{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn12.60/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn12.60","id":"suttacentral_sn12.60","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn12.60/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At one time the Buddha was staying in the land of the Kurus, near the Kuru town named Kamm\u0101sadamma. Then Venerable \u0100nanda went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him: \u201cIt\u2019s incredible, sir! It\u2019s amazing, in that this dependent origination is deep and appears deep, yet to me it seems as plain as can be.\u201d \u201cNot so, \u0100nanda! Not so, \u0100nanda! This dependent origination is deep and appears deep. It is because of not understanding and not penetrating this teaching that this population has become tangled like string, knotted like a ball of thread, and matted like rushes and reeds, and it doesn\u2019t escape the places of loss, the bad places, the underworld, transmigration. There are things that fuel grasping. When you concentrate on the gratification provided by these things, your craving grows. Craving is a requirement for grasping. Grasping is a requirement for continued existence. Continued existence is a requirement for rebirth. Rebirth is a requirement for old age and death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress to come to be. 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. Fed and fuelled by that, the great tree would stand for a long time. In the same way, there are things that fuel grasping. When you concentrate on the gratification provided by these things, your craving grows. Craving is a requirement for grasping. Grasping is a requirement for continued existence. \u2026 That is how this entire mass of suffering originates. There are things that fuel grasping. When you concentrate on the drawbacks of these things, your craving ceases. When craving ceases, grasping ceases. When grasping ceases, continued existence ceases. \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. They\u2019d cut the tree down at the roots, dig them up, and pull them out, down to the fibers and stems. Then they\u2019d split the tree apart, cut up the parts, and chop it into splinters. They\u2019d dry the splinters in the wind and sun, burn them with fire, and reduce them to ashes. Then they\u2019d winnow the ashes in a strong wind, or float them away down a swift stream. 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 fuel grasping. When you concentrate on the drawbacks of these things, your craving ceases. When craving ceases, grasping ceases. When grasping ceases, continued existence ceases. When continued existence ceases, rebirth ceases. When rebirth ceases, old age and death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress cease. That is how this entire mass of suffering ceases.\u201d","title":"Causation","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":479}