Eva½ me suta½- eka½ samaya½ bhagav± s±vatthiya½ viharati jetavane an±thapiº¹ikassa ±r±me. Tatra kho bhagav± bhikkh³ ±mantesi– “bhikkhavo”ti. “Bhadante”ti te bhikkh³ bhagavato paccassosu½. Bhagav± etadavoca–

I have heard thus. At one time the Sublime One was living at S±vatthi, in Jeta's grove of An±thapiº¹ika. There the Sublime One addressed the monks: “Monks!” Those monks replied: “Yes, venerable sir.” And the Sublime One said thus:

“paµiccasamupp±da½ vo, bhikkhave, desess±mi; ta½ suº±tha, s±dhuka½ manasi karotha; bh±siss±m²”ti. “Eva½, bhante”ti kho te bhikkh³ bhagavato paccassosu½. Bhagav± etadavoca–

“Katamo ca, bhikkhave, paµiccasamupp±do? Avijj±paccay±, bhikkhave, saªkh±r±; saªkh±rapaccay± viññ±ºa½; viññ±ºapaccay± n±mar³pa½; n±mar³papaccay± sa¼±yatana½; sa¼±yatanapaccay± phasso; phassapaccay± vedan±; vedan±paccay± taºh±; taºh±paccay± up±d±na½; up±d±napaccay± bhavo; bhavapaccay± j±ti; j±tipaccay± jar±maraºa½ sokaparidevadukkhadomanassup±y±s± sambhavanti. Evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa samudayo hoti. Aya½ vuccati, bhikkhave, paµiccasamupp±do.

“ Monks, I will teach to you dependent genesis, pay close attenion.”

Those monks replied: “Yes, venerable sir.”

The Sublime One said: “Monks, what is dependent genesis? Monks, ignorance is the supportive condition for volitional cognition, volitional cognition is the supportive condition for consciousness, consciousness is the supportive condition for cognition of the physical, cognition of the physical is the supportive condition for the six extensions of sensation, the six extensions of sensation is the supportive condition for contact, contact is the supportive condition for the sensation of feeling, the sensation of feeling is the supportive condition for craving, craving is the supportive condition for identification, identification is the supportive condition for becoming, becoming is the supportive condition for birth and birth is the supportive condition for the arising of aging and death, sorrow, weeping, affliction and mental distress.

Such is the genesis of this entire mass of suffering.

Monks, this is called dependent genesis.

“Avijj±ya tveva asesavir±ganirodh± saªkh±ranirodho; saªkh±ranirodh± viññ±ºanirodho; viññ±ºanirodh± n±mar³panirodho; n±mar³panirodh± sa¼±yatananirodho; sa¼±yatananirodh± phassanirodho; phassanirodh± vedan±nirodho; vedan±nirodh± taºh±nirodho; taºh±nirodh± up±d±nanirodho; up±d±nanirodh± bhavanirodho; bhavanirodh± j±tinirodho; j±tinirodh± jar±maraºa½ sokaparidevadukkhadomanassup±y±s± nirujjhanti. Evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa nirodho hot²”ti. Idamavoca bhagav±. Attaman± te bhikkh³ bhagavato bh±sita½ abhinandunti. Paµhama½.

“With the cessation and fading without remainder of ignorance; volitional cognition ceases. With the cessation of volitional cognition, consciousness ceases, with the cessation of consciousness, cognition of the physical ceases, with the cessation of cognition of the physical, the six extensions of sensation cease, with the cessation of the six extensions of sensations, contact ceases, with the cessation of contact, the sensation of feeling ceases, with the cessation of the sensation of feeling, craving ceases, with the cessation of craving, identification ceases, with the cessation of identification, becoming ceases, with the cessation of becoming, birth ceases and with the cessation of birth; aging and death, sorrow, weeping, affliction and mental distress ceases.

Such is the cessation of this entire mass of suffering.”

Thus the Sublime One said. With their minds inspired, those monks delighted in the words of the Sublime One.

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[Khantijayo Bhikkhu]