[344] Therein, what is ignorance (avijjā)?
That which is lack of knowledge, absence of vision, … the bar of ignorance, delusion (moha), the unwholesome root — this is called ignorance.
Therein, what is the formation (saṅkhāra) with ignorance as condition?
That which is volition (cetanā), intending, the state of having intended — this is called the formation with ignorance as condition.
Therein, what is ignorance with formation as condition also?
That which is lack of knowledge, absence of vision, … the bar of ignorance, delusion, the unwholesome root — this is called ignorance with formation as condition also.
Therein, what is consciousness (viññāṇa) with formation as condition?
That which is mind (citta), mentality, mentation, … the corresponding mind-consciousness element (manoviññāṇa-dhātu) — this is called consciousness with formation as condition.
Therein, what is the formation with consciousness as condition also?
That which is volition, intending, the state of having intended — this is called the formation with consciousness as condition also.
Therein, what is name-and-form (nāmarūpa) with consciousness as condition?
There is name (nāma); there is form (rūpa).
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?
The growth of the eye sense base (cakkhāyatana), … the growth of the body sense base (kāyāyatana); 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.
"Consciousness with name-and-form as condition also": 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?
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 is consciousness with name-and-form as condition also?
That which is mind, mentality, mentation, … the corresponding mind-consciousness element — this is called consciousness with name-and-form as condition also.
"The sixth sense base (chaṭṭhāyatana) with name-and-form as condition": 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?
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 is the sixth sense base with name-and-form as condition?
That which is mind, mentality, mentation, … the corresponding mind-consciousness element — this is called the sixth sense base with name-and-form as condition.
Therein, what is name-and-form with the sixth sense base as condition also?
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 growth of the eye sense base, … the growth of the body sense 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 the sixth sense base as condition also.
Therein, what is contact (phassa) with the sixth sense base as condition?
That which is contact, touching, contacting, the state of having contacted — this is called contact with the sixth sense base as condition.
Therein, what is the sixth sense base with contact as condition also?
That which is mind, mentality, mentation, … the corresponding mind-consciousness element — this is called the sixth sense base with contact as condition also. …
Therefore it is said: "Thus there is the origin (samudaya) of this whole mass of suffering (dukkha)."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.