[278] A phenomenon (dhamma) without thought-conception, with discursive thought only (avitakka-vicāramatta), is a condition, by decisive-support condition (upanissaya-paccaya), for a phenomenon without thought-conception, with discursive thought only: object decisive-support (ārammaṇūpanissaya), proximity decisive-support (anantarūpanissaya), natural decisive-support (pakatūpanissaya).
Natural decisive-support: In dependence on faith (saddhā) that is without thought-conception, with discursive thought only, one gives rise to jhāna that is without thought-conception, with discursive thought only; the path (magga) …; gives rise to an attainment (samāpatti). In dependence on virtue (sīla) that is without thought-conception, with discursive thought only, … learning (suta), generosity (cāga), wisdom (paññā), … thought-conception (vitakka), one gives rise to jhāna that is without thought-conception, with discursive thought only; the path …; gives rise to an attainment. Faith that is without thought-conception, with discursive thought only, … virtue, learning, generosity, wisdom, … and thought-conception are a condition, by decisive-support condition, for faith that is without thought-conception, with discursive thought only, for virtue, for learning, for generosity, for wisdom, and for thought-conception.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.