[347] "And what, bhikkhus, is the manner in which, dependent on the diversity of elements (dhātunānattaṃ), there arises the diversity of perceptions; dependent on the diversity of perceptions there arises … the diversity of quests (pariyesanānānattaṃ); yet not dependent on the diversity of quests does there arise the diversity of fevers (pariḷāhanānattaṃ); not dependent on the diversity of fevers does there arise the diversity of desires (chandanānattaṃ); not dependent on the diversity of desires does there arise the diversity of intentions (saṅkappanānattaṃ); not dependent on the diversity of intentions does there arise the diversity of perceptions; and not dependent on the diversity of perceptions does there arise the diversity of elements?
Bhikkhus, dependent on the form element (rūpadhātu) there arises perception of form … dependent on the mental-phenomena element (dhammadhātu) there arises perception of mental phenomena; dependent on perception of mental phenomena there arises … the quest for mental phenomena; yet not dependent on the quest for mental phenomena does there arise the fever for mental phenomena; not dependent on the fever for mental phenomena does there arise desire for mental phenomena; not dependent on desire for mental phenomena does there arise intention concerning mental phenomena; not dependent on intention concerning mental phenomena does there arise perception of mental phenomena; and not dependent on perception of mental phenomena does there arise the mental-phenomena element.
It is in this way, bhikkhus, that dependent on the diversity of elements there arises the diversity of perceptions; dependent on the diversity of perceptions there arises … the diversity of quests; yet not dependent on the diversity of quests does there arise … not dependent on the diversity of perceptions does there arise the diversity of elements."
The eighth [sutta].
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.