sn12.64:4.1 Suppose an artist or painter had some dye, red lac, turmeric, indigo, or rose madder. And on a polished plank or a wall or a canvas they’d create the form of a woman or a man, whole in its major and minor limbs.
sn12.64:4.2 In the same way, if there is desire, relishing, and craving for edible food, consciousness becomes established there and grows.
sn12.64:4.3 Where consciousness is established and grows, name and form are conceived.
sn12.64:4.4 Where name and form are conceived, there is the growth of choices.
sn12.64:4.5 Where choices grow, there is regeneration into a new state of existence in the future.
sn12.64:4.6 Where there is regeneration into a new state of existence in the future, there is rebirth, old age, and death in the future.
sn12.64:4.7 Where there is rebirth, old age, and death in the future, I say this is full of sorrow, anguish, and distress.