Pāli · Sutta Piṭaka (Pāli, Mahāsaṅgīti)
86
“Saṅkhatārammaṇā, bhikkhave, uppajjanti pāpakā akusalā dhammā, no asaṅkhatārammaṇā. Tasseva saṅkhatassa pahānā evaṁ te pāpakā akusalā dhammā na hontī”ti.
English · Bhikkhu Sujato
86
“Bad, unskillful qualities, mendicants, arise with a conditioned basis, not without a conditioned basis. By giving up that conditioned basis, those bad, unskillful qualities do not occur.”