The Samyutta Nikaya
The Grouped Discourses
Samyutta
Nikaya
XII.23
Upanisa
Sutta
Discourse
on
Supporting
Conditions
Translated
from
the
Pali
by
Bhikkhu
Bodhi.
While
staying
at
Savatthi
the
Exalted
One
said:
"The
destruction
of
the
cankers,
monks,
is
for
one
who
knows
and
sees,
I
say,
not
for
one
who
does
not
know
and
does
not
see.
Knowing
what,
seeing
what
does
the
destruction
of
the
cankers
occur?
'Such
is
material
form,
such
is
the
arising
of
material
form,
such
is
the
passing
away
of
material
form.
Such
is
feeling
...
perception
...
mental
formations
...
consciousness;
such
is
the
arising
of
consciousness,
such
is
the
passing
away
of
consciousness'
--
for
one
who
knows
and
sees
this,
monks,
the
destruction
of
the
cankers
occurs.
"The
knowledge
of
destruction
with
respect
to
destruction
has
a
supporting
condition,
I
say,
it
does
not
lack
a
supporting
condition.
And
what
is
the
supporting
condition
for
the
knowledge
of
destruction?
'Emancipation'
should
be
the
reply.
"Emancipation,
monks,
also
has
a
supporting
condition,
I
say,
it
does
not
lack
a
supporting
condition.
And
what
is
the
supporting
condition
for
emancipation?
'Dispassion'
should
be
the
reply.
"Dispassion,
monks,
also
has
a
supporting
condition,
I
say,
it
does
not
lack
a
supporting
condition.
And
what
is
the
supporting
condition
for
dispassion?
'Disenchantment'
should
be
the
reply.
"Disenchantment,
monks,
also
has
a
supporting
condition,
I
say,
it
does
not
lack
a
supporting
condition.
And
what
is
the
supporting
condition
for
disenchantment?
'The
knowledge
and
vision
of
things
as
they
really
are'
should
be
the
reply.
"The
knowledge
and
vision
of
things
as
they
really
are,
monks,
also
has
a
supporting
condition,
I
say,
it
does
not
lack
a
supporting
condition.
And
what
is
the
supporting
condition
for
the
knowledge
and
vision
of
things
as
they
really
are?
'Concentration'
should
be
the
reply.
"Concentration,
monks,
also
has
a
supporting
condition,
I
say,
it
does
not
lack
a
supporting
condition.
And
what
is
the
supporting
condition
for
concentration?
'Happiness'
should
be
the
reply.
"Happiness,
monks,
also
has
a
supporting
condition,
I
say,
it
does
not
lack
a
supporting
condition.
And
what
is
the
supporting
condition
for
happiness?
'Tranquillity'
should
be
the
reply.
"Tranquillity,
monks,
also
has
a
supporting
condition,
I
say,
it
does
not
lack
a
supporting
condition.
And
what
is
the
supporting
condition
for
tranquillity?
'Rapture'
should
be
the
reply.
"Rapture,
monks,
also
has
a
supporting
condition,
I
say,
it
does
not
lack
a
supporting
condition.
And
what
is
the
supporting
condition
for
rapture?
'Joy'
should
be
the
reply.
"Joy,
monks,
also
has
a
supporting
condition,
I
say,
it
does
not
lack
a
supporting
condition.
And
what
is
the
supporting
condition
for
joy?
'Faith'
should
be
the
reply.
"Faith,
monks,
also
has
a
supporting
condition,
I
say,
it
does
not
lack
a
supporting
condition.
And
what
is
the
supporting
condition
for
faith?
'Suffering'
should
be
the
reply.
"Suffering,
monks,
also
has
a
supporting
condition,
I
say,
it
does
not
lack
a
supporting
condition.
And
what
is
the
supporting
condition
for
suffering?
'Birth'
should
be
the
reply.
"And
what
is
the
supporting
condition
for
birth?.
'Existence'
should
be
the
reply.
"What
is
the
supporting
condition
for
existence?
'Clinging'
should
be
the
reply.
"What
is
the
supporting
condition
for
clinging?
'Craving'
should
be
the
reply.
"What
is
the
supporting
condition
for
craving?
'Feeling'
should
be
the
reply.
"What
is
the
supporting
condition
for
feeling?
'Contact'
should
be
the
reply.
"What
is
the
supporting
condition
for
contact?
'The
sixfold
sense
base'
should
be
the
reply.
"What
is
the
supporting
condition
for
the
sixfold
sense
base?
'Mentality-materiality'
should
be
the
reply.
"What
is
the
supporting
condition
for
mentality-materiality?
'Consciousness'
should
be
the
reply.
"What
is
the
supporting
condition
for
consciousness?
'Kamma
formations'
should
be
the
reply.
"Kamma
formations,
monks,
also
have
a
supporting
condition,
I
say,
they
do
not
lack
a
supporting
condition.
And
what
is
the
supporting
condition
for
kamma
formations?
'Ignorance'
should
be
the
reply.
"Thus,
monks,
ignorance
is
the
supporting
condition
for
kamma
formations,
kamma
formations
are
the
supporting
condition
for
consciousness,
consciousness
is
the
supporting
condition
for
mentality-materiality,
mentality-materiality
is
the
supporting
condition
for
the
sixfold
sense
base,
the
sixfold
sense
base
is
the
supporting
condition
for
contact,
contact
is
the
supporting
condition
for
feeling,
feeling
is
the
supporting
condition
for
craving,
craving
is
the
supporting
condition
for
clinging,
clinging
is
the
supporting
condition
for
existence,
existence
is
the
supporting
condition
for
birth,
birth
is
the
supporting
condition
for
suffering,
suffering
is
the
supporting
condition
for
faith,
faith
is
the
supporting
condition
for
joy,
joy
is
the
supporting
condition
for
rapture,
rapture
is
the
supporting
condition
for
tranquillity,
tranquillity
is
the
supporting
condition
for
happiness,
happiness
is
the
supporting
condition
for
concentration,
concentration
is
the
supporting
condition
for
the
knowledge
and
vision
of
things
as
they
really
are,
the
knowledge
and
vision
of
things
as
they
really
are
is
the
supporting
condition
for
disenchantment,
disenchantment
is
the
supporting
condition
for
dispassion,
dispassion
is
the
supporting
condition
for
emancipation,
and
emancipation
is
the
supporting
condition
for
the
knowledge
of
the
destruction
(of
the
cankers).
"Just
as,
monks,
when
rain
descends
heavily
upon
some
mountaintop,
the
water
flows
down
along
with
the
slope,
and
fills
the
clefts,
gullies,
and
creeks;
these
being
filled
fill
up
the
pools;
these
being
filled
fill
up
the
ponds;
these
being
filled
fill
up
the
streams;
these
being
filled
fill
up
the
rivers;
and
the
rivers
being
filled
fill
up
the
great
ocean
--
in
the
same
way,
monks,
ignorance
is
the
supporting
condition
for
kamma
formations,
kamma
formations
are
the
supporting
condition
for
consciousness,
consciousness
is
the
supporting
condition
for
mentality-materiality,
mentality-materiality
is
the
supporting
condition
for
the
sixfold
sense
base,
the
sixfold
sense
base
is
the
supporting
condition
for
contact,
contact
is
the
supporting
condition
for
feeling,
feeling
is
the
supporting
condition
for
craving,
craving
is
the
supporting
condition
for
clinging,
clinging
is
the
supporting
condition
for
existence,
existence
is
the
supporting
condition
for
birth,
birth
is
the
supporting
condition
for
suffering,
suffering
is
the
supporting
condition
for
faith,
faith
is
the
supporting
condition
for
joy,
joy
is
the
supporting
condition
for
rapture,
rapture
is
the
supporting
condition
for
tranquillity,
tranquillity
is
the
supporting
condition
for
happiness,
happiness
is
the
supporting
condition
for
concentration,
concentration
is
the
supporting
condition
for
the
knowledge
and
vision
of
things
as
they
really
are,
the
knowledge
and
vision
of
things
as
they
really
are
is
the
supporting
condition
for
disenchantment,
disenchantment
is
the
supporting
condition
for
dispassion,
dispassion
is
the
supporting
condition
for
emancipation,
and
emancipation
is
the
supporting
condition
for
the
knowledge
of
the
destruction
(of
the
cankers)."
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an
alternate
translation
by
Thanissaro
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