{"id":"sn12.60","title":"Causation","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn12.60","title":"Causation","units":[{"id":"sn12.60:0","sourceIds":["sn12.60:0.1","sn12.60:0.2","sn12.60:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 12.60\n6. Dukkhavagga\nNidānasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 12.60\n6. Suffering\nCausation"}},{"id":"sn12.60:1","sourceIds":["sn12.60:1.1","sn12.60:1.2","sn12.60:1.3","sn12.60:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā kurūsu viharati kammāsadhammaṁ nāma kurūnaṁ nigamo.\nAtha kho āyasmā ānando yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā ānando bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“acchariyaṁ, bhante, abbhutaṁ, bhante.\nYāva gambhīro cāyaṁ, bhante, paṭiccasamuppādo gambhīrāvabhāso ca, atha ca pana me uttānakuttānako viya khāyatī”ti.","en":"At one time the Buddha was staying in the land of the Kurus, near the Kuru town named Kammāsadamma.\nThen Venerable Ānanda went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him:\n“It’s incredible, sir! It’s amazing,\nin that this dependent origination is deep and appears deep, yet to me it seems as plain as can be.”"}},{"id":"sn12.60:2","sourceIds":["sn12.60:2.1","sn12.60:2.2","sn12.60:2.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Mā hevaṁ, ānanda, mā hevaṁ, ānanda.\nGambhīro cāyaṁ, ānanda, paṭiccasamuppādo gambhīrāvabhāso ca.\nEtassa, ānanda, dhammassa ananubodhā appaṭivedhā evamayaṁ pajā tantākulakajātā kulagaṇṭhikajātā muñjapabbajabhūtā apāyaṁ duggatiṁ vinipātaṁ saṁsāraṁ nātivattati.","en":"“Not so, Ānanda! Not so, Ānanda!\nThis dependent origination is deep and appears deep.\nIt is because of not understanding and not penetrating this teaching that this population has become tangled like string, knotted like a ball of thread, and matted like rushes and reeds, and it doesn’t escape the places of loss, the bad places, the underworld, transmigration."}},{"id":"sn12.60:3","sourceIds":["sn12.60:3.1","sn12.60:3.2","sn12.60:3.3","sn12.60:3.4","sn12.60:3.5","sn12.60:3.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Upādāniyesu, ānanda, dhammesu assādānupassino viharato taṇhā pavaḍḍhati.\nTaṇhāpaccayā upādānaṁ;\nupādānapaccayā bhavo;\nbhavapaccayā jāti;\njātipaccayā jarāmaraṇaṁ sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā sambhavanti.\nEvametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa samudayo hoti.","en":"There are things that fuel grasping. When you concentrate on the gratification provided by these things, your craving grows.\nCraving is a requirement for grasping.\nGrasping is a requirement for continued existence.\nContinued existence is a requirement for rebirth.\nRebirth is a requirement for old age and death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress to come to be.\nThat is how this entire mass of suffering originates."}},{"id":"sn12.60:4","sourceIds":["sn12.60:4.1","sn12.60:4.2","sn12.60:4.3","sn12.60:4.4","sn12.60:4.5","sn12.60:4.6","sn12.60:4.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Seyyathāpi, ānanda, mahārukkho.\nTassa yāni ceva mūlāni adhogamāni, yāni ca tiriyaṅgamāni, sabbāni tāni uddhaṁ ojaṁ abhiharanti.\nEvañhi so, ānanda, mahārukkho tadāhāro tadupādāno ciraṁ dīghamaddhānaṁ tiṭṭheyya.\nEvameva kho, ānanda, upādāniyesu dhammesu assādānupassino viharato taṇhā pavaḍḍhati.\nTaṇhāpaccayā upādānaṁ;\nupādānapaccayā bhavo …pe…\nevametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa samudayo hoti.","en":"Suppose there was a great tree.\nAnd its roots going downwards and across all draw the sap upwards.\nFed and fuelled by that, the great tree would stand for a long time.\nIn the same way, there are things that fuel grasping. When you concentrate on the gratification provided by these things, your craving grows.\nCraving is a requirement for grasping.\nGrasping is a requirement for continued existence. …\nThat is how this entire mass of suffering originates."}},{"id":"sn12.60:5","sourceIds":["sn12.60:5.1","sn12.60:5.2","sn12.60:5.3","sn12.60:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Upādāniyesu, ānanda, dhammesu ādīnavānupassino viharato taṇhā nirujjhati.\nTaṇhānirodhā upādānanirodho;\nupādānanirodhā bhavanirodho …pe…\nevametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa nirodho hoti.","en":"There are things that fuel grasping. When you concentrate on the drawbacks of these things, your craving ceases.\nWhen craving ceases, grasping ceases.\nWhen grasping ceases, continued existence ceases. …\nThat is how this entire mass of suffering ceases."}},{"id":"sn12.60:6","sourceIds":["sn12.60:6.1","sn12.60:6.2","sn12.60:6.3","sn12.60:6.4","sn12.60:6.5","sn12.60:6.6","sn12.60:6.7","sn12.60:6.8","sn12.60:6.9","sn12.60:6.10","sn12.60:6.11","sn12.60:6.12","sn12.60:6.13","sn12.60:6.14","sn12.60:6.15"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Seyyathāpi, ānanda, mahārukkho.\nAtha puriso āgaccheyya kuddālapiṭakaṁ ādāya.\nSo taṁ rukkhaṁ mūle chindeyya, mūle chetvā palikhaṇeyya, palikhaṇitvā mūlāni uddhareyya antamaso usīranāḷimattānipi.\nSo taṁ rukkhaṁ khaṇḍākhaṇḍikaṁ chindeyya.\nKhaṇḍākhaṇḍikaṁ chinditvā phāleyya;\nphāletvā sakalikaṁ sakalikaṁ kareyya, sakalikaṁ sakalikaṁ karitvā vātātape visoseyya, vātātape visosetvā agginā ḍaheyya, agginā ḍahetvā masiṁ kareyya, masiṁ karitvā mahāvāte vā ophuṇeyya, nadiyā vā sīghasotāya pavāheyya.\nEvañhi so, ānanda, mahārukkho ucchinnamūlo assa tālāvatthukato anabhāvaṅkato āyatiṁ anuppādadhammo.\nEvameva kho, ānanda, upādāniyesu dhammesu ādīnavānupassino viharato taṇhā nirujjhati.\nTaṇhānirodhā upādānanirodho;\nupādānanirodhā bhavanirodho;\nbhavanirodhā jātinirodho;\njātinirodhā jarāmaraṇaṁ sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā nirujjhanti.\nEvametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa nirodho hotī”ti.\nDasamaṁ.\nDukkhavaggo chaṭṭho.","en":"Suppose there was a great tree.\nThen a person comes along with a spade and basket.\nThey’d cut the tree down at the roots, dig them up, and pull them out, down to the fibers and stems.\nThen they’d split the tree apart, cut up the parts, and chop it into splinters. They’d dry the splinters in the wind and sun, burn them with fire, and reduce them to ashes. Then they’d winnow the ashes in a strong wind, or float them away down a swift stream.\nIn this way the great tree is cut off at the root, made like a palm stump, obliterated, and unable to arise in the future.\nIn the same way, there are things that fuel grasping. When you concentrate on the drawbacks of these things, your craving ceases.\nWhen craving ceases, grasping ceases.\nWhen grasping ceases, continued existence ceases.\nWhen continued existence ceases, rebirth ceases.\nWhen rebirth ceases, old age and death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress cease.\nThat is how this entire mass of suffering ceases.”"}},{"id":"sn12.60:7","sourceIds":["sn12.60:7.0","sn12.60:7.1","sn12.60:7.2","sn12.60:7.3","sn12.60:7.4","sn12.60:7.5","sn12.60:7.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassuddānaṁ\nParivīmaṁsanupādānaṁ,\ndve ca saṁyojanāni ca;\nMahārukkhena dve vuttā,\ntaruṇena ca sattamaṁ;\nNāmarūpañca viññāṇaṁ,\nnidānena ca te dasāti."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn12.60/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}