Miscellaneous Topics – 2448
Avijjā-paccayā saṅkhārā,
saṅkhāra-paccayā viññāṇaṁ,
viññāṇa-paccayā nāma-rūpaṁ,
nāma-rūpa-paccayā saḷāyatanaṁ,
saḷāyatana-paccayā phasso,
phassa-paccayā vedanā,
vedanā-paccayā taṇhā,
taṇhā-paccayā upādānaṁ,
upādāna-paccayā bhavo,
bhava-paccayā jāti,
jāti-paccayā jarā-maraṇaṁ, soka-parideva-dukkha-
domanassupāyāsā sambhavanti,
evam-etassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa samudayo hoti.
With ignorance of the truth as the condition, due to the inability to see things as
they truly are, volitions that pertain to present and future existences come about
(
avijjā-paccayā saṅkhārā
).
With volitions pertaining to the present and future existences as condition
rebirth-linking consciousness comes about (
saṅkhāra-paccayā viññāṇaṁ
).
With rebirth-linking consciousness as condition mind and matter comes about
(
viññāṇa-paccayā nāma-rūpaṁ
).
With mind and body as condition the six kinds of sensitive corporeality, called
the six sense spheres, come about (
nāma-rūpa-paccayā saḷāyatanaṁ
).
With the six sense spheres as condition the six kinds of contact, with their
respective sense objects, come about (
saḷāyatana-paccayā phasso
).
With the six kinds of contact as condition the six kinds of sensation, that cognize
or experience the sense objects, come about (
phassa-paccayā vedanā
).
With the six kinds of sensation as condition the six kinds of craving for the six
sense objects come about (
vedanā-paccayā taṇhā
).
With the six kinds of craving as condition, clinging or deep-rooted attachment
comes about (
taṇhā-paccayā upādānaṁ
).
With clinging as condition, the causal process of ones’ own actions, with their
results in the present and in future existences, comes about (
upādāna-paccayā
bhavo
).