{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an3.76/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an3.76","id":"suttacentral_an3.76","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an3.76/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"Then Venerable \u0100nanda went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him: \u201cSir, they speak of this thing called \u2018continued existence\u2019. How is continued existence defined?\u201d \u201cIf, \u0100nanda, there were no deeds to result in the sensual realm, would continued existence in the sensual realm still come about?\u201d \u201cNo, sir.\u201d \u201cSo, \u0100nanda, deeds are the field, consciousness is the seed, and craving is the moisture. The consciousness of sentient beings\u2014shrouded by ignorance and fettered by craving\u2014is established in a lower realm. That\u2019s how there is regeneration into a new state of existence in the future. If there were no deeds to result in the realm of luminous form, would continued existence in the realm of luminous form still come about?\u201d \u201cNo, sir.\u201d \u201cSo, \u0100nanda, deeds are the field, consciousness is the seed, and craving is the moisture. The consciousness of sentient beings\u2014shrouded by ignorance and fettered by craving\u2014is established in a middle realm. That\u2019s how there is regeneration into a new state of existence in the future. If there were no deeds to result in the formless realm, would continued existence in the formless realm still come about?\u201d \u201cNo, sir.\u201d \u201cSo, \u0100nanda, deeds are the field, consciousness is the seed, and craving is the moisture. The consciousness of sentient beings\u2014shrouded by ignorance and fettered by craving\u2014is established in a higher realm. That\u2019s how there is regeneration into a new state of existence in the future. That\u2019s how continued existence is defined.\u201d","title":"Continued Existence (1st)","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":247}