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Nidānasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Nidānavaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 16 · Section 220

[220] Dwelling at Sāvatthī. … There the Blessed One … "Bhikkhus, when one dwells contemplating gratification (assāda) in things that are conducive to the fetters (saññojaniyā dhammā), there is the descent (avakkanti) of consciousness. With consciousness as condition, name-and-form (nāmarūpa) comes to be … Such is the origin of this whole mass of suffering (dukkha)."

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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