1.1Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.At Sāvatthī.

1.2“Avijjāpaccayā, bhikkhave, saṅkhārā;“Ignorance is a requirement for choices.

1.3saṅkhārapaccayā viññāṇaṁ …pe…Choices are a requirement for consciousness. …1.4evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa samudayo hoti.That is how this entire mass of suffering originates.

2.1‘Katamaṁ jarāmaraṇaṁ, kassa ca panidaṁ jarāmaraṇan’ti iti vā, bhikkhave, yo vadeyya, ‘aññaṁ jarāmaraṇaṁ, aññassa ca panidaṁ jarāmaraṇan’ti iti vā, bhikkhave, yo vadeyya, ubhayametaṁ ekatthaṁ byañjanameva nānaṁ.Mendicants, you might say, ‘What are old age and death, and who do they belong to?’ Or you might say, ‘Old age and death are one thing, who they belong to is another.’ But both of these mean the same thing, only the phrasing differs.2.2‘Taṁ jīvaṁ taṁ sarīraṁ’ iti vā, bhikkhave, diṭṭhiyā sati brahmacariyavāso na hoti.If you have the view that the soul and the body are one and the same, there is no living of the spiritual life.2.3‘Aññaṁ jīvaṁ aññaṁ sarīraṁ’ iti vā, bhikkhave, diṭṭhiyā sati brahmacariyavāso na hoti.If you have the view that the soul is one thing, the body another, there is no living of the spiritual life.2.4Ete te, bhikkhave, ubho ante anupagamma majjhena tathāgato dhammaṁ deseti:Avoiding these two extremes, the Realized One teaches by the middle way:2.5‘jātipaccayā jarāmaraṇan’ti.‘Rebirth is a requirement for old age and death.’

3.1PTS 2.64Katamā jāti …pe…‘What is rebirth …’3.2katamo bhavo …‘What is continued existence …’3.3katamaṁ upādānaṁ …‘What is grasping …’3.4katamā taṇhā …‘What is craving …’3.5katamā vedanā …‘What is feeling …’3.6katamo phasso …‘What is contact …’3.7katamaṁ saḷāyatanaṁ …‘What are the six sense fields …’3.8katamaṁ nāmarūpaṁ …‘What are name and form …’3.9katamaṁ viññāṇaṁ …‘What is consciousness …’3.10katame saṅkhārā, kassa ca panime saṅkhārāti iti vā, bhikkhave, yo vadeyya, ‘aññe saṅkhārā aññassa ca panime saṅkhārā’ti iti vā, bhikkhave, yo vadeyya, ubhayametaṁ ekatthaṁ byañjanameva nānaṁ.You might say, ‘What are choices, and who do they belong to?’ Or you might say, ‘Choices are one thing, who they belong to is another.’ But both of these mean the same thing, only the phrasing differs.3.11‘Taṁ jīvaṁ taṁ sarīraṁ’ iti vā, bhikkhave, diṭṭhiyā sati brahmacariyavāso na hoti.If you have the view that the soul and the body are one and the same, there is no living of the spiritual life.3.12‘Aññaṁ jīvaṁ aññaṁ sarīraṁ’ iti vā, bhikkhave, diṭṭhiyā sati brahmacariyavāso na hoti.If you have the view that the soul is one thing, the body another, there is no living of the spiritual life.3.13Ete te, bhikkhave, ubho ante anupagamma majjhena tathāgato dhammaṁ deseti:Avoiding these two extremes, the Realized One teaches by the middle way:3.14‘avijjāpaccayā saṅkhārā’ti.‘Ignorance is a requirement for choices.’

4.1Avijjāya tveva, bhikkhave, asesavirāganirodhā yānissa tāni visūkāyikāni visevitāni vipphanditāni kānici kānici.When ignorance fades away and ceases with no residue left behind, then any twists, ducks, and dodges are given up:4.2‘Katamaṁ jarāmaraṇaṁ, kassa ca panidaṁ jarāmaraṇaṁ’ iti vā, ‘aññaṁ jarāmaraṇaṁ, aññassa ca panidaṁ jarāmaraṇaṁ’ iti vā, ‘taṁ jīvaṁ taṁ sarīraṁ’ iti vā, ‘aññaṁ jīvaṁ, aññaṁ sarīraṁ’ iti vā.‘What are old age and death, and who do they belong to?’ or ‘old age and death are one thing, who they belong to is another’, or ‘the soul and the body are one and the same’, or ‘the soul is one thing, the body another’.4.3Sabbānissa tāni pahīnāni bhavanti ucchinnamūlāni tālāvatthukatāni anabhāvaṅkatāni āyatiṁ anuppādadhammāni.These are all cut off at the root, made like a palm stump, obliterated, and unable to arise in the future.

5.1Avijjāya tveva, bhikkhave, asesavirāganirodhā yānissa tāni visūkāyikāni visevitāni vipphanditāni kānici kānici.When ignorance fades away and ceases with no residue left behind, then any twists, ducks, and dodges are given up:5.2Katamā jāti …pe…‘What is rebirth …’5.3katamo bhavo …‘What is continued existence …’5.4katamaṁ upādānaṁ …‘What is grasping …’5.5katamā taṇhā …‘What is craving …’5.6katamā vedanā …‘What is feeling …’5.7katamo phasso …‘What is contact …’5.8katamaṁ saḷāyatanaṁ …‘What are the six sense fields …’5.9katamaṁ nāmarūpaṁ …‘What are name and form …’5.10katamaṁ viññāṇaṁ …‘What is consciousness …’5.11‘katame saṅkhārā, kassa ca panime saṅkhārā’ iti vā, ‘aññe saṅkhārā, aññassa ca panime saṅkhārā’ iti vā; ‘taṁ jīvaṁ taṁ sarīraṁ’ iti vā, ‘aññaṁ jīvaṁ aññaṁ sarīraṁ’ iti vā.‘What are choices, and who do they belong to?’ or ‘choices are one thing, who they belong to is another’, or ‘the soul and the body are one and the same’, or ‘the soul is one thing, the body another’.5.12Sabbānissa tāni pahīnāni bhavanti ucchinnamūlāni tālāvatthukatāni anabhāvaṅkatāni āyatiṁ anuppādadhammānī”ti.These are all cut off at the root, made like a palm stump, obliterated, and unable to arise in the future.”

5.13Chaṭṭhaṁ.