Mahanidanasutta 16.1

16.1

‘Lābhaṃ paṭicca vinicchayo’ti iti kho panetaṃ vuttaṃ, tadānanda, imināpetaṃ pariyāyena veditabbaṃ, yathā lābhaṃ paṭicca vinicchayo.

‘Gaining material things gives rise to evaluation’—that’s what I said. And this is a way to understand how this is so.