妙法蓮華經 3.63

3.63

"At that time, the Tathāgata Mahābhijñājñānābhibhū, having received the request of the Brahmā kings of the ten directions and the sixteen princes, immediately turned the twelve-aspected dharmacakra of three turnings—which cannot be turned by any śramaṇa, brāhmaṇa, deva, Māra, Brahmā, or anyone else in the world—namely: this is suffering, this is the origin of suffering, this is the cessation of suffering, this is the path to the cessation of suffering; and he extensively expounded the Dharma of the twelve links of dependent origination: ignorance conditions mental formations; mental formations condition consciousness; consciousness conditions name-and-form; name-and-form conditions the six sense spheres; the six sense spheres condition contact; contact conditions feeling; feeling conditions craving; craving conditions grasping; grasping conditions becoming; becoming conditions birth; birth conditions old age, death, grief, lamentation, suffering, and affliction. With the cessation of ignorance, mental formations cease; with the cessation of mental formations, consciousness ceases; with the cessation of consciousness, name-and-form ceases; with the cessation of name-and-form, the six sense spheres cease; with the cessation of the six sense spheres, contact ceases; with the cessation of contact, feeling ceases; with the cessation of feeling, craving ceases; with the cessation of craving, grasping ceases; with the cessation of grasping, becoming ceases; with the cessation of becoming, birth ceases; with the cessation of birth, old age, death, grief, lamentation, suffering, and affliction cease.