Saṃyutta Nikāya
II. Nidāna Vagga
12. Nidāna Saṃyutta
3. Dasa-Balā Vagga
Sutta 21
Paṭhama Dasa-Balā Suttaṃ
The Ten Powers (1)
Translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi
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"Bhikkhus, possessing the ten powers and the four grounds of self-confidence, the Tathāgata claims the place of the chief bull of the herd, roars his lion's roar in the assemblies, and sets rolling the Brahma-wheel thus:
[28] 'Such is form, such its origin, such its passing away;
such is feeling, such its origin, such its passing away;
such is perception, such its origin, such its passing away;
such are volitional formations, such their origin, such their passing away;
such is consciousness, such its origin, such its passing away.
Thus when this exists, that comes to be;
with the arising of this, that arises.
When this does not exist, that does not come to be;
with the cessation of this, that ceases.
That is, with ignorance as condition, volitional formations [come to be];
with volitional formations as condition, consciousness. ...
Such is the origin of this whole mass of suffering.
But with the remainderless fading away and cessation of ignorance comes cessation of volitional formations;
with the cessation of volitional formations, cessation of consciousness. ...
Such is the cessation of this whole mass of suffering."
