{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn12.23/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn12.23","id":"suttacentral_sn12.23","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn12.23/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. \u201cMendicants, I say that the ending of defilements is for one who knows and sees, not for one who does not know or see. For one who knows and sees what? \u2018Such is form, such is the origin of form, such is the disappearance of form. Such is feeling \u2026 Such is perception \u2026 Such are choices \u2026 Such is consciousness, such is the origin of consciousness, such is the disappearance of consciousness.\u2019 The ending of the defilements is for one who knows and sees this. I say that this knowledge of ending has a vital condition, it doesn\u2019t lack a vital condition. And what is it? You should say: \u2018Freedom.\u2019 I say that freedom has a vital condition, it doesn\u2019t lack a vital condition. And what is it? You should say: \u2018Dispassion.\u2019 I say that dispassion has a vital condition. And what is it? You should say: \u2018Disillusionment.\u2019 I say that disillusionment has a vital condition. And what is it? You should say: \u2018Truly knowing and seeing.\u2019 I say that truly knowing and seeing has a vital condition. And what is it? You should say: \u2018Immersion.\u2019 I say that immersion has a vital condition. And what is it? You should say: \u2018Bliss.\u2019 I say that bliss has a vital condition. And what is it? You should say: \u2018Tranquility.\u2019 I say that tranquility has a vital condition. And what is it? You should say: \u2018Rapture.\u2019 I say that rapture has a vital condition. And what is it? You should say: \u2018Joy.\u2019 I say that joy has a vital condition. And what is it? You should say: \u2018Faith.\u2019 I say that faith has a vital condition. And what is it? You should say: \u2018Suffering.\u2019 I say that suffering has a vital condition. And what is it? You should say: \u2018Rebirth.\u2019 I say that rebirth has a vital condition. And what is it? You should say: \u2018Continued existence.\u2019 I say that continued existence has a vital condition. And what is it? You should say: \u2018Grasping.\u2019 I say that grasping has a vital condition. And what is it? You should say: \u2018Craving.\u2019 I say that craving has a vital condition. And what is it? You should say: \u2018Feeling.\u2019 \u2026 You should say: \u2018Contact.\u2019 \u2026 You should say: \u2018The six sense fields.\u2019 \u2026 You should say: \u2018Name and form.\u2019 \u2026 You should say: \u2018Consciousness.\u2019 \u2026 You should say: \u2018Choices.\u2019 \u2026 I say that choices have a vital condition, they don\u2019t lack a vital condition. And what is the vital condition for choices? You should say: \u2018Ignorance.\u2019 So, mendicants: ignorance is the vital condition for choices. Choices are the vital condition for consciousness. Consciousness is the vital condition for name and form. Name and form are the vital conditions for the six sense fields. The six sense fields are the vital conditions for contact. Contact is the vital condition for feeling. Feeling is the vital condition for craving. Craving is the vital condition for grasping. Grasping is the vital condition for continued existence. Continued existence is the vital condition for rebirth. Rebirth is the vital condition for suffering. Suffering is the vital condition for faith. Faith is the vital condition for joy. Joy is the vital condition for rapture. Rapture is the vital condition for tranquility. Tranquility is the vital condition for bliss. Bliss is the vital condition for immersion. Immersion is the vital condition for truly knowing and seeing. Truly knowing and seeing is the vital condition for disillusionment. Disillusionment is the vital condition for dispassion. Dispassion is the vital condition for freedom. Freedom is the vital condition for the knowledge of ending. It\u2019s like when the heavens rain heavily on a mountain top, and the water flows downhill to fill the hollows, crevices, and creeks. As they become full, they fill up the pools. The pools fill up the lakes, the lakes fill up the streams, and the streams fill up the rivers. And as the rivers become full, they fill up the ocean. In the same way, ignorance is the vital condition for choices. \u2026 Freedom is the vital condition for the knowledge of ending.\u201d","title":"Vital Conditions","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":685}