{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn12.64/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn12.64","id":"suttacentral_sn12.64","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn12.64/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. \u201cMendicants, these four fuels maintain sentient beings that have been born and help those about to be born. What four? Edible food, whether solid or subtle; contact is the second, mental intention the third, and consciousness the fourth. These are the four fuels that maintain sentient beings that have been born and help those about to be born. If there is desire, relishing, and craving for edible food, consciousness becomes established there and grows. Where consciousness is established and grows, name and form are conceived. Where name and form are conceived, there is the growth of choices. Where choices grow, there is regeneration into a new state of existence in the future. Where there is regeneration into a new state of existence in the future, there is rebirth, old age, and death in the future. Where there is rebirth, old age, and death in the future, I say this is full of sorrow, anguish, and distress. If there is desire, relishing, and craving for contact as fuel \u2026 If there is desire, relishing, and craving for mental intention as fuel \u2026 If there is desire, relishing, and craving for consciousness as fuel, consciousness becomes established there and grows. Where consciousness is established and grows, name and form are conceived. Where name and form are conceived, there is the growth of choices. Where choices grow, there is regeneration into a new state of existence in the future. Where there is regeneration into a new state of existence in the future, there is rebirth, old age, and death in the future. Where there is rebirth, old age, and death in the future, I say this is full of sorrow, anguish, and distress. Suppose an artist or painter had some dye, red lac, turmeric, indigo, or rose madder. And on a polished plank or a wall or a canvas they\u2019d create the form of a woman or a man, whole in its major and minor limbs. In the same way, if there is desire, relishing, and craving for edible food, consciousness becomes established there and grows. Where consciousness is established and grows, name and form are conceived. Where name and form are conceived, there is the growth of choices. Where choices grow, there is regeneration into a new state of existence in the future. Where there is regeneration into a new state of existence in the future, there is rebirth, old age, and death in the future. Where there is rebirth, old age, and death in the future, I say this is full of sorrow, anguish, and distress. If there is desire, relishing, and craving for contact as fuel \u2026 If there is desire, relishing, and craving for mental intention as fuel \u2026 If there is desire, relishing, and craving for consciousness as fuel, consciousness becomes established there and grows. Where consciousness is established and grows, name and form are conceived. Where name and form are conceived, there is the growth of choices. Where choices grow, there is regeneration into a new state of existence in the future. Where there is regeneration into a new state of existence in the future, there is rebirth, old age, and death in the future. Where there is rebirth, old age, and death in the future, I say this is full of sorrow, anguish, and distress. If there is no desire, relishing, and craving for edible food, consciousness does not become established there and doesn\u2019t grow. Where consciousness is not established and doesn\u2019t grow, name and form are not conceived. Where name and form are not conceived, there is no growth of choices. Where choices don\u2019t grow, there is no regeneration into a new state of existence in the future. Where there is no regeneration into a new state of existence in the future, there is no rebirth, old age, and death in the future. Where there is no rebirth, old age, and death in the future, I say there\u2019s no sorrow, anguish, and distress. If there is no desire, relishing, and craving for contact as fuel \u2026 If there is no desire, relishing, and craving for mental intention as fuel \u2026 If there is no desire, relishing, and craving for consciousness as fuel, consciousness doesn\u2019t become established there and doesn\u2019t grow. Where consciousness is not established and doesn\u2019t grow, name and form are not conceived. Where name and form are not conceived, there is no growth of choices. Where choices don\u2019t grow, there is no regeneration into a new state of existence in the future. Where there is no regeneration into a new state of existence in the future, there is no rebirth, old age, and death in the future. Where there is no rebirth, old age, and death in the future, I say there\u2019s no sorrow, anguish, and distress. Suppose there was a bungalow or a hall with a peaked roof, with windows on the northern, southern, or eastern side. When the sun rises and a ray of light enters through a window, where would it land?\u201d \u201cOn the western wall, sir.\u201d \u201cIf there was no western wall, where would it land?\u201d \u201cOn the ground, sir.\u201d \u201cIf there was no ground, where would it land?\u201d \u201cIn water, sir.\u201d \u201cIf there was no water, where would it land?\u201d \u201cIt wouldn\u2019t land, sir.\u201d \u201cIn the same way, if there is no desire, relishing, and craving for edible food, consciousness does not become established there and doesn\u2019t grow. \u2026 If there is no desire, relishing, and craving for contact as fuel \u2026 If there is no desire, relishing, and craving for mental intention as fuel \u2026 If there is no desire, relishing, and craving for consciousness as fuel, consciousness doesn\u2019t become established there and doesn\u2019t grow. Where consciousness is not established and doesn\u2019t grow, name and form are not conceived. Where name and form are not conceived, there is no growth of choices. Where choices don\u2019t grow, there is no regeneration into a new state of existence in the future. Where there is no regeneration into a new state of existence in the future, there is no rebirth, old age, and death in the future. Where there is no rebirth, old age, and death in the future, I say there\u2019s no sorrow, anguish, and distress.\u201d","title":"If There is Desire","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":1039}