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title: "Linked Discourses II: Causation · Saṁyutta Nikāya · Nidānavagga"
author: "The Buddha"
translator: "Bhikkhu Sujato"
languages: [pi, en]
shelf: "Pali Canon"
section: 14 of 35
url: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-samyutta-nikaya-2/14/
cite: "The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato, Linked Discourses II: Causation · Saṁyutta Nikāya · Nidānavagga, section 14. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/pali-samyutta-nikaya-2/14/"
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# Linked Discourses II: Causation · Saṁyutta Nikāya · Nidānavagga

*The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato*

Dependent origination and the chain of causes, the elements, the endless round of rebirth, and the great disciples.

> Pali: the Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka (Buddha Jayanti edition, 2500), from SuttaCentral’s bilara-data, dedicated to the public domain (CC0).

> English: Bhikkhu Sujato, from SuttaCentral’s bilara-data, dedicated to the public domain (CC0). Notes are not included.

> Rows follow the segment numbers the two texts share, gathered into paragraphs; verse keeps its lines.

## 14. The Teacher (2nd) · SN 12.83–12.91

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-samyutta-nikaya-2/14/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-samyutta-nikaya-2/14/#p-N

[¶0] SN 12.83

> Pali: SN 12.83

[¶1] “Mendicants, one who does not truly know or see rebirth …”

> Pali: “Jātiṁ, bhikkhave, ajānatā apassatā yathābhūtaṁ …pe….

[¶2] SN 12.84

> Pali: SN 12.84

[¶3] “… continued existence …”

> Pali: “Bhavaṁ, bhikkhave, ajānatā apassatā yathābhūtaṁ …pe….

[¶4] SN 12.85

> Pali: SN 12.85

[¶5] “… grasping …”

> Pali: “Upādānaṁ, bhikkhave, ajānatā apassatā yathābhūtaṁ …pe….

[¶6] SN 12.86

> Pali: SN 12.86

[¶7] “… craving …”

> Pali: “Taṇhaṁ, bhikkhave, ajānatā apassatā yathābhūtaṁ …pe….

[¶8] SN 12.87

> Pali: SN 12.87

[¶9] “… feeling …”

> Pali: “Vedanaṁ, bhikkhave, ajānatā apassatā yathābhūtaṁ …pe….

[¶10] SN 12.88

> Pali: SN 12.88

[¶11] “… contact …”

> Pali: “Phassaṁ, bhikkhave, ajānatā apassatā yathābhūtaṁ …pe….

[¶12] SN 12.89

> Pali: SN 12.89

[¶13] “… the six sense fields …”

> Pali: “Saḷāyatanaṁ, bhikkhave, ajānatā apassatā yathābhūtaṁ …pe….

[¶14] SN 12.90

> Pali: SN 12.90

[¶15] “… name and form …”

> Pali: “Nāmarūpaṁ, bhikkhave, ajānatā apassatā yathābhūtaṁ …pe….

[¶16] SN 12.91

> Pali: SN 12.91

[¶17] “… consciousness …”

> Pali: “Viññāṇaṁ, bhikkhave, ajānatā apassatā yathābhūtaṁ …pe….