[1100] "One should not take the wrong course of delusion (mohāgati)": when taking the wrong course of delusion, how does one take it? One who is lustful takes it by the power of lust; one who is hostile takes it by the power of hatred (dosa); one who is deluded takes it by the power of delusion (moha); one who is attached takes it by the power of views (diṭṭhi). Deluded, thoroughly confused, overcome by delusion, he declares what is not Dhamma to be Dhamma; he declares Dhamma to be not Dhamma; … he declares a grave offense (duṭṭhullā āpatti) to be an offense that is not grave; he declares an offense that is not grave to be a grave offense. Taking the wrong course of delusion on these eighteen grounds, he is one practicing for the harm of many people, for the unhappiness of many people, for the ruin, the harm, and the suffering (dukkha) of many people, of devas and human beings. Taking the wrong course of delusion on these eighteen grounds, he maintains himself dug up and injured; he is both blameworthy and subject to censure by the wise; and he generates much demerit. Taking the wrong course of delusion, he takes the wrong course of delusion thus.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.