ལས་བརྒྱ་ཐམ་པ་པ 27.18

27.18

if sensation were other than itself, and experience also other than itself, then suffering would be created by another. But this is not what I proclaim, Kāśyapa.

“Kāśyapa, if sensation were self-existent, and experience also self-existent, and if at the same time sensation were other than itself, and experience likewise other than itself, then suffering would be created by itself and by another. But this is not what I proclaim, Kāśyapa.

“Kāśyapa, if there were no conditions for suffering, then suffering could not be created by itself, nor by another, nor would it arise from a cause. But this is not what I proclaim, Kāśyapa.

“The Tathāgata does not rely on the two extremes, but shows the Dharma of the middle way. If this is, that will occur. This having arisen, that will arise.

“In this way, due to the condition of ignorance, there are formations. Due to the condition of formations, there is consciousness. Due to the condition of consciousness, there are name and form. Due to the conditions of name and form, there are the six sense bases. Due to the condition of the six sense bases, there is contact. Due to the condition of contact, there is sensation. Due to the condition of sensation, there is craving. Due to the condition of craving, there is appropriation. Due the condition of appropriation, there is becoming. Due to the condition of becoming, there is birth. Due to the condition of birth, there is old age, death, sorrow, lamentation, suffering, unhappiness, and strife. Thus does this entire great heap of suffering arise.

“So it is that without this, that will not occur. If this ceases, that will cease. In this way, due to the cessation of ignorance, formations cease. Due to the cessation of formations, consciousness will cease. Due to the cessation of consciousness, name and form will cease. Due to the cessation of name and form, the six sense bases will cease. Due to the cessation of the six sense bases,