Samyuktagama (Sanskrit fragments) 286.6

286.6

「如是，諸比丘！於所取法味著、顧念、心縛著，增其愛緣取，取緣有，乃至純大苦聚集。諸比丘！若彼火聚熾然，不增樵草。諸比丘！於意云何？彼火當滅不？」

“So it is, monks, when grasping form is savored, thought about it, and fetters the mind, it increases craving, which is the condition for grasping. Grasping conditions existence, [existence conditions birth, and birth conditions old age, illness, death, sorrow, lamentation, trouble, and pain. Such is the way] the whole mass of suffering forms.

“Monks, suppose that bonfire is burning and firewood and hay aren’t added to it. Monks, what do you think? Wouldn’t that fire go out?”