Saṁyutta Nikāya 12.39
Translators: sujato
Linked Discourses 12.39
4. Kaḷārakhattiyavagga
4. Kaḷāra the Aristocrat
Dutiyacetanāsutta
Intention (2nd)
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 nāmarūpassa avakkanti hoti.
When consciousness is established, name and form are conceived.
Nāmarūpapaccayā saḷāyatanaṁ;
Name and form are conditions for the six sense fields.
saḷāyatanapaccayā phasso;
The six sense fields are conditions for contact.
phassapaccayā vedanā …pe…
Contact is a condition for feeling. …
taṇhā …
craving …
upādānaṁ …
grasping …
bhavo …
continued existence …
jāti …
rebirth …
jarāmaraṇaṁ …
old age and death,
sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā sambhavanti.
sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress come to be.
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 nāmarūpassa avakkanti hoti.
When consciousness is established, name and form are conceived.
Nāmarūpapaccayā saḷāyatanaṁ …pe…
Name and form are conditions for the six sense fields. …
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 nāmarūpassa avakkanti na hoti.
When consciousness is not established and doesn’t grow, name and form are not conceived.
Nāmarūpanirodhā saḷāyatananirodho …pe…
When name and form cease, the six sense fields cease. …
evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa nirodho hotī”ti.
That is how this entire mass of suffering ceases.”
Navamaṁ.