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　　 ”Birth” should be the reply.

　　"And what is the supporting condition for birth

　　. ”Existence” should be the reply.

　　"What is the supporting condition for existence

　　 ”Clinging” should be the reply.

　　"What is the supporting condition for clinging

　　 ”Craving” should be the reply.

　　"What is the supporting condition for craving

　　 ”Feeling” should be the reply.

　　"What is the supporting condition for feeling

　　 ”Contact” should be the reply.

　　"What is the supporting condition for contact

　　 ”The six-fold sense base” should be the reply.

　　"What is the supporting condition for the six-fold sense base

　　 ”Mentality-materiality” should be the reply.

　　"What is the supporting condition for mentality-materiality

　　 ”Consciousness” should be the reply.

　　"What is the supporting condition for consciousness

　　 ”Kamma formations” should be the reply.

　　"Kamma formations, monks, also have a supporting condition, I say, they do not lack a supporting condition. And what is the supporting condition for kamma formations

　　 ”Ignorance” should be the reply.

　　"Thus, monks, ignorance is the supporting condition for kamma formations, kamma formations are the supporting condition for consciousness, consciousness is the supporting condition for mentality-materiality, mentality-materiality is the supporting condition for the six-fold sense base, the six-fold sense base is the supporting condition for contact, contact is the supporting condition for feeling, feeling is the supporting condition for craving, craving is the supporting condition for clinging, clinging is the supporting condition for existence, existence is the supporting condition for birth, birth is the supporting condition for suffering, suffering is the supporting condition for faith, faith is the supporting condition for joy, joy is the supporting condition for rapture, rapture is the supporting condition for tranquility, tranquility is the supporting condition for happiness, happiness is the supporting condition for concentration, concentration is the supporting condition for the knowledge and vision of things as they really are, the knowledge and vision of things as they really are is the supporting condition for disenchantment, disenchantment is the supporting condition for dispassion, dispassion is the supporting condition for emancipation, and emancipation is the supporting condition for the knowledge of the destruction (of the cankers).

　　"Just as, monks, when rain descends heavily upon some mountaintop, the water flows down along with the slope, and fills the clefts, gullies, and creeks; these being filled fill up the pools; these being filled fill up the ponds; these being filled fill up the streams; these being filled fill up the rivers; and the rivers being filled fill up the great ocean -- in the same way, monks, ignorance is the supporting condition for kamma formations, kamma formations are the supporting condition for consciousness, consciousness is the supporting condition for mentality-materiality, mentality-materiality is the supporting condition for the six-fold sense base, the six-fold sense base is the supporting condition for contact, contact is the supporting condition for feeling, feeling is the supporting condition for craving, craving is the supporting condition for clinging, clinging is the supporting condition for existence, existence is the supporting condition for birth, birth is the supporting condition for suffering, suffering is the supporting condition for faith, faith is the supporting condition for joy, joy is the supporting condition for rapture, rapture is the supporting condition for tranquility, tranquility is the supporting condition for happiness, happiness is the supporting condition for concentration, concentration is the supporting condition for the knowledge an…

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