 'abandoned' or 'unabandoned'. For those same persons, in the form element and in the formless element: for them there the latent tendency of conceit is unabandoned and the latent tendency of lust for existence is unabandoned.
Or, for whomever, wherever, the latent tendency of lust for existence is unabandoned, is the latent tendency of conceit unabandoned for him there?
Yes.
For whomever, wherever, the latent tendency of conceit is unabandoned, is the latent tendency of ignorance (avijjānusaya) unabandoned for him there?
Yes.
Or, for whomever, wherever, the latent tendency of ignorance is unabandoned, is the latent tendency of conceit unabandoned for him there?
For four persons, in painful feeling: for them there the latent tendency of ignorance is unabandoned, but the latent tendency of conceit should not be said to be either 'abandoned' or 'unabandoned'. For those same persons, in the two feelings in the sense-sphere element, in the form element, and in the formless element: for them there the latent tendency of ignorance is unabandoned and the latent tendency of conceit is unabandoned.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.