Sarvadarshanasangraha 2.114

2.114

Having meditated that all this is suffering, the abode of suffering, and the means to suffering, one should attain knowledge of reality as the means to its cessation. Therefore it has been said: suffering, origin, cessation, and path are the four principles recognized by the noble Buddha. Among these, suffering is well known. Origin is the cause of suffering. That is twofold: through connection with conditions and through connection with causes. There, the aphorism summarizing the connection with conditions states: 'This is the fruit of conditions'; that is to say, this effect which other causes 'reach' (pratyayanti), i.e., go to—the state of these incoming causes is 'conditionality', namely the combination of causes; the meaning of the aphorism is that it is the fruit of that alone, not of any conscious agent. For example, the sprout, whose cause is the seed, arises from the combination of six elements. There, the earth-element generates the sprout's hardness and smell; the water-element generates its moisture and taste; the fire-element its colour and heat; the wind-element its touch and motion; the space-element its opening and sound; the season-element the earth and other factors as appropriate.