Mahanidanasutta 5.1

5.1

‘Bhavapaccayā jātī’ti iti kho panetaṃ vuttaṃ, tadānanda, imināpetaṃ pariyāyena veditabbaṃ, yathā bhavapaccayā jāti.

‘Continued existence is a requirement for rebirth’—that’s what I said. And this is a way to understand how this is so.