[346] Therein, what is ignorance (avijjā)? That which is unknowing, unseeing, … the bar of ignorance (avijjālaṅgī), delusion (moha), the unwholesome root (akusalamūla) — this is called ignorance.
Therein, what is the volitional formation (saṅkhāra) with ignorance as condition? That which is volition (cetanā), intending, the state of intending — this is called the volitional formation with ignorance as condition.
Therein, what is ignorance with the volitional formation also as condition? That which is unknowing, unseeing, … the bar of ignorance, delusion, the unwholesome root — this is called ignorance with the volitional formation also as condition.
Therein, what is consciousness (viññāṇa) with the volitional formation as condition? 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.
Therein, what is the volitional formation with consciousness also as condition? That which is volition, intending, the state of intending — this is called the volitional formation with consciousness also as condition.
Therein, what is name-and-form (nāmarūpa) with consciousness as condition? There is name (nāma); there is form (rūpa). Therein, what is name? The aggregate of feeling (vedanākkhandha), the aggregate of perception (saññākkhandha), the aggregate of volitional formations (saṅkhārakkhandha) — this is called name. Therein, what is form? The growth (upacaya) of the eye base (cakkhāyatana), … the growth of the body base (kāyāyatana); or whatever other form there is, born of mind, caused by mind, 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 also as condition": there is name; there is form. Therein, what is name? The aggregate of feeling, the aggregate of perception, the aggregate of volitional formations — this is called name. Therein, what is form? 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 is consciousness with name-and-form also as condition? That which is mind, mentality, mentation, … the corresponding mind-consciousness element — this is called consciousness with name-and-form also as condition.
"The six sense bases (saḷāyatana) with name-and-form as condition": there is name; there is form. Therein, what is name? The aggregate of feeling, the aggregate of perception, the aggregate of volitional formations — this is called name. Therein, what is form? The four great elements (mahābhūta) 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? The eye base, … the mind base (manāyatana) — these are called the six sense bases with name-and-form as condition.
Therein, what is name-and-form with the six sense bases also as condition? There is name; there is form. Therein, what is name? The aggregate of feeling, the aggregate of perception, the aggregate of volitional formations — this is called name. Therein, what is form? The growth of the eye base, … the growth of the body base; or whatever other form there is, born of mind, caused by mind, originated by mind — this is called form. Thus, this name and this form — this is called name-and-form with the six sense bases also as condition.
Therein, what is contact (phassa) with the six sense bases as condition? That which is contact, touching, coming into contact, the state of being in contact — this is called contact with the six sense bases as condition.
Therein, what are the six sense bases with contact also as condition? The eye base, … the mind base — these are called the six sense bases with contact also as condition. …
Therefore it is said: "Thus is the origin (samudaya) of this whole mass of suffering (dukkhakkhandha)."
The Mutuality Tetrad (aññamañña-catukka).
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.