Listen carefully, pay close attention, and I will speak.
“Evaṁ, bhante”ti kho te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ.
Yes, venerable sir, the disciples replied to the Blessed One.
Bhagavā etadavoca: “Katamo ca, bhikkhave, dukkhassa samudayo?
The Blessed One said this: And what is the arising of suffering?
Cakkhuñca paṭicca rūpe ca uppajjati cakkhuviññāṇaṁ. Tiṇṇaṁ saṅgati phasso.
Dependent on the eye and forms, eye-consciousness arises.
Phassapaccayā vedanā; vedanāpaccayā taṇhā.
The meeting of the three is contact.
Ayaṁ kho, bhikkhave, dukkhassa samudayo.
With contact as a condition, there is feeling.
Sotañca paṭicca sadde ca uppajjati sotaviññāṇaṁ …pe…
With feeling as a condition, there is craving.
ghānañca paṭicca gandhe ca …pe…
This is the arising of suffering.
Dependent on the ear and sounds, ear-consciousness arises; dependent on the nose and odors, nose-consciousness arises; dependent on the tongue and tastes, tongue-consciousness arises; dependent on the body and tangibles, body-consciousness arises; dependent on the mind and mental objects, mind-consciousness arises.
jivhañca paṭicca rase ca …pe… kāyañca paṭicca phoṭṭhabbe ca …pe…
With the remainderless fading away and cessation of that very craving, there is cessation of clinging; with the cessation of clinging, cessation of becoming; with the cessation of becoming, cessation of birth; with the cessation of birth, aging and death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, displeasure, and despair cease.