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§ 40.

This was said by the Blessed One, said by the Arahant, so I have heard: "Ignorance* precedes the arrival of unskillful qualities; lack of conscience & lack of concern** follow after. Clear knowing precedes the arrival of skillful qualities; conscience & concern follow after."

Any bad destinations
in this world, in the next,
are rooted in ignorance -- all --
    accumulations
    of desire & greed.

And when a person of evil desires
lacks conscience & respect,
evil comes from that,
and by that he goes
to deprivation.

So cleansing away
ignorance, desire, & greed,
a monk giving rise to clear knowing
would abandon all bad destinations.




* Ignorance (avijja) means ignorance of stress, its origination, its cessation, and the way leading to its cessation.



**  Conscience (hiri) means a healthy sense of shame -- derived from self-esteem -- at the idea of doing evil. Concern (ottappa) means fear of the consequences of doing evil.




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