[27] Then, bhikkhus, it occurred to me: 'When what does not exist does aging-and-death not come to be? With the cessation of what is there the cessation of aging-and-death?' Then, bhikkhus, through wise attention (yoniso manasikāra) there took place in me a breakthrough (abhisamaya) by wisdom: 'When birth does not exist, aging-and-death does not come to be; with the cessation of birth (jāti) there is the cessation of aging and death.'
Then, bhikkhus, it occurred to me: 'When what does not exist does birth not come to be? …' existence (bhava) … clinging (upādāna) … craving (taṇhā) … feeling (vedanā) … contact (phassa) … the six sense bases (saḷāyatana) … name-and-form (nāmarūpa) … consciousness (viññāṇa) … 'do volitional formations not come to be? With the cessation of what is there the cessation of volitional formations?' Then, bhikkhus, through wise attention there took place in me a breakthrough by wisdom: 'When ignorance (avijjā) does not exist, volitional formations do not come to be; with the cessation of ignorance there is the cessation of volitional formations.'
Thus, with the cessation of ignorance comes the cessation of volitional formations; with the cessation of volitional formations, the cessation of consciousness … Such is the cessation of this whole mass of suffering (dukkha).
'Cessation, cessation' — thus, bhikkhus, in regard to things unheard before, there arose in me vision, there arose knowledge (ñāṇa), there arose wisdom, there arose true knowledge (vijjā), there arose light.
The tenth [sutta].
The Buddha Chapter, the first.
Its summary (uddāna) is:
The Teaching, the Analysis, and the Way,
Vipassī, Sikhī, and Vessabhū,
Kakusandha, Koṇāgamana, and Kassapa,
And the Great Sakyan Sage, Gotama.
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The Nutriment Chapter, the second.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.