Saṃyutta Nikāya
Nidānavaggo
Nidānasaṃyuttaṃ
Dukkhasuttaṃ
At Sāvatthi.
'I shall point out, almsmen, of suffering and the rise and the settling down. 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, of suffering the rise?
Depending on and sight and forms arises cognition by sight. The going together of the three is the touch. With support of touch, feeling. With support of feeling, longing. OK this, almsmen, is of suffering the rise. Depending on hearing and sound arises cognition by hearing ... depending on and smell and scents arises cognition by smell ... depending on and taste and flavour arises cognition by taste ... depending on and body and to be touched arises cognition by to be touched ... depending on and intellect and principles arises cognition by intellect. The going together of the three is the touch. With support of touch, feeling. With support of feeling, longing. OK this, almsmen, is of suffering the rise.
And which, almsmen, of suffering the settling down?
Depending on and sight and forms, arises cognition by sight. The going together of the three is the touch. With support of touch, feeling. With support of feeling, longing. With complete fading and cessation, just of that 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 plus death, sorrow, lamentation, suffering, distress, unrest cease. So for this entire mass of suffering the cessation is. OK this, almsmen, is of suffering the settling down.
Depending on and hearing and sounds arises cognition by hearing ... Depending on and smell and scents arises cognition by smell ... Depending on and taste and flavours arises cognition by taste ... Depending on and body and to be touched arises cognition by to be touched ... Depending on and intellect and principles arises cognition by intellect. The going together of the three is the touch. With support of touch, feeling. With support of feeling, longing. With complete fading and cessation, just of that 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 plus death, sorrow, lamentation, suffering, distress, unrest cease. So for this entire mass of suffering the cessation is. OK this, almsmen, is of suffering the settling down.'