Dependent Origination
Paṭiccasamuppāda Vibhaṅga Sutta (including SN 12.2 excerpt)
Dependent Origination is the insight described by the Buddha on the occasion of his enlightenment under the Bodhi tree.
Dependent on volitional formations, consciousness arises
Dependent on consciousness, the mind and matter arises
Dependent on mind and matter, the six sense-bases arise
Dependent on the six sense-bases, contact arises
Dependent on contact, sensations arise
Dependent on sensations, craving arises
Dependent on craving, clinging arises
Dependent on clinging, conditioned existence arises
Dependent on conditioned existence, rebirth arises
Dependent on rebirth, old age and death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, and despair arise
Thus does the whole mass of suffering arise.
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Truly, when things grow plain to the ardent meditating Brahman, his doubts all vanish in that he comprehends the causes of things.
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Through the cessation of ignorance, volitional formations cease
Through the cessation of volitional formations, consciousness ceases
Through the cessation of consciousness, mind and matter cease
Through the cessation of mind and matter, the six sense-bases cease
Through the cessation of the six sense-bases, contact ceases
Through the cessation of contact, sensations cease
Through the cessation of sensation, craving ceases
Through the cessation of craving, clinging ceases
Through the cessation of clinging, conditioned existence ceases
Through the cessation of conditioned existence, rebirth ceases
Through cessation of re-birth, old age and death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief and despair cease
Thus does the whole mass of suffering cease.
Truly, when things grow plain to the ardent meditating brahman his doubts all vanish in that he discerns destruction of cause."
Note-
"Now the first step, ignorance (avijja), isn’t to be under-stood as a first beginning. It’s impossible to conceive of a first beginning. The origin of suffering can only be known as an on-going process which we can understand through observing it as it works. No one, not even a Buddha, can trace this process back to a first beginning."
Sayagyi U Chit Tin : "Knowing Anicca"