[294] "Susima, do you see: 'With birth (jāti) as condition (paccaya), aging and death (jarāmaraṇa) come to be'?"
"Yes, venerable sir."
"Susima, do you see: 'With existence (bhava) as condition, birth comes to be'?"
"Yes, venerable sir."
"Susima, do you see: 'With clinging (upādāna) as condition, existence comes to be'?"
"Yes, venerable sir."
"Susima, do you see: 'With craving (taṇhā) as condition, clinging comes to be'?"
"Yes, venerable sir."
"'With feeling (vedanā) as condition, craving comes to be' … 'With contact (phassa) as condition, feeling comes to be' … 'With the six sense bases (saḷāyatana) as condition, contact comes to be' … 'With name-and-form (nāmarūpa) as condition, the six sense bases come to be' … 'With consciousness as condition, name-and-form comes to be' … 'With volitional formations as condition, consciousness comes to be' … Susima, do you see: 'With ignorance as condition, volitional formations come to be'?"
"Yes, venerable sir."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.