sn12.67:7.1 How then should we see the meaning of this statement?”
sn12.67:7.2 “Well then, reverend, I shall give you a simile.
sn12.67:7.3 For by means of a simile some sensible people understand the meaning of what is said.
sn12.67:7.4 Suppose there were two sheaves of reeds leaning up against each other.
sn12.67:7.5 In the same way, name and form are requirements for consciousness.
sn12.67:7.6 Consciousness is a requirement for name and form.
sn12.67:7.7 Name and form are requirements for the six sense fields.
sn12.67:7.8 The six sense fields are requirements for contact. …
sn12.67:7.9 That is how this entire mass of suffering originates.
sn12.67:7.10 If the first of those sheaves of reeds were to be pulled away, the other would collapse.
sn12.67:7.11 And if the other were to be pulled away, the first would collapse.
sn12.67:7.12 In the same way, when name and form cease, consciousness ceases.
sn12.67:7.13 When consciousness ceases, name and form cease.
sn12.67:7.14 When name and form cease, the six sense fields cease.
sn12.67:7.15 When the six sense fields cease, contact ceases. …
sn12.67:7.16 That is how this entire mass of suffering ceases.”