{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn12.59/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn12.59","id":"suttacentral_sn12.59","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn12.59/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. \u201cThere are things that tighten the fetters. When you concentrate on the gratification provided by these things, consciousness is conceived. Consciousness is a requirement for name and form. \u2026 That is how this entire mass of suffering originates. Suppose there was a great tree. And its roots going downwards and across all draw the sap upwards. \u2026 In the same way, there are things that tighten the fetters. When you concentrate on the gratification provided by these things, consciousness is conceived. \u2026 There are things that tighten the fetters. When you concentrate on the drawbacks of these things, consciousness is not conceived. When consciousness ceases, name and form cease. \u2026 That is how this entire mass of suffering ceases. Suppose there was a great tree. Then a person comes along with a spade and basket. \u2026 In this way the great tree is cut off at the root, made like a palm stump, obliterated, and unable to arise in the future. In the same way, there are things that tighten the fetters. When you concentrate on the drawbacks of these things, consciousness is not conceived. When consciousness ceases, name and form cease. \u2026 That is how this entire mass of suffering ceases.\u201d","title":"Consciousness","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":204}