B- The 12 Links

24/04/2010 08:38

And what is dependent co-arising? From ignorance as a requisite condition come fabrications. From fabrications as a requisite condition comes consciousness. From consciousness as a requisite condition comes name-&-form. From name-&-form as a requisite condition come the six sense bases. From the six sense bases as a requisite condition comes contact. From contact as a requisite condition comes feeling. From feeling as a requisite condition comes craving. From craving as a requisite condition comes clinging. From clinging as a requisite condition comes existence. From existence as a requisite condition comes birth. From birth as a requisite condition, then aging & death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, dijection, & despair come to be. Such is the origination of this entire mass of stress & suffering.

 Katamo ca bhikkhave, paṭiccasamuppādo?

Avijjāpaccayā bhikkhave saṅkhārā.

Saṅkhārapaccayā viññāṇaṃ.

Viññāṇapaccayā nāmarūpaṃ.

Nāmarūpapaccayā saḷāyatanaṃ.

Saḷāyatanapaccayā phasso.

Phassapaccayā vedanā.

Vedanāpaccayā taṇhā.

Taṇhāpaccayā upādānaṃ.

Upādānapaccayā bhavo.

Bhavapaccayā jāti.

Jātipaccayā jarāmaraṇaṃ, sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā sambhavanti. Evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa samudayo hoti. Ayaṃ vuccati bhikkhave paṭiccasamuppādo.

   SN 12.1 Paṭiccasamuppādasuttaṃ Dependent co-Arising

Katamo = what

paṭiccasamuppādo = dependent co-arising

Avijjā-paccayā (abl. sg.) = from ignorance as a condition

saṅkhārā (nom. pl.) = fabrications

viññāṇaṃ (nom. sg.) = consciouness

nāmarūpaṃ = (nom. sg.) = name and form

saḷāyatanaṃ (nom. sg.) = the six sense media

phasso (nom. sg.) = contact

vedanā (nom. sg) = feeling

Taṇhā (nom. sg.) = craving

upādānaṃ (nom. sg.) = attachement

bhavo (nom. sg.) = existence, becoming

jāti (nom. sg.) = birth

jarā-maraṇaṃ (nom. sg.) = aging and death

soka = sorrow

parideva= lamentation

dukkha =pain

domanass-upāyāsā = distress & despair

sambhavanti = come

Evam = such

etassa = of this

kevalassa (gen. sg.) = of stress

dukkha-kkhandhassa (gen. sg.)= of the mass of suffering

samudayo = origin

hoti =is

.Ayaṃ = this

vuccati = is called