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Linked Discourses · SN 12.39

  • Linked Discourses 12.39Saṁyutta Nikāya 12.39
  • 4. Kaḷāra the Aristocrat4. Kaḷārakhattiyavagga

Intention (2nd)Dutiyacetanāsutta

At Sāvatthī.Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.

“Mendicants, what you intend or plan, and what you have underlying tendencies for become a support for the continuation of consciousness.“Yañca, bhikkhave, ceteti yañca pakappeti yañca anuseti, ārammaṇametaṁ hoti viññāṇassa ṭhitiyā. When this support exists, consciousness becomes established.Ārammaṇe sati patiṭṭhā viññāṇassa hoti. When consciousness is established and grows, name and form are conceived.Tasmiṁ patiṭṭhite viññāṇe virūḷhe nāmarūpassa avakkanti hoti. Name and form are requirements for the six sense fields.Nāmarūpapaccayā saḷāyatanaṁ; The six sense fields are requirements for contact.saḷāyatanapaccayā phasso; Contact is a requirement for feeling. …phassapaccayā vedanā …pe… craving …taṇhā … grasping …upādānaṁ … continued existence …bhavo … rebirth …jāti … old age and death,jarāmaraṇaṁ … sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress come to be.sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā sambhavanti. That is how this entire mass of suffering originates.Evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa samudayo hoti.

If you don’t intend or plan, but still have underlying tendencies, this becomes a support for the continuation of consciousness.No ce, bhikkhave, ceteti no ce pakappeti, atha ce anuseti, ārammaṇametaṁ hoti viññāṇassa ṭhitiyā. When this support exists, consciousness becomes established.Ārammaṇe sati patiṭṭhā viññāṇassa hoti. When consciousness is established and grows, name and form are conceived.Tasmiṁ patiṭṭhite viññāṇe virūḷhe nāmarūpassa avakkanti hoti. Name and form are requirements for the six sense fields. …Nāmarūpapaccayā saḷāyatanaṁ …pe… That is how this entire mass of suffering originates.evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa samudayo hoti.

If you don’t intend or plan or have underlying tendencies, this doesn’t become a support for the continuation of consciousness.Yato ca kho, bhikkhave, no ceva ceteti no ca pakappeti no ca anuseti, ārammaṇametaṁ na hoti viññāṇassa ṭhitiyā. With no support, consciousness is not established.Ārammaṇe asati patiṭṭhā viññāṇassa na hoti. When consciousness is not established and doesn’t grow, name and form are not conceived.Tadappatiṭṭhite viññāṇe avirūḷhe nāmarūpassa avakkanti na hoti. When name and form cease, the six sense fields cease. …Nāmarūpanirodhā saḷāyatananirodho …pe… That is how this entire mass of suffering ceases.”evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa nirodho hotī”ti.

Similar passages elsewhere

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  1. SN 12.38 Intention 0.83near 0.1Linked Discourses 12.38 4. Kaḷāra the Aristocrat Intention At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, what you intend or plan, and what you have underlying tendencies for become a support for the continuation of consciousness. When this…
  2. SN 12.40 Intention (3rd) 0.78near 0.1Linked Discourses 12.40 4. Kaḷāra the Aristocrat Intention (3rd) At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, what you intend or plan, and what you have underlying tendencies for become a support for the continuation of consciousness. When…
  3. SN 12.65 The City 0.71near 3.3‘When name and form exist there’s consciousness. Name and form are requirements for consciousness.’ Then it occurred to me: This consciousness turns back from name and form, and doesn’t go beyond that. This is the extent…
  4. SN 12.1 Dependent Origination 0.68near 3.3When consciousness ceases, name and form cease. When name and form cease, the six sense fields cease. When the six sense fields cease, contact ceases. When contact ceases, feeling ceases. When feeling ceases, craving cea…
  5. DN 14 The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind 0.65near 3.3Then Vipassī thought, ‘When what doesn’t exist are there no name and form? When what ceases do name and form cease?’ Then, through rational application of mind, Vipassī penetrated with wisdom, ‘When consciousness doesn’t…