Light/Dark

Aṅguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

10: The Book of the Tens

190–198. The Dark Path, Etc.

(190) "Bhikkhus, I will teach you the dark path and the bright path … (191) … the good Dhamma and the bad Dhamma … (192) … the Dhamma of a good person and that of a bad person … (193) … the Dhamma to be aroused and that not to be aroused … (194) … the Dhamma to be pursued and that not to be pursued … (195) … the Dhamma to be developed and that not to be developed … (196) … the Dhamma to be cultivated and that not to be cultivated … (197) … the Dhamma to be recollected and that not to be recollected … (198) … the Dhamma to be realized and that not to be realized … .

"And what, bhikkhus, is the Dhamma not to be realized? The destruction of life … and wrong view. This is called the Dhamma not to be realized.

"And what, bhikkhus, is the Dhamma to be realized? Abstention from the destruction of life … and right view. This is called the Dhamma to be realized."