The Samyutta Nikaya
The Grouped Discourses
Samyutta
Nikaya
XII.20
Paccaya
Sutta
Requisite
Conditions
Translated
from
the
Pali
by
Thanissaro
Bhikkhu.
Dwelling
at
Savatthi...
"Monks,
I
will
teach
you
dependent
co-arising
&
dependently
co-arisen
phenomena.
Listen
&
pay
close
attention.
I
will
speak."
"As
you
say,
lord,"
the
monks
replied.
The
Blessed
One
said:
"Now
what
is
dependent
co-arising?
From
birth
as
a
requisite
condition
comes
aging
&
death.
Whether
or
not
there
is
the
arising
of
Tathagatas,
this
property
stands
--
this
regularity
of
the
Dhamma,
this
orderliness
of
the
Dhamma,
this
this/that
conditionality.
The
Tathagata
directly
awakens
to
that,
breaks
through
to
that.
Directly
awakening
&
breaking
through
to
that,
he
declares
it,
teaches
it,
describes
it,
sets
it
forth.
He
reveals
it,
explains
it,
makes
it
plain,
&
says,
'Look.'
From
birth
as
a
requisite
condition
comes
aging
&
death.
"From
becoming
as
a
requisite
condition
comes
birth...
"From
clinging/sustenance
as
a
requisite
condition
comes
becoming...
"From
craving
as
a
requisite
condition
comes
clinging/sustenance...
"From
feeling
as
a
requisite
condition
comes
craving...
"From
contact
as
a
requisite
condition
comes
feeling...
"From
the
six
sense
media
as
a
requisite
condition
comes
contact...
"From
name-&-form
as
a
requisite
condition
come
the
six
sense
media...
"From
consciousness
as
a
requisite
condition
comes
name-&-form...
"From
fabrications
as
a
requisite
condition
comes
consciousness...
"From
ignorance
as
a
requisite
condition
come
fabrications.
Whether
or
not
there
is
the
arising
of
Tathagatas,
this
property
stands
--
this
regularity
of
the
Dhamma,
this
orderliness
of
the
Dhamma,
this
this/that
conditionality.
The
Tathagata
directly
awakens
to
that,
breaks
through
to
that.
Directly
awakening
&
breaking
through
to
that,
he
declares
it,
teaches
it,
describes
it,
sets
it
forth.
He
reveals
it,
explains
it,
makes
it
plain,
&
says,
'Look.'
From
ignorance
as
a
requisite
condition
come
fabrications.
What's
there
in
this
way
is
a
reality,
not
an
unreality,
not
other
than
what
it
seems,
conditioned
by
this/that.
This
is
called
dependent
co-arising.
"And
what
are
dependently
co-arisen
phenomena?
Aging
&
death
are
dependently
co-arisen
phenomena:
inconstant,
compounded,
dependently
co-arisen,
subject
to
ending,
subject
to
passing
away,
subject
to
fading,
subject
to
cessation.
"Birth
is
a
dependently
co-arisen
phenomenon...
"Becoming
is
a
dependently
co-arisen
phenomenon...
"Clinging/sustenance
is
a
dependently
co-arisen
phenomenon...
"Craving
is
a
dependently
co-arisen
phenomenon...
"Feeling
is
a
dependently
co-arisen
phenomenon...
"Contact
is
a
dependently
co-arisen
phenomenon...
"The
six
sense
media
are
dependently
co-arisen
phenomena...
"Name-&-form
is
a
dependently
co-arisen
phenomenon...
"Consciousness
is
a
dependently
co-arisen
phenomenon...
"Fabrications
are
dependently
co-arisen
phenomena...
"Ignorance
is
a
dependently
co-arisen
phenomenon:
inconstant,
compounded,
dependently
co-arisen,
subject
to
ending,
subject
to
passing
away,
subject
to
fading,
subject
to
cessation.
These
are
called
dependently
co-arisen
phenomena.
"When
a
disciple
of
the
noble
ones
has
seen
well
with
right
discernment
this
dependent
co-arising
&
these
dependently
co-arisen
phenomena
as
they
are
actually
present,
it
is
not
possible
that
he
would
run
after
the
past,
thinking,
'Was
I
in
the
past?
Was
I
not
in
the
past?
What
was
I
in
the
past?
How
was
I
in
the
past?
Having
been
what,
what
was
I
in
the
past?'
or
that
he
would
run
after
the
future,
thinking,
'Shall
I
be
in
the
future?
Shall
I
not
be
in
the
future?
What
shall
I
be
in
the
future?
How
shall
I
be
in
the
future?
Having
been
what,
what
shall
I
be
in
the
future?'
or
that
he
would
be
inwardly
perplexed
about
the
immediate
present,
thinking,
'Am
I?
Am
I
not?
What
am
I?
How
am
I?
Where
has
this
being
come
from?
Where
is
it
bound?'
Such
a
thing
is
not
possible.
Why
is
that?
Because
the
disciple
of
the
noble
ones
has
seen
well
with
right
discernment
this
dependent
co-arising
&
these
dependently
co-arisen
phenomena
as
they
are
actually
present."
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