Merit for the Deceased
Paṭicca Samuppāda
Dependent Co-arising
Avijjā-paccayā saṅkhārā.
With ignorance as a condition there are fabrications.
Saṅkhāra-paccayā viññāṇaṁ.
With fabrications as a condition there is (sensory) consciousness.
Viññāṇa-paccayā nāma-rūpaṁ.
With (sensory) consciousness as a condition there are name & form.
Nāma-rūpa-paccayā saḷāyatanaṁ.
With name & form as a condition there are the six sense media.
Saḷāyatana-paccayā phasso. Phassa-paccayā vedanā.
With the six sense media as a condition there is contact.
With contact as a condition there is feeling.
Vedanā-paccayā taṇhā. Taṇhā-paccayā upādānaṁ.
With feeling as a condition there is craving.
With craving as a condition there is clinging.
Upādāna-paccayā bhavo. Bhava-paccayā jāti.
With clinging as a condition there is becoming.
With becoming as a condition there is birth.
Jāti-paccayā jarā-maraṇaṁ soka-parideva-dukkha-domanass’upāyāsā sambhavanti.
With birth as a condition, then aging & death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, distress, & despair come into play.
Evam-etassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa, samudayo hoti.
Thus is the origination of this entire mass of suffering & stress.
Avijjāyatveva asesa-virāga-nirodhā saṅkhāra-nirodho.
Now from the remainderless fading & stopping of that very ignorance there is the stopping of fabrications.
Saṅkhāra-nirodhā viññāṇa-nirodho.
From the stopping of fabrications there is the stopping of (sensory) consciousness.
Viññāṇa-nirodhā nāma-rūpa-nirodho.
From the stopping of (sensory) consciousness there is the stopping of name & form.
Nāma-rūpa-nirodhā saḷāyatana-nirodho.
From the stopping of name & form there is the stopping of the six sense media.
Saḷāyatana-nirodhā phassa-nirodho.
From the stopping of the six sense media there is the stopping of contact.
Phassa-nirodhā vedanā-nirodho.
From the stopping of contact there is the stopping of feeling.
Vedanā-nirodhā taṇhā-nirodho.
From the stopping of feeling there is the stopping of craving.
Taṇhā-nirodhā upādāna-nirodho,
From the stopping of craving there is the stopping of clinging.
Upādāna-nirodhā bhava-nirodho.
From the stopping of clinging there is the stopping of becoming.
Bhava-nirodhā jāti-nirodho.
From the stopping of becoming there is the stopping of birth.
Jāti-nirodhā jarā-maraṇaṁ soka-parideva-dukkha-domanass’upāyāsā nirujjhanti.
From the stopping of birth, then aging & death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, distress, & despair all stop.
Evam-etassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa, nirodho hoti.
Thus is the stopping of this entire mass of suffering & stress.
