Saṁyutta Nikāya 12.38
Translators: sujato
Linked Discourses 12.38
4. Kaḷārakhattiyavagga
4. Kaḷāra the Aristocrat
Cetanāsutta
Intention
Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.
At Sāvatthī.
“Yañca, bhikkhave, ceteti yañca pakappeti yañca anuseti, ārammaṇametaṁ hoti viññāṇassa ṭhitiyā.
“Mendicants, what you intend or plan, and what you have underlying tendencies for become a support for the continuation of consciousness.
Ārammaṇe sati patiṭṭhā viññāṇassa hoti.
When this support exists, consciousness becomes established.
Tasmiṁ patiṭṭhite viññāṇe virūḷhe āyatiṁ punabbhavābhinibbatti hoti.
When consciousness is established and grows, there is rebirth into a new state of existence in the future.
Āyatiṁ punabbhavābhinibbattiyā sati āyatiṁ jāti jarāmaraṇaṁ sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā sambhavanti.
When there is rebirth into a new state of existence in the future, future rebirth, old age, and death come to be, as do sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress.
Evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa samudayo hoti.
That is how this entire mass of suffering originates.
No ce, bhikkhave, ceteti no ce pakappeti, atha ce anuseti, ārammaṇametaṁ hoti viññāṇassa ṭhitiyā.
If you don’t intend or plan, but still have underlying tendencies, this becomes a support for the continuation of consciousness.
Ārammaṇe sati patiṭṭhā viññāṇassa hoti.
When this support exists, consciousness becomes established.
Tasmiṁ patiṭṭhite viññāṇe virūḷhe āyatiṁ punabbhavābhinibbatti hoti.
When consciousness is established and grows, there is rebirth into a new state of existence in the future.
Āyatiṁ punabbhavābhinibbattiyā sati āyatiṁ jāti jarāmaraṇaṁ sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā sambhavanti.
When there is rebirth into a new state of existence in the future, future rebirth, old age, and death come to be, as do sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress.
Evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa samudayo hoti.
That is how this entire mass of suffering originates.
Yato ca kho, bhikkhave, no ceva ceteti no ca pakappeti no ca anuseti, ārammaṇametaṁ na hoti viññāṇassa ṭhitiyā.
If you don’t intend or plan or have underlying tendencies, this doesn’t become a support for the continuation of consciousness.
Ārammaṇe asati patiṭṭhā viññāṇassa na hoti.
With no support, consciousness is not established.
Tadappatiṭṭhite viññāṇe avirūḷhe āyatiṁ punabbhavābhinibbatti na hoti.
When consciousness is not established and doesn’t grow, there’s no rebirth into a new state of existence in the future.
Āyatiṁ punabbhavābhinibbattiyā asati āyatiṁ jāti jarāmaraṇaṁ sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā nirujjhanti.
When there is no rebirth into a new state of existence in the future, future rebirth, old age, and death cease, as do sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress.
Evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa nirodho hotī”ti.
That is how this entire mass of suffering ceases.”
Aṭṭhamaṁ.