on what the Buddha taught
Aṅguttara Nikāya
Ekakanipātapāḷi
Accharāsaṅghātavaggo
AN1.56
'Any, almsmen, principles which are unwholesome,
have a share in the unwholesome, are siding with the unwholesome,
all those have the intellect going prior.
Intellect is for those principles the first to arise,
along so the unwholesome principles.'
AN1.57
'Any, almsmen, principles are wholesome,
have a share in the wholesome, are siding with the wholesome,
all those have the intellect going prior.
Intellect is for these principles the first to arise,
along so the wholesome principles.'