mn115:11.1 “But sir, how is a mendicant qualified to be called ‘skilled in dependent origination’?”
mn115:11.2 “It’s when a mendicant understands:
mn115:11.3 ‘When this exists, this comes to be; due to the arising of this, this arises.
mn115:11.4 When this doesn’t exist, this doesn’t come to be; due to the cessation of this, this ceases. That is:
mn115:11.5 ignorance is a requirement for choices.
mn115:11.6 Choices are a condition for consciousness.
mn115:11.7 Consciousness is a requirement for name and form.
mn115:11.8 Name and form are requirements for the six sense fields.
mn115:11.9 The six sense fields are requirements for contact.
mn115:11.10 Contact is a requirement for feeling.
mn115:11.11 Feeling is a requirement for craving.
mn115:11.12 Craving is a requirement for grasping.
mn115:11.13 Grasping is a requirement for continued existence.
mn115:11.14 Continued existence is a requirement for rebirth.
mn115:11.15 Rebirth is a requirement for old age and death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress to come to be.
mn115:11.16 That is how this entire mass of suffering originates.
mn115:11.17 When ignorance fades away and ceases no residue left behind, choices cease.
mn115:11.18 When choices cease, consciousness ceases.
mn115:11.19 When consciousness ceases, name and form cease.
mn115:11.20 When name and form cease, the six sense fields cease.
mn115:11.21 When the six sense fields cease, contact ceases.
mn115:11.22 When contact ceases, feeling ceases.
mn115:11.23 When feeling ceases, craving ceases.
mn115:11.24 When craving ceases, grasping ceases.
mn115:11.25 When grasping ceases, continued existence ceases.
mn115:11.26 When continued existence ceases, rebirth ceases.
mn115:11.27 When rebirth ceases, old age and death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress cease.
mn115:11.28 That is how this entire mass of suffering ceases.’
mn115:11.29 That’s how a mendicant is qualified to be called ‘skilled in dependent origination’.”