The History of Buddhist Thought c13.7

c13.7

In the same way birth has coming into existence (*bhava*) as its cause; coming into existence has grasping (*upādāna*) as its cause; grasping has craving (*tṛṣṇā*) as its cause; craving has sensation (*vedanā*) as its cause; sensation has contact (*sparśa*) as its cause; contact has the six sense-organs (*ṣaḍāyatana*) as its cause; the six sense-organs have mind and body (*nāma-rūpa*) as their cause; mind and body have consciousness (*vijñāna*) as their cause; consciousness has the aggregates (*saṃskārāḥ*) as its cause; the aggregates have ignorance (*avidyā*) as their cause.