Saṃyutta Nikāya
Nidānavaggo
Nidānasaṃyuttaṃ
Buddhavaggo
Vibhaṅgasuttaṃ
At Sāvatthi.
'I shall point out, I shall divide, to you, almsmen, a dependent-co-arising. Hear that, pay attention well, I shall talk.'
OK, so those almsmen replied to the exalted one:
'Venerable'
The exalted one said this:
'And which, almsmen, dependent-co-arising?
With support of not knowing, almsmen, inclinations. With support of inclinations, cognition. With support of cognition, name-and-form. With support of name-and-form, hexad-base. With support of hexad-base, touch. With support of touch, feeling. With support of feeling, longing. With support of longing, taking up. With support of taking up, becoming. With support of becoming, birth. With support of birth, ageing-and-death, sorrow, lamentation, suffering, distress, unrest appear. So for this entire mass of suffering the rise is.
And which, almsmen, ageing-and-death?
What of these or those beings into this or that group of beings is ageing, decrepitude, brokenness of teeth, greyness of hair, wrinkling of skin, decrease of vitality, decay of strengths; this is called ageing. What of these or those beings into this or that group of beings is the passing away, falling away, breaking up, vanishing, the Death, death, the doing time, the breaking up of the masses, the laying down of the carcass, this is called death. Thus and this ageing and this death, this is called, almsmen, ageing-and-death.
And which, almsmen, birth?
What of these or those beings into this or that group of beings is birth, being born, descending, forthcoming, production, manifestation, of masses, acquirement of bases; this is called, almsmen, birth.
And which, almsmen, becoming?
These three, almsmen, becomings: lustful becoming, formful becoming, formless becoming; this is called, almsmen, becoming.
And which, almsmen, taking up?
These four, almsmen, taking ups: taking up lusts, taking up views, taking up behaviour and practises, taking up theories about self; this is called, almsmen, taking up.
And which, almsmen, longing?
These six, almsmen, bodies of longing: longing for forms, longing for sounds, longing for scents, longing for tastes, longing for touches and longing for principles; this is called, almsmen, longing.
And which, almsmen, feeling?
These six, almsman, bodies of feeling: with-eye-touch-born feeling, with-ear-touch-born feeling, with-nose-touch-born feeling, with-tongue-touch-born feeling, with-body-touch-born feeling, with-intellect-touch-born feeling; this is called, almsmen, feeling.
And which, almsmen, touch?
These six, almsmen, bodies of touch: with-eye-touch, with-ear-touch, with-nose-touch, with-tongue-touch, with-body-touch, with-intellect-touch; this is called, almsmen, touch.
And which, almsmen, hexad-base?
Eye-base, ear-base, nose-base, tongue-base, body-base, intellect-base; this is called, almsmen, hexad-base.
And which, almsmen, name-and-form?
Feeling, perception, intention, touch, attention; this is called name. And the four great essences and of the four great essences the taking it up as form; this is called form. Thus and this name and this form, this is called, almsmen, name-and-form.
And which, almsmen, cognition?
These six, almsmen, bodies of cognition: eye-cognition, ear-cognition, nose-cognition, tongue-cognition, body-cognition, intellect-cognition; this is called, almsmen, cognition.
And which, almsmen, inclinations?
These three, almsmen, inclinations: inclination for body, inclination for speech, inclination for mind; these are called, almsmen, inclinations.
And which, almsmen, not knowing?
OK what is, almsmen, ignorance about suffering, ignorance about the rise of suffering, ignorance about the cessation of suffering, ignorance about the path heading for the cessation of suffering; this is called, almsmen, not knowing.
OK thus, almsmen, with support of not knowing, inclinations. With support of inclinations, cognition. With support of cognition, name-and-form. With support of name-and-form, hexad-base. With support of hexad-base, touch. With support of touch, feeling. With support of feeling, longing. With support of longing, taking up. With support of taking up, becoming. With support of becoming, birth. With support of birth, ageing-and-death, sorrow, lamentation, suffering, distress, unrest appear. So for this entire mass of suffering the rise is.
However, with complete fading and cessation of not knowing, cessation of inclinations. With cessation of inclinations, cessation of cognition. With cessation of cognition, cessation of name-and-form. With cessation of name-and-form, cessation of hexad-base. With cessation of hexad-base, cessation of touch. With cessation of touch, cessation of feeling. With cessation of feeling, cessation of longing. With cessation of longing, cessation of taking up. With cessation of taking up, cessation of becoming. With cessation of becoming, cessation of birth. With cessation of birth, ageing-and-death, sorrow, lamentation, suffering, distress, unrest cease. So for this entire mass of suffering the cessation is.’