Numbered Discourses 2.77–86

The Chapter with a (meditation) sign

“Bad, unskillful qualities, bhikkhus, arise with a cause, not without a cause. By giving up that cause, those bad, unskillful qualities do not occur.”

“Bad, unskillful qualities, bhikkhus, arise with a source, not without a source. By giving up that source, those bad, unskillful qualities do not occur.”

“Bad, unskillful qualities, bhikkhus, arise with a cause, not without a cause. By giving up that cause, those bad, unskillful qualities do not occur.”

“Bad, unskillful qualities, bhikkhus, arise with conditions, not without conditions. By giving up those conditions, those bad, unskillful qualities do not occur.”

“Bad, unskillful qualities, bhikkhus, arise with a reason, not without a reason. By giving up that reason, those bad, unskillful qualities do not occur.”

“Bad, unskillful qualities, bhikkhus, arise with form, not without form. By giving up that form, those bad, unskillful qualities do not occur.”

“Bad, unskillful qualities, bhikkhus, arise with feeling, not without feeling. By giving up that feeling, those bad, unskillful qualities do not occur.”

“Bad, unskillful qualities, bhikkhus, arise with perception, not without perception. By giving up that perception, those bad, unskillful qualities do not occur.”

“Bad, unskillful qualities, bhikkhus, arise with consciousness, not without consciousness. By giving up that consciousness, those bad, unskillful qualities do not occur.”

“Bad, unskillful qualities, bhikkhus, arise with a conditioned basis, not without a conditioned basis. By giving up that conditioned basis, those bad, unskillful qualities do not occur.”