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The Third Discourse on Proximate Cause
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There the Venerable Ānanda addressed the monks, etc.
"Friends, for one who is immoral, failing in morality, freedom from remorse has its proximate cause destroyed; when freedom from remorse is absent, for one failing in freedom from remorse, gladness has its proximate cause destroyed; when gladness is absent, for one failing in gladness, joy has its proximate cause destroyed; when joy is absent, for one failing in joy, tranquillity has its proximate cause destroyed; when tranquillity is absent, for one failing in tranquillity, happiness has its proximate cause destroyed; when happiness is absent, for one failing in happiness, right concentration has its proximate cause destroyed; when right concentration is absent, for one failing in right concentration, knowledge and vision of things as they really are has its proximate cause destroyed; when knowledge and vision of things as they really are is absent, for one failing in knowledge and vision of things as they really are, disenchantment has its proximate cause destroyed; when disenchantment is absent, for one failing in disenchantment, dispassion has its proximate cause destroyed; when dispassion is absent, for one failing in dispassion, knowledge and vision of liberation has its proximate cause destroyed.
"Just as, friends, a tree lacking branches and leaves. Its outer bark does not go to fulfilment, its inner bark etc. its softwood etc. its heartwood does not go to fulfilment. So too, friends, for one who is immoral, failing in morality, freedom from remorse has its proximate cause destroyed; when freedom from remorse is absent, for one failing in freedom from remorse, gladness has its proximate cause destroyed, etc. knowledge and vision of liberation.
"Friends, for one who is moral, accomplished in morality, freedom from remorse is accomplished in its proximate cause; when freedom from remorse is present, for one accomplished in freedom from remorse, gladness is accomplished in its proximate cause; when gladness is present, for one accomplished in gladness, joy is accomplished in its proximate cause; when joy is present, for one accomplished in joy, tranquillity is accomplished in its proximate cause; when tranquillity is present, for one accomplished in tranquillity, happiness is accomplished in its proximate cause; when happiness is present, for one accomplished in happiness, right concentration is accomplished in its proximate cause; when right concentration is present, for one accomplished in right concentration, knowledge and vision of things as they really are is accomplished in its proximate cause; when knowledge and vision of things as they really are is present, for one accomplished in knowledge and vision of things as they really are, disenchantment is accomplished in its proximate cause; when disenchantment is present, for one accomplished in disenchantment, dispassion is accomplished in its proximate cause; when dispassion is present, for one accomplished in dispassion, knowledge and vision of liberation is accomplished in its proximate cause.
"Just as, friends, a tree accomplished with branches and leaves. Its outer bark goes to fulfilment, its inner bark etc. its softwood etc. its heartwood goes to fulfilment. So too, friends, for one who is moral, accomplished in morality, freedom from remorse is accomplished in its proximate cause; when freedom from remorse is present, for one accomplished in freedom from remorse, gladness is accomplished in its proximate cause, etc. knowledge and vision of liberation." The fifth.