[310] Therein, what is ignorance (avijjā)? That which is absence of knowledge (aññāṇa), absence of vision (adassana), … the bar of ignorance (avijjālaṅgī), delusion (moha), the unwholesome root (akusala-mūla) — this is called ignorance.
Therein, what is the volitional formation (saṅkhāra) with ignorance as condition? That which is volition (cetanā), intending (sañcetanā), the state of having intended (sañcetayitatta) — this is called the volitional formation with ignorance as condition.
Therein, what is consciousness (viññāṇa) with the volitional formation as condition? That which is mind (citta), mentality (mano), mentation (mānasa), … the corresponding (tajjā) mind-consciousness element (mano-viññāṇa-dhātu) — this is called consciousness with the volitional formation as condition.
Therein, what is name-and-form (nāmarūpa) with consciousness as condition? There is name; there is form. Therein, what is name? The feeling aggregate (vedanākkhandha), the perception aggregate (saññākkhandha), the volitional-formations aggregate (saṅkhārakkhandha) — this is called name. Therein, what is form (rūpa)? The growth (upacaya) of the eye base (cakkhāyatana), … the growth of the body base (kāyāyatana); or whatever other form there is that is born of mind (citta-ja), caused by mind (citta-hetuka), originated by mind (citta-samuṭṭhāna) — this is called form. Thus this name and this form: this is called name-and-form with consciousness as condition.
"With name-and-form as condition, the six sense bases (saḷāyatana)": there is name; there is form. Therein, what is name? The feeling aggregate, the perception aggregate, the volitional-formations aggregate — this is called name. Therein, what is form? The four great elements (mahābhūta) and that form in dependence on which the mind-consciousness element occurs — this is called form. Thus this name and this form: this is called name-and-form.
Therein, what are the six sense bases with name-and-form as condition? The eye base, the ear base (sotāyatana), the nose base (ghānāyatana), the tongue base (jivhāyatana), the body base, the mind base (manāyatana) — these are called the six sense bases with name-and-form as condition.
Therein, what is contact (phassa) with the six sense bases as condition? That which is contact, contacting (phusanā), the act of contacting (samphusanā), the state of having contacted (samphusitatta) — this is called contact with the six sense bases as condition. … Therefore it is said: "Thus there is the origin (samudaya) of this whole mass of suffering (dukkhakkhandha)."
The Tetrad of Conditions (Paccaya-catukka).
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.