[295] "Susima, do you see: 'With the cessation of birth (jāti), aging and death (jarā-maraṇa) cease'?"
"So it is, venerable sir."
"Susima, do you see: 'With the cessation of existence (bhava), birth ceases'?"
"So it is, venerable sir."
"… 'With the cessation of clinging (upādāna), existence ceases' … 'With the cessation of craving (taṇhā), clinging ceases' … 'With the cessation of feeling (vedanā), craving ceases' … 'With the cessation of contact (phassa), feeling ceases' … 'With the cessation of the six sense bases (saḷāyatana), contact ceases' … 'With the cessation of name-and-form (nāmarūpa), the six sense bases cease' … 'With the cessation of consciousness (viññāṇa), name-and-form ceases' … 'With the cessation of volitional formations (saṅkhārā), consciousness ceases' … 'With the cessation of ignorance (avijjā), volitional formations cease' — do you see thus, Susima?"
"So it is, venerable sir."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.