While staying at Savatthi the Exalted One said:
"The destruction of the cankers, monks, is for one who knows and
sees, I say, not for one who does not know and does not see.
Knowing what, seeing what does the destruction of the cankers
occur? 'Such is material form, such is the arising of material
form, such is the passing away of material form. Such is feeling...
perception... mental formations... consciousness; such is the
arising of consciousness, such is the passing away of
consciousness' — for one who knows and sees this, monks, the
destruction of the cankers occurs.
"The knowledge of destruction with respect to destruction has a
supporting condition, I say, it does not lack a supporting
condition. And what is the supporting condition for the knowledge
of destruction? 'Emancipation' should be the reply.
"Emancipation, monks, also has a supporting condition, I say, it
does not lack a supporting condition. And what is the supporting
condition for emancipation? 'Dispassion' should be the reply.
"Dispassion, monks, also has a supporting condition, I say, it
does not lack a supporting condition. And what is the supporting
condition for dispassion? 'Disenchantment' should be the reply.
"Disenchantment, monks, also has a supporting condition, I say,
it does not lack a supporting condition. And what is the supporting
condition for disenchantment? 'The knowledge and vision of things
as they really are' should be the reply.
"The knowledge and vision of things as they really are, monks,
also has a supporting condition, I say, it does not lack a
supporting condition. And what is the supporting condition for the
knowledge and vision of things as they really are? 'Concentration'
should be the reply.
"Concentration, monks, also has a supporting condition, I say,
it does not lack a supporting condition. And what is the supporting
condition for concentration? 'Happiness' should be the reply.
"Happiness, monks, also has a supporting condition, I say, it
does not lack a supporting condition. And what is the supporting
condition for happiness? 'Tranquillity' should be the reply.
"Tranquillity, monks, also has a supporting condition, I say, it
does not lack a supporting condition. And what is the supporting
condition for tranquillity? 'Rapture' should be the reply.
"Rapture, monks, also has a supporting condition, I say, it does
not lack a supporting condition. And what is the supporting
condition for rapture? 'Joy' should be the reply.
"Joy, monks, also has a supporting condition, I say, it does not
lack a supporting condition. And what is the supporting condition
for joy? 'Faith' should be the reply.
"Faith, monks, also has a supporting condition, I say, it does
not lack a supporting condition. And what is the supporting
condition for faith? 'Suffering' should be the reply.
"Suffering, monks, also has a supporting condition, I say, it
does not lack a supporting condition. And what is the supporting
condition for suffering? 'Birth' should be the reply.
"And what is the supporting condition for birth?. 'Existence'
should be the reply.
"What is the supporting condition for existence? 'Clinging'
should be the reply.
"What is the supporting condition for clinging? 'Craving' should
be the reply.
"What is the supporting condition for craving? 'Feeling' should
be the reply.
"What is the supporting condition for feeling? 'Contact' should
be the reply.
"What is the supporting condition for contact? 'The sixfold
sense base' should be the reply.
"What is the supporting condition for the sixfold sense base?
'Mentality-materiality' should be the reply.
"What is the supporting condition for mentality-materiality?
'Consciousness' should be the reply.
"What is the supporting condition for consciousness? 'Kamma
formations' should be the reply.
"Kamma formations, monks, also have a supporting condition, I
say, they do not lack a supporting condition. And what is the
supporting condition for kamma formations? 'Ignorance' should be
the reply.
"Thus, monks, ignorance is the supporting condition for kamma
formations, kamma formations are the supporting condition for
consciousness, consciousness is the supporting condition for
mentality-materiality, mentality-materiality is the supporting
condition for the sixfold sense base, the sixfold sense base is the
supporting condition for contact, contact is the supporting
condition for feeling, feeling is the supporting condition for
craving, craving is the supporting condition for clinging, clinging
is the supporting condition for existence, existence is the
supporting condition for birth, birth is the supporting condition
for suffering, suffering is the supporting condition for faith,
faith is the supporting condition for joy, joy is the supporting
condition for rapture, rapture is the supporting condition for
tranquillity, tranquillity is the supporting condition for
happiness, happiness is the supporting condition for concentration,
concentration is the supporting condition for the knowledge and
vision of things as they really are, the knowledge and vision of
things as they really are is the supporting condition for
disenchantment, disenchantment is the supporting condition for
dispassion, dispassion is the supporting condition for
emancipation, and emancipation is the supporting condition for the
knowledge of the destruction (of the cankers).
"Just as, monks, when rain descends heavily upon some
mountaintop, the water flows down along with the slope, and fills
the clefts, gullies, and creeks; these being filled fill up the
pools; these being filled fill up the ponds; these being filled
fill up the streams; these being filled fill up the rivers; and the
rivers being filled fill up the great ocean — in the same way,
monks, ignorance is the supporting condition for kamma formations,
kamma formations are the supporting condition for consciousness,
consciousness is the supporting condition for
mentality-materiality, mentality-materiality is the supporting
condition for the sixfold sense base, the sixfold sense base is the
supporting condition for contact, contact is the supporting
condition for feeling, feeling is the supporting condition for
craving, craving is the supporting condition for clinging, clinging
is the supporting condition for existence, existence is the
supporting condition for birth, birth is the supporting condition
for suffering, suffering is the supporting condition for faith,
faith is the supporting condition for joy, joy is the supporting
condition for rapture, rapture is the supporting condition for
tranquillity, tranquillity is the supporting condition for
happiness, happiness is the supporting condition for concentration,
concentration is the supporting condition for the knowledge and
vision of things as they really are, the knowledge and vision of
things as they really are is the supporting condition for
disenchantment, disenchantment is the supporting condition for
dispassion, dispassion is the supporting condition for
emancipation, and emancipation is the supporting condition for the
knowledge of the destruction (of the cankers)."