sn12.12:6.1 “But sir, who grasps?”
sn12.12:6.2 “That’s not a cogent question,” said the Buddha.
sn12.12:6.3 “I don’t speak of one who grasps.
sn12.12:6.4 If I were to speak of one who grasps, then it would be cogent to ask
sn12.12:6.5 who grasps.
sn12.12:6.6 But I don’t speak like that.
sn12.12:6.7 Hence it would be cogent to ask:
sn12.12:6.8 ‘What is a requirement for grasping?’
sn12.12:6.9 And a cogent answer to this would be:
sn12.12:6.10 ‘Craving is a requirement for grasping.
sn12.12:6.11 Grasping is a requirement for continued existence.’ …
sn12.12:6.12 That is how this entire mass of suffering originates.