Samyukta Āgama (287), Part Three

(Three) Original text:我时作是念。何法无故则老死无。何法灭故老死灭。即正思惟。生如实无间等。生无故老死无。生灭故老死灭。如是生有。取爱受触。六入处名色。识行广说。

Explanation: The Buddha said: At that time I again had such a doubt: with the nonexistence of what dharma is there no aging-and-death? With the cessation of what dharma does aging-and-death cease? I then entered right contemplation, and afterward there arose wisdom that is true, uninterrupted, and continuous, knowing that when arising does not exist, aging-and-death does not exist, and when the phenomenon of arising ceases, aging-and-death ceases. Contemplating further in this way, one will realize that when existence in the three realms disappears, arising will no longer appear; when existence in the three realms ceases, arising ceases; when grasping does not exist, existence in the three realms does not exist; when grasping ceases, existence in the three realms ceases.

When craving does not exist, grasping does not exist; when craving ceases, grasping ceases; when feeling does not exist, craving does not exist; when feeling ceases, craving ceases; when contact disappears, feeling disappears; when contact ceases, feeling ceases; when the six sense bases do not exist, contact does not exist; when the six sense bases cease, contact ceases; when name-and-form do not exist, the six sense bases do not exist; when name-and-form cease, the six sense bases cease; when the six consciousnesses no longer create bodily, verbal, and mental actions, name-and-form cease; when the karmic formations of the six consciousnesses cease, name-and-form cease; when the mental activities of the manas do not exist, the karmic formations of the six consciousnesses do not exist; when the mental activities of the manas cease, the karmic formations of aging-and-death cease.