Nibbāna and the Path to Nibbāna (Part 2)
If, in this present life where we find ourselves, we do not yet truly know the Noble Truth of Suffering (dukkha sacca) inherent in the five aggregates (khandha), then ignorance (avijjā) will surely arise again according to that lack of knowledge. Not knowing, we delight in our life thinking, "Ah, it's wonderful!" – that is craving (taṇhā). Not wanting to be separated from this son, this wife, these possessions – that is clinging (upādāna). The volitional formations (saṅkhāra) created through bodily, verbal, and mental actions – that is kammic becoming (kammabhava). Thus, when the causes of suffering, the Truth of Origin (samudaya sacca), sprout forth from (2) [the present result], the (3) [present causal] phenomena arise. (3) sprouts forth from (2). The Truth of Origin (samudaya sacca) sprouts forth from the Truth of Suffering (dukkha sacca). Five things indeed sprout forth! When do they sprout? They sprout in the present moment (paccuppanna kāla). Therefore, they are p...
