Aṅguttara Nikāya
Tikanipātapāḷi
Ānandavaggo
Paṭhamabhavasuttaṃ
AN3.77
OK, then senior Ānanda approached there where the exalted one was. Having approached the exalted one, having saluted, he sat down at one side. OK, at one side seated senior Ānanda said this to the exalted one:
'Becoming, becoming, venerable, it is said. OK now in what respect, venerable, becoming is?'
'OK now on to becoming with lust, Ānanda, if not were the action, and the aspect of lust and the ripening could they be fathomed?'
'Of course not, venerable.'
'OK thus, Ānanda, is action the field, cognition the seed, longing the moisture.
Not knowing the obstructions, for beings with yokes of longing for the lower aspects, cognition is established. So is the stretching forth, the production towards a following becoming.
OK now on to becoming with form, Ānanda, if not were the action, and the aspect of form and the ripening could they be fathomed?'
'Of course not, venerable.'
'OK thus, Ānanda, is action the field, cognition the seed, longing the moisture. Not knowing the obstructions, for beings with yokes of longing for the medium aspects, cognition is established. So is the stretching forth, the production towards a following becoming.
OK now on to becoming without form, Ānanda, if not were the action, and the aspect of formlessness and the ripening could they be fathomed?'
'Of course not, venerable.'
'OK thus, Ānanda, is action the field, cognition the seed, longing the moisture. Not knowing the obstructions, for beings with yokes of longing for the higher aspects, cognition is established. So is the stretching forth, the production towards a following becoming.
OK so, Ānanda, becoming is.'