sn12.44:2.1 “And what, mendicants, is the origin of the world?
sn12.44:2.2 Eye consciousness arises dependent on the eye and sights. The meeting of the three is contact.
sn12.44:2.3 Contact is a requirement for feeling.
sn12.44:2.4 Feeling is a requirement for craving.
sn12.44:2.5 Craving is a requirement for grasping.
sn12.44:2.6 Grasping is a requirement for continued existence.
sn12.44:2.7 Continued existence is a requirement for rebirth.
sn12.44:2.8 Rebirth is a requirement for old age and death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress to come to be.
sn12.44:2.9 This is the origin of the world.