[288] With ignorance (avijjā) as condition (paccaya), there is volitional formation (saṅkhāra);
with volitional formation as condition, there is also ignorance.
With volitional formation as condition, there is consciousness (viññāṇa);
with consciousness as condition, there is also volitional formation.
With consciousness as condition, there is name-and-form (nāmarūpa);
with name-and-form as condition, there is also consciousness.
With name-and-form as condition, there is the sixth sense base (chaṭṭhāyatana);
with the sixth sense base as condition, there is also name-and-form.
With the sixth sense base as condition, there is contact (phassa);
with contact as condition, there is also the sixth sense base.
With contact as condition, there is feeling (vedanā);
with feeling as condition, there is also contact.
With feeling as condition, there is craving (taṇhā);
with craving as condition, there is also feeling.
With craving as condition, there is clinging (upādāna);
with clinging as condition, there is also craving.
With clinging as condition, there is existence (bhava);
with existence as condition, there is birth (jāti);
with birth as condition, there is aging-and-death (jarāmaraṇa).
Thus is the origin (samudaya) of this whole mass of suffering (dukkhakkhandha).
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.