10.
The Discourse on Gotama
10.
"Before the enlightenment, monks, while still unenlightened, being just a Bodhisatta, this occurred to me -
'Alas, this world has fallen into difficulty - it is born and ages and dies and passes away and is reborn.
And yet it does not understand the escape from this suffering of ageing and death.
When indeed will the escape from this suffering of ageing and death become known?'
"This occurred to me, monks - 'When what exists does ageing and death exist? What is the condition for ageing and death?' Then, monks, through wise attention, there was a full realisation by wisdom for me: 'When birth exists, ageing and death exists; birth is the condition for ageing and death.'
"This occurred to me, monks - 'When what exists does birth exist? etc. existence... clinging... craving... feeling... contact... the six sense bases... mentality-materiality... consciousness... When what exists do activities exist? What is the condition for activities?' Then, monks, through wise attention, there was a full realisation by wisdom for me: 'When ignorance exists, activities exist; ignorance is the condition for activities.'
"Thus indeed, with ignorance as condition, activities; with activities as condition, consciousness; etc. Thus is the origin of this whole mass of suffering. 'Origin, origin' - thus, monks, regarding things not heard before, vision arose for me, knowledge arose, wisdom arose, true knowledge arose, light arose.
"This occurred to me, monks - 'When what is absent does ageing and death not exist? From the cessation of what comes the cessation of ageing and death?' Then, monks, through wise attention, there was a full realisation by wisdom for me: 'When birth is absent, ageing and death does not exist; from the cessation of birth comes the cessation of ageing and death.'
"This occurred to me, monks - 'When what is absent does birth not exist? etc. existence... clinging... craving... feeling... contact... the six sense bases... mentality-materiality... consciousness... When what is absent do activities not exist? From the cessation of what comes the cessation of activities?' Then, monks, through wise attention, there was a full realisation by wisdom for me: 'When ignorance is absent, activities do not exist; from the cessation of ignorance comes the cessation of activities.'
Thus indeed, from the cessation of ignorance comes the cessation of activities; from the cessation of activities comes the cessation of consciousness; etc. Thus is the cessation of this whole mass of suffering. 'Cessation, cessation' - thus for me, monks, regarding things not heard before, vision arose, knowledge arose, wisdom arose, true knowledge arose, light arose." The tenth.