[318] Therein, what is ignorance (avijjā)?
That which is unknowing, unseeing, … the bar of ignorance (avijjālaṅgī), delusion (moha), the unwholesome root — this is called ignorance.
Therein, what is the volitional formation (saṅkhāra) with ignorance as condition, having ignorance as its cause?
That which is volition (cetanā), the act of intending, the state of having intended — this is called the volitional formation with ignorance as condition, having ignorance as its cause.
Therein, what is consciousness (viññāṇa) with the volitional formation as condition, having the volitional formation as its cause?
That which is mind (citta), mentality (mano), mentation (mānasa), … the corresponding mind-consciousness element (manoviññāṇadhātu) — this is called consciousness with the volitional formation as condition, having the volitional formation as its cause.
Therein, what is name-and-form (nāmarūpa) with consciousness as condition, having consciousness as its cause?
There is name; there is form.
Therein, what is name? The feeling (vedanā) aggregate, the perception aggregate, the volitional-formations aggregate — this is called name.
Therein, what is form? The growth (upacaya) of the eye base (cakkhāyatana), … the growth of the body base; or whatever other form there is that is born of mind, has mind as its cause, is originated by mind — this is called form.
Thus, this name and this form: this is called name-and-form with consciousness as condition, having consciousness as its cause.
As to "with name-and-form as condition, the six sense bases (saḷāyatana), having name-and-form as their cause": 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 (mahābhūtā) and the 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, having name-and-form as their cause?
The eye base, … the mind base (manāyatana) — these are called the six sense bases with name-and-form as condition, having name-and-form as their cause.
Therein, what is contact (phassa) with the six sense bases as condition, having the six sense bases as its cause?
That which is contact, the act of touching, the act of contacting, the state of being in contact — this is called contact with the six sense bases as condition, having the six sense bases as its cause. …
Therefore it is said: "Thus is the origin of this whole mass of suffering (dukkha)."
The Cause Tetrad (hetucatukka).
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.