AN 2.78 - AN 2.78
Translated by Bhikkhu Candana
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Candana source labels: 78. Site text ID: AN 2.78.

78. “Bhikkhus, evil and damaging qualities arise in the first place, because they themselves have a source and point of origin and are not without one, for they need it in order to persist.

“Therefore, when that source and point of origin is destroyed and removed, those evil and damaging qualities will naturally fade away and occur no more.”
