Saṃyutta Nikāya
Nidānavaggo
Nidānasaṃyuttaṃ
Āhāravaggo
Timbarukasuttaṃ
At Sāvatthi.
OK, then Timbaruka the wanderer approached there where the exalted one was. Having approached the exalted one they greeted together. Having exchanged the cordial howdy greet he sat down at one end. OK, at one end seated the wanderer Timbaruka said this to the exalted one:
'OK now what, dear Gotama, are happiness plus suffering made by one's own?'
'Not for so, Timbaruka' said the exalted one.
'Yet what, dear Gotama, are happiness plus suffering made by others?'
'Not for so, Timbaruka' said the exalted one.
'OK now what, dear Gotama, are happiness plus suffering, and made by one's own and made by others?'
'Not for so, Timbaruka' said the exalted one.
'Yet what, dear Gotama, are happiness plus suffering, a fortuitous engagement, not made by one's own, not made by others?'
'Not for so, Timbaruka' said the exalted one.
'OK now what, dear Gotama, do happiness plus suffering not exist?'
'OK not, Timbaruka, do happiness plus suffering not exist, OK Timbaruka, happiness plus suffering do exist.'
'By that, for the exalted Gotama is not familiar with, does not see, happiness plus suffering?'
'OK I not, Timbaruka, am not familiar, do not see, happiness plus suffering. OK I am familiar, Timbaruka, with happiness plus suffering; OK I do see, Timbaruka, happiness plus suffering.'
'OK now what, dear Gotama, 'happiness plus suffering are made by one's own', thus being asked 'Not for so, Timbaruka' you say. 'Yet what, dear Gotama, happiness plus suffering are made by others', thus being asked 'Not for so, Timbaruka' you say. 'OK now what, dear Gotama, happiness plus suffering are made by others', thus being asked 'Not for so, Timbaruka' you say. 'Yet what, dear Gotama, is happiness plus suffering a fortuitous engagement, not made by one's own, not made by others?', thus being asked 'Not for so, Timbaruka' you say. 'OK what now, dear Gotama, do happiness plus suffering not exit?', thus being asked 'OK not, Timbaruka, do happiness plus suffering not exist; OK it exist, Timbaruka, happiness plus suffering' you say. 'By that, for the exalted Gotama is not familiar with, does not see, happiness plus suffering?', thus being asked 'OK I not, Timbaruka, am not familiar, do not see, happiness plus suffering. OK I am familiar with, Timbaruka, happiness plus suffering' OK I do see, Timbaruka, happiness plus suffering' you say. And may you Gotama disclose to me happiness plus suffering, and may you Gotama point out to me happiness plus suffering.'
'That feeling one feels', OK Timbaruka, existing as if from the beginning: 'made by one's own is the happiness plus suffering', such I did also not say. 'Another feeling, one another feels', OK Timbaruka, existing as if struck by feeling: 'made by others is the happiness plus suffering', such I did also not say. These are for you, Timbaruka, the both ends having to go by; the Tathāgata points out the principle by the middle:
With support of not knowing, inclinations. With support of inclinations, cognition. With support of cognition, name plus form. With support of name plus 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 plus death, sorrow, lamentation, suffering, discontentment, unrest appear. So for this entire mass of suffering the rise is.
However, without a remainder from dispassion plus cessation of not knowing, cessation of inclinations. With cessation of inclinations, cessation of cognition. With cessation of cognition, cessation of name plus form. With cessation of name plus 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 plus death, sorrow, lamentation, suffering, discontentment, unrest cease. So for this entire mass of suffering the cessation is.’
So said, Timbaruko the wanderer said this to the exalted one: 'Excellent, dear Gotama .... I am seeking refuge; I go to Gotama the exalted one, and the principle, and the order of almsmen. I the follower, have you Gotama for endorser, from this day on while endowed with breath, as the refuge gone to.’