Mahanidanasutta 6.1

6.1

‘Upādānapaccayā bhavo’ti iti kho panetaṃ vuttaṃ, tadānanda, imināpetaṃ pariyāyena veditabbaṃ, yathā upādānapaccayā bhavo.

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