Samyuttanikaya 12.7.5.65

12.7.5.65

Pañcame nāmarūpe kho sati viññāṇanti ettha ‘‘saṅkhāresu sati viññāṇa’’nti ca ‘‘avijjāya sati saṅkhārā’’ti ca vattabbaṃ bhaveyya, tadubhayampi na vuttaṃ. Kasmā? Avijjāsaṅkhārā hi tatiyo bhavo, tehi saddhiṃ ayaṃ vipassanā na ghaṭīyati. Mahāpuriso hi paccuppannapañcavokāravasena abhiniviṭṭhoti.

In the fifth [discourse], regarding the statement, “when there is mentality-materiality, consciousness comes to be”: here, it could have been said, “when there are volitional formations, consciousness comes to be,” and “when there is ignorance, volitional formations come to be,” but neither of these was stated. Why? For ignorance and volitional formations belong to a third existence; this insight cannot be linked together with them. For the Great Man was intent upon [examining] the present five-constituent existence.