The Origin of the WorldLokasamudayasutta

“Mendicants, I will teach you the origin and disappearance of the world.“Lokassa, bhikkhave, samudayañca atthaṅgamañca desessāmi. Listen …Taṁ suṇātha.

And what, mendicants, is the origin of the world?Katamo ca, bhikkhave, lokassa samudayo? Eye consciousness arises dependent on the eye and sights. The meeting of the three is contact.Cakkhuñca paṭicca rūpe ca uppajjati cakkhuviññāṇaṁ. Tiṇṇaṁ saṅgati phasso. Contact is a requirement for feeling.Phassapaccayā vedanā; Feeling is a requirement for craving.vedanāpaccayā taṇhā; Craving is a requirement for grasping.taṇhāpaccayā upādānaṁ; Grasping is a requirement for continued existence.upādānapaccayā bhavo; Continued existence is a requirement for rebirth.bhavapaccayā jāti; Rebirth is a requirement for old age and death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress to come to be.jātipaccayā jarāmaraṇaṁ sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā sambhavanti. This is the origin of the world. …Ayaṁ kho, bhikkhave, lokassa samudayo …pe…

Mind consciousness arises dependent on the mind and ideas. The meeting of the three is contact.manañca paṭicca dhamme ca uppajjati manoviññāṇaṁ. Tiṇṇaṁ saṅgati phasso. Contact is a requirement for feeling.Phassapaccayā vedanā; Feeling is a requirement for craving.vedanāpaccayā taṇhā; Craving is a requirement for grasping.taṇhāpaccayā upādānaṁ; Grasping is a requirement for continued existence.upādānapaccayā bhavo; Continued existence is a requirement for rebirth.bhavapaccayā jāti; Rebirth is a requirement for old age and death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress to come to be.jātipaccayā jarāmaraṇaṁ sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā sambhavanti. This is the origin of the world.Ayaṁ kho, bhikkhave, lokassa samudayo.

And what is the disappearance of the world?Katamo ca, bhikkhave, lokassa atthaṅgamo? Eye consciousness arises dependent on the eye and sights. The meeting of the three is contact.Cakkhuñca paṭicca rūpe ca uppajjati cakkhuviññāṇaṁ. Tiṇṇaṁ saṅgati phasso. Contact is a requirement for feeling.Phassapaccayā vedanā; Feeling is a requirement for craving.vedanāpaccayā taṇhā. When that craving fades away and ceases no residue left behind, grasping ceases.Tassāyeva taṇhāya asesavirāganirodhā upādānanirodho; When grasping ceases, continued existence ceases.upādānanirodhā bhavanirodho; When continued existence ceases, rebirth ceases.bhavanirodhā jātinirodho; When rebirth ceases, old age and death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress cease.jātinirodhā jarāmaraṇaṁ sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā nirujjhanti. That is how this entire mass of suffering ceases.Evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa nirodho hoti. This is the disappearance of the world. …Ayaṁ kho, bhikkhave, lokassa atthaṅgamo …pe…

Mind consciousness arises dependent on the mind and ideas. The meeting of the three is contact.manañca paṭicca dhamme ca uppajjati manoviññāṇaṁ. Tiṇṇaṁ saṅgati phasso. Contact is a requirement for feeling.Phassapaccayā vedanā; Feeling is a requirement for craving.vedanāpaccayā taṇhā. When that craving fades away and ceases no residue left behind, grasping ceases.Tassāyeva taṇhāya asesavirāganirodhā upādānanirodho; When grasping ceases …upādānanirodhā …pe… That is how this entire mass of suffering ceases.evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa nirodho hoti. This is the disappearance of the world.”Ayaṁ kho, bhikkhave, lokassa atthaṅgamo”ti.