sn12.53:2.1 Suppose an oil lamp depended on oil and a wick to burn.
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sn12.53:2.2 And from time to time someone would pour oil in and adjust the wick.
sn12.53:2.3 Fed and fuelled by that, the oil lamp would burn for a long time.
sn12.53:2.4 In the same way, there are things that tighten the fetters. When you concentrate on the gratification provided by these things, your craving grows.
sn12.53:2.5 Craving is a requirement for grasping.
sn12.53:2.6 Grasping is a requirement for continued existence.
sn12.53:2.7 Continued existence is a requirement for rebirth.
sn12.53:2.8 Rebirth is a requirement for old age and death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress to come to be.
sn12.53:2.9 That is how this entire mass of suffering originates.