9.
The Discourse on Involvement
69.
Thus have I heard -
On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling at Sāvatthī in Jeta's Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika's park.
There, etc.
"The great ocean, monks, rising, causes the great rivers to rise; the great rivers rising cause the rivulets to rise; the rivulets rising cause the large pools to rise; the large pools rising cause the small pools to rise.
So too, monks, ignorance rising causes activities to rise; activities rising cause consciousness to rise; consciousness rising causes mentality-materiality to rise; mentality-materiality rising causes the six sense bases to rise; the six sense bases rising cause contact to rise; contact rising causes feeling to rise; feeling rising causes craving to rise; craving rising causes clinging to rise; clinging rising causes existence to rise; existence rising causes birth to rise; birth rising causes ageing and death to rise.
"The great ocean, monks, receding, causes the great rivers to recede; the great rivers receding cause the rivulets to recede; the rivulets receding cause the large pools to recede; the large pools receding cause the small pools to recede. So too, monks, ignorance receding causes activities to recede; activities receding cause consciousness to recede; consciousness receding causes mentality-materiality to recede; mentality-materiality receding causes the six sense bases to recede; the six sense bases receding cause contact to recede; contact receding causes feeling to recede; feeling receding causes craving to recede; craving receding causes clinging to recede; clinging receding causes existence to recede; existence receding causes birth to recede; birth receding causes ageing and death to recede." The ninth.