Paṭicca Samuppāda Dependent Origination

Avijjā-paccayā saṅkhārā,

With ignorance as a condition there are processes.

Saṅkhāra-paccayā viññāṇaṃ,

With processes as a condition there is (sensory) consciousness.

Viññāṇa-paccayā nāma-rūpaṃ,

With (sensory) consciousness as a condition there are name & form.

Nāma-rūpa-paccayā saḷāyatanaṃ,

With name & form as a condition there are the six sense media.

Saḷāyatana-paccayā phasso,

With the six sense media as a condition there is contact.

Phassa-paccayā vedanā,

With contact as a condition there is feeling.

Vedanā-paccayā taṇhā,

With feeling as a condition there is craving.

Taṇhā-paccayā upādānaṃ,

With craving as a condition there is clinging.

Upādāna-paccayā bhavo,

With clinging as a condition there is becoming.

Bhava-paccayā jāti,

With becoming as a condition there is birth.

Jāti-paccayā jara-maraṇaṃ soka-parideva-dukkha-domanassupāyāsā sambhavanti.

With birth as a condition, then aging & death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, distress, & despair come into play.

Evam-etassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa, samudayo hoti.

Thus is the origination of this entire mass of suffering & stress.

Avijjāyatveva asesa-virāga-nirodhā saṅkhāra-nirodho,

Now from the remainderless fading & cessation of that very ignorance there is the cessation of processes.

Saṅkhāra-nirodhā viññāṇa-nirodho,

From the cessation of processes there is the cessation of (sensory) consciousness.

Viññāṇa-nirodhā nāma-rūpa-nirodho,

From the cessation of (sensory) consciousness there is the cessation of name & form.

Nāma-rūpa-nirodhā saḷāyatana-nirodho,

From the cessation of name & form there is the cessation of the six sense media.

Saḷāyatana-nirodhā phassa-nirodho,

From the cessation of the six sense media there is the cessation of contact.

Phassa-nirodhā vedanā-nirodho,

From the cessation of contact there is the cessation of feeling.

Vedanā-nirodhā taṇhā-nirodho,

From the cessation of feeling there is the cessation of craving.

Taṇhā-nirodhā upādāna-nirodho,

From the cessation of craving there is the cessation of clinging.

Upādāna-nirodhā bhava-nirodho,

From the cessation of clinging there is the cessation of becoming.

Bhava-nirodhā jāti-nirodho,

From the cessation of becoming there is the cessation of birth.

Jāti-nirodhā jara-maraṇaṃ soka-parideva-dukkha-domanassupāyāsā nirujjhanti.

From the cessation of birth, then aging & death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, distress, & despair all cease.

Evam-etassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa, nirodho hoti.

Thus is the cessation of this entire mass of suffering & stress.