12. Nidānasaṁyutta: On Causation
VI. Suffering — SN12.58: Name and Form
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1At Sāvatthī.
“There are things that are prone to being fettered. When you concentrate on the gratification provided by these things, name and form are conceived. Name and form are conditions for the six sense fields. … That is how this entire mass of suffering originates.
2Suppose there was a great tree. And its roots going downwards and across all draw the sap upwards. Fueled and sustained by that, the great tree would stand for a long time.
In the same way, there are things that are prone to being fettered. When you concentrate on the gratification provided by these things, name and form are conceived. …
3There are things that are prone to being fettered. When you concentrate on the drawbacks of these things, name and form are not conceived. When name and form cease, the six sense fields cease. … That is how this entire mass of suffering ceases.
4Suppose there was a great tree. Then a person comes along with a spade and basket. … In this way the great tree is cut off at the root, made like a palm stump, obliterated, and unable to arise in the future.
In the same way, there are things that are prone to being fettered. When you concentrate on the drawbacks of these things, name and form are not conceived. When name and form cease, the six sense fields cease. … That is how this entire mass of suffering ceases.”
1Sāvatthiyaṁ vihārati.
"Saṁyojaniyesu, bhikkhave, dhammesu assādānupassino vihārato nāmarūpassa avakkanti hoti. Nāmarūpapaccayā saḷāyatanaṁ … pe … evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa samudayo hoti.
2Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, mahārukkho. Tassa yāni ceva mūlāni adhogamāni, yāni ca tiriyaṅgamāni, sabbāni tāni uddhaṁ ojaṁ abhiharanti. Evañhi so, bhikkhave, mahārukkho tadāhāro tadupādāno ciraṁ dīghamaddhānaṁ tiṭṭheyya.
Evameva kho, bhikkhave, saṁyojaniyesu dhammesu assādānupassino vihārato nāmarūpassa avakkanti hoti … pe … .
3Saṁyojaniyesu, bhikkhave, dhammesu ādīnavānupassino vihārato nāmarūpassa avakkanti na hoti. Nāmarūpanirodhā saḷāyatananirodho … pe … evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa nirodho hoti.
4Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, mahārukkho. Atha puriso āgaccheyya kuddālapiṭakaṁ ādāya … pe … āyatiṁ anup pāda dhammo.
Evameva kho, bhikkhave, saṁyojaniyesu dhammesu ādīnavānupassino vihārato nāmarūpassa avakkanti na hoti. Nāmarūpanirodhā saḷāyatananirodho … pe … evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa nirodho hotī"ti.
Aṭṭhamaṁ.