The Samyutta Nikaya
The Grouped Discourses
Samyutta
Nikaya
XII.23
Upanisa
Sutta
Prerequisites
Translated
from
the
Pali
by
Thanissaro
Bhikkhu
Dwelling
at
Savatthi...
"Monks,
the
ending
of
the
effluents
is
for
one
who
knows
&
sees,
I
tell
you,
not
for
one
who
does
not
know
&
does
not
see.
For
one
who
knows
what
&
sees
what
is
there
the
ending
of
effluents?
'Such
is
form,
such
its
origination,
such
its
disappearance.
Such
is
feeling,
such
its
origination,
such
its
disappearance.
Such
is
perception,
such
its
origination,
such
its
disappearance.
Such
are
fabrications,
such
their
origination,
such
their
disappearance.
Such
is
consciousness,
such
its
origination,
such
its
disappearance.'
The
ending
of
the
effluents
is
for
one
who
knows
in
this
way
&
sees
in
this
way.
"The
knowledge
of
ending
in
the
presence
of
ending
has
its
prerequisite,
I
tell
you.
It
is
not
without
a
prerequisite.
And
what
is
the
prerequisite
for
the
knowledge
of
ending?
Release,
it
should
be
said.
Release
has
its
prerequisite,
I
tell
you.
It
is
not
without
a
prerequisite.
And
what
is
its
prerequisite?
Dispassion...
Disenchantment...
Knowledge
&
vision
of
things
as
they
actually
are
present...
Concentration...
Pleasure...
Serenity...
Rapture...
Joy...
Conviction...
Stress...
Birth...
Becoming...
Clinging...
Craving...
Feeling...
Contact...
The
six
sense
media...
Name-&-form...
Consciousness...
Fabrications...
Fabrications
have
their
prerequisite,
I
tell
you.
They
are
not
without
a
prerequisite.
And
what
is
their
prerequisite?
Ignorance,
it
should
be
said.
"Thus
fabrications
have
ignorance
as
their
prerequisite,
consciousness
has
fabrications
as
its
prerequisite,
name-&-form
has
consciousness
as
its
prerequisite,
the
six
sense
media
have
name-&-form
as
their
prerequisite,
contact
has
the
six
sense
media
as
its
prerequisite,
feeling
has
contact
as
its
prerequisite,
craving
has
feeling
as
its
prerequisite,
clinging
has
craving
as
its
prerequisite,
becoming
has
clinging
as
its
prerequisite,
birth
has
becoming
as
its
prerequisite,
stress
&
suffering
have
birth
as
their
prerequisite,
conviction
has
stress
&
suffering
as
its
prerequisite,
joy
has
conviction
as
its
prerequisite,
rapture
has
joy
as
its
prerequisite,
serenity
has
rapture
as
its
prerequisite,
pleasure
has
serenity
as
its
prerequisite,
concentration
has
pleasure
as
its
prerequisite,
knowledge
&
vision
of
things
as
they
actually
are
present
has
concentration
as
its
prerequisite,
disenchantment
has
knowledge
&
vision
of
things
as
they
actually
are
present
as
its
prerequisite,
dispassion
has
disenchantment
as
its
prerequisite,
release
has
dispassion
as
its
prerequisite,
knowledge
of
ending
has
release
as
its
prerequisite.
"Just
as
when
the
gods
pour
rain
in
heavy
drops
&
crash
thunder
on
the
upper
mountains:
The
water,
flowing
down
along
the
slopes,
fills
the
mountain
clefts
&
rifts
&
gullies.
When
the
mountain
clefts
&
rifts
&
gullies
are
full,
they
fill
the
little
ponds.
When
the
little
ponds
are
full,
they
fill
the
big
lakes.
When
the
big
lakes
are
full,
they
fill
the
little
rivers.
When
the
little
rivers
are
full,
they
fill
the
big
rivers.
When
the
big
rivers
are
full,
they
fill
the
great
ocean.
In
the
same
way:
"Fabrications
have
ignorance
as
their
prerequisite,
consciousness
has
fabrications
as
its
prerequisite,
name-&-form
has
consciousness
as
their
prerequisite,
the
six
sense
media
have
name-&-form
as
their
prerequisite,
contact
has
the
six
sense
media
as
its
prerequisite,
feeling
has
contact
as
its
prerequisite,
craving
has
feeling
as
its
prerequisite,
clinging
has
craving
as
its
prerequisite,
becoming
has
clinging
as
its
prerequisite,
birth
has
becoming
as
its
prerequisite,
stress
&
suffering
have
birth
as
their
prerequisite,
conviction
has
stress
&
suffering
as
its
prerequisite,
joy
has
conviction
as
its
prerequisite,
rapture
has
joy
as
its
prerequisite,
serenity
has
rapture
as
its
prerequisite,
pleasure
has
serenity
as
its
prerequisite,
concentration
has
pleasure
as
its
prerequisite,
knowledge
&
vision
of
things
as
they
actually
are
present
has
concentration
as
its
prerequisite,
disenchantment
has
knowledge
&
vision
of
things
as
they
actually
are
present
as
its
prerequisite,
dispassion
has
disenchantment
as
its
prerequisite,
release
has
dispassion
as
its
prerequisite,
knowledge
of
ending
has
release
as
its
prerequisite."
Read
an
alternate
translation
by
Bhikkhu
Bodhi
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