Cetanāsutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Nidānavaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 16 · Section 149

[149] Dwelling at Sāvatthī … "Bhikkhus, whatever one intends, whatever one plans, and whatever one has an underlying tendency toward — this becomes a support (ārammaṇa) for the maintenance of consciousness (viññāṇa). When there is a support, there is an establishing of consciousness. When that consciousness is established and has come to growth, there is inclination (nati). When there is inclination, there is coming and going (āgatigati). When there is coming and going, there is passing away and re-arising (cutūpapāta). When there is passing away and re-arising, future birth, aging, and death (jāti, jarā, maraṇa), and sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, and despair come to be. Such is the origin of this whole mass of suffering (dukkha). "Bhikkhus, even if one does not intend and does not plan, but one still has an underlying tendency, this becomes a support for the maintenance of consciousness. When there is a support, there is an establishing of consciousness. When that consciousness is established and has come to growth, there is inclination. When there is inclination, there is coming and going. When there is coming and going, there is passing away and re-arising. When there is passing away and re-arising, future birth, aging, and death, and sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, and despair come to be. Such is the origin of this whole mass of suffering."

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.