sn35.113:1.1 At one time the Buddha was staying at Ñātika in the brick house.
sn35.113:1.2 Then while the Buddha was in private retreat he spoke this exposition of the teaching:
sn35.113:1.3 “Eye consciousness arises dependent on the eye and sights. The meeting of the three is contact.
sn35.113:1.4 Contact is a requirement for feeling.
sn35.113:1.5 Feeling is a requirement for craving.
sn35.113:1.6 Craving is a requirement for grasping.
sn35.113:1.7 Grasping is a requirement for continued existence.
sn35.113:1.8 Continued existence is a requirement for rebirth.
sn35.113:1.9 Rebirth is a requirement for old age and death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress to come to be.
sn35.113:1.10 That is how this entire mass of suffering originates.
sn35.113:1.11 Ear … nose … tongue … body …
sn35.113:1.12 Mind consciousness arises dependent on the mind and ideas. The meeting of the three is contact.
sn35.113:1.13 Contact is a requirement for feeling.
sn35.113:1.14 Feeling is a requirement for craving.
sn35.113:1.15 Craving is a requirement for grasping.
sn35.113:1.16 Grasping is a requirement for continued existence.
sn35.113:1.17 Continued existence is a requirement for rebirth.
sn35.113:1.18 Rebirth is a requirement for old age and death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress to come to be.
sn35.113:1.19 That is how this entire mass of suffering originates.