[69] Bhikkhus, that knowledge (ñāṇa) of destruction with regard to destruction — that too, I say, has a proximate cause (upanisā); it is not without a proximate cause. And what, bhikkhus, is the proximate cause of the knowledge of destruction? 'Liberation (vimutti),' it should be said. Liberation too, bhikkhus, I say, has a proximate cause; it is not without a proximate cause. And what, bhikkhus, is the proximate cause of liberation? 'Dispassion (virāga),' it should be said. Dispassion too, bhikkhus, I say, has a proximate cause; it is not without a proximate cause. And what, bhikkhus, is the proximate cause of dispassion? 'Disenchantment (nibbidā),' it should be said. Disenchantment too, bhikkhus, I say, has a proximate cause; it is not without a proximate cause. And what, bhikkhus, is the proximate cause of disenchantment? 'Knowledge and vision of things as they really are (yathābhūtañāṇadassana),' it should be said. Knowledge and vision of things as they really are too, bhikkhus, I say, has a proximate cause; it is not without a proximate cause. And what, bhikkhus, is the proximate cause of knowledge and vision of things as they really are? 'Concentration (samādhi),' it should be said. Concentration too, bhikkhus, I say, has a proximate cause; it is not without a proximate cause. And what, bhikkhus, is the proximate cause of concentration? 'Happiness (sukha),' it should be said. Happiness too, bhikkhus, I say, has a proximate cause; it is not without a proximate cause. And what, bhikkhus, is the proximate cause of happiness? 'Tranquility (passaddhi),' it should be said. Tranquility too, bhikkhus, I say, has a proximate cause; it is not without a proximate cause. And what, bhikkhus, is the proximate cause of tranquility? 'Rapture (pīti),' it should be said. Rapture too, bhikkhus, I say, has a proximate cause; it is not without a proximate cause. And what, bhikkhus, is the proximate cause of rapture? 'Gladness (pāmujja),' it should be said. Gladness too, bhikkhus, I say, has a proximate cause; it is not without a proximate cause. And what, bhikkhus, is the proximate cause of gladness? 'Faith (saddhā),' it should be said. Faith too, bhikkhus, I say, has a proximate cause; it is not without a proximate cause. And what, bhikkhus, is the proximate cause of faith? 'Suffering (dukkha),' it should be said. Suffering too, bhikkhus, I say, has a proximate cause; it is not without a proximate cause. And what, bhikkhus, is the proximate cause of suffering? 'Birth (jāti),' it should be said. Birth too, bhikkhus, I say, has a proximate cause; it is not without a proximate cause. And what, bhikkhus, is the proximate cause of birth? 'Existence (bhava),' it should be said. Existence too, bhikkhus, I say, has a proximate cause; it is not without a proximate cause. And what, bhikkhus, is the proximate cause of existence? 'Clinging (upādāna),' it should be said. Clinging too, bhikkhus, I say, has a proximate cause; it is not without a proximate cause. And what, bhikkhus, is the proximate cause of clinging? 'Craving (taṇhā),' it should be said. Craving too, bhikkhus, I say, has a proximate cause; it is not without a proximate cause. And what, bhikkhus, is the proximate cause of craving? 'Feeling (vedanā),' it should be said. … 'Contact (phassa),' it should be said … 'The six sense bases (saḷāyatana),' it should be said … 'Name-and-form (nāmarūpa),' it should be said … 'Consciousness (viññāṇa),' it should be said … 'Volitional formations (saṅkhārā),' it should be said. Volitional formations too, bhikkhus, I say, have a proximate cause; they are not without a proximate cause. And what, bhikkhus, is the proximate cause of volitional formations? 'Ignorance (avijjā),' it should be said.
Thus indeed, bhikkhus, with ignorance as proximate cause, volitional formations; with volitional formations as proximate cause, consciousness; with consciousness as proximate cause, name-and-form; with name-and-form as proximate cause, the six sense bases; with the six sense bases as proximate cause, contact; with contact as proximate cause, feeling; with feeling as proximate cause, craving; with craving as proximate cause, clinging; with clinging as proximate cause, existence; with existence as proximate cause, birth; with birth as proximate cause, suffering; with suffering as proximate cause, faith; with faith as proximate cause, gladness; with gladness as proximate cause, rapture; with rapture as proximate cause, tranquility; with tranquility as proximate cause, happiness; with happiness as proximate cause, concentration; with concentration as proximate cause, knowledge and vision of things as they really are; with knowledge and vision of things as they really are as proximate cause, disenchantment; with disenchantment as proximate cause, dispassion; with dispassion as proximate cause, liberation; with liberation as proximate cause, the knowledge of destruction.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.