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The Second Discourse on Ignorance as Condition
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He was dwelling at Sāvatthī, etc.
"With ignorance as condition, monks, activities;
with activities as condition, consciousness; etc.
Thus is the origin of this whole mass of suffering.
"'What is ageing and death, and to whom does this ageing and death belong?' - thus, monks, whoever would say, or 'Ageing and death is one thing, and this ageing and death belongs to another' - thus, monks, whoever would say, both of these are one in meaning, only different in phrasing. Monks, if there is the view 'The soul is the same as the body,' there is no abiding by the holy life. Monks, if there is the view 'The soul is one thing and the body another,' there is no abiding by the holy life. Not approaching these two extremes, monks, the Truth-finder expounds the Teaching by the middle - 'Birth is the condition for ageing and death.'"
"What is birth... etc. what is existence... what is clinging... what is craving... what is feeling... what is contact... what is the six sense bases... what is mentality-materiality... what is consciousness... 'What are activities, and to whom are these activities?' - thus, monks, whoever would say, or 'Activities are one thing, and these activities belong to another' - thus, monks, whoever would say, both of these are one in meaning, only different in phrasing. Monks, if there is the view 'The soul is the same as the body,' there is no abiding by the holy life. Monks, if there is the view 'The soul is one thing and the body another,' there is no abiding by the holy life. Not approaching these two extremes, monks, the Truth-finder expounds the Teaching by the middle - 'ignorance is the condition for activities.'"
"But from the complete fading away and cessation of ignorance, whatever wrigglings, contortions, and struggles there are - 'What is ageing and death, and to whom is this ageing and death?' or 'Ageing and death is one thing, and this ageing and death belongs to another' or 'the soul is the same as the body' or 'the soul is one thing and the body another.' All those have been abandoned, their roots cut off, made like palm stumps, brought to obliteration, subject to non-arising in the future.
"But from the complete fading away and cessation of ignorance, whatever wrigglings, contortions, and struggles there are - 'What is birth... etc. what is existence... what is clinging... what is craving... what is feeling... what is contact... what is the six sense bases... what is mentality-materiality... what is consciousness... 'What are activities, and to whom are these activities?' or 'Activities are one thing, and these activities belong to another'; 'the soul is the same as the body' or 'the soul is one thing and the body another.' All those have been abandoned, their roots cut off, made like palm stumps, brought to obliteration, subject to non-arising in the future." The sixth.