Sūtra on the Aggregates, Faculties, and Sense Bases, Scroll One (1)

Original text: 何等为十二种。从求如求等生。从痴因缘令有行。从行令有识。从识令有名字。从名字令有六入。从六入令有致。从致令有痛痒。从痛痒令有爱。从爱令有受。从受令后有。从有令有生。从生令有老死忧悲苦。不可心致恼。如是具足苦种。为致习。 

Explanation: What are the twelve links of dependent origination? The twelve links of dependent origination arise from a series of seeking and craving for worldly dharmas. From the manas's ignorance as condition, the formations of the manas arise; from the formations of the manas as condition, the six consciousnesses arise; from the six consciousnesses as condition, name-and-form arises; from name-and-form as condition, the six sense bases arise; from the six sense bases as condition, contact arises; from contact as condition, feeling arises; from feeling as condition, craving arises; from craving as condition, grasping arises; from grasping as condition, existence arises; from existence as condition, birth arises; from birth as condition, aging, sickness, death, sorrow, grief, suffering, and distress arise—all matters that the mind finds unacceptable lead to unceasing inner anguish. In this way, the karmic seeds of the suffering of birth and death are fully complete, all caused by the habit energy of contact. 

Original text: 痴已尽便行尽。已行尽便识尽。已识尽便名字尽。已名字尽便六入尽。已六入尽便致尽。已致尽便痛痒尽。已痛痒尽便爱尽。已爱尽便受尽。已受尽便有尽。已有尽便生尽。已生尽便老死尽。已老死尽。忧悲苦不可心恼便尽。如是具足苦种便得尽。 

Explanation: After the manas's ignorance is completely severed, the formations will be completely severed; after the formations are completely severed, the six consciousnesses will be completely severed; after the six consciousnesses are completely severed, name-and-form will cease entirely; after name-and-form ceases entirely, the six sense bases will cease entirely; after the six sense bases cease entirely, contact will cease entirely; after contact ceases entirely, feeling will cease entirely; after feeling ceases entirely, craving will cease entirely; after craving ceases entirely, grasping will cease entirely; after grasping ceases entirely, existence will cease entirely; after existence ceases entirely, birth will cease entirely; after birth ceases entirely, aging, sickness, death, sorrow, grief, suffering, and distress will cease entirely. In this way, the seeds of the suffering of birth and death that sentient beings fully possess are completely extinguished. 

Original text: 彼痴名为不知四谛如有。不解不见。不相应不受。不解不解根。是名为痴。彼痴因缘行为何等。为六望受。何等为六。色声香味触法。是为身六望受。是名为行。彼行因缘识为六身识。眼耳鼻舌身心。是名为六身识。彼识因缘名字。字为色。名为四不色阴。痛想行识是为名。色为四大本。谓地水火风是。上为名。是四为色。是二相连共为名字。 

Explanation: What is ignorance? Ignorance means not knowing that the truths of the Four Noble Truths exist in the world, being unable to truly understand the teachings of the Buddha's Dharma, not seeing the truths of the worldly and world-transcending, not being in accord with the worldly path of liberation, being unable to accept the correct teachings of the Buddha's Dharma, not understanding liberation, and not understanding the sharpness or dullness of one's own and others' faculties. Therefore it is called ignorance. What are the formations produced from the condition of ignorance? They are the six kinds of feeling that are longed for: that is, longing for the reception and experience of form, sound, smell, taste, touch, and dharma. These are called the six longed-for feelings of the body, and are called the formations of the manas. 

From the condition of the manas's formations, the six consciousnesses arise, called the six consciousness-bodies: eye consciousness, ear consciousness, nose consciousness, tongue consciousness, body consciousness, and mind consciousness. If the manas has no hope, wish, or longing for the six sense objects, the six consciousnesses will not appear to grasp and discern the six sense objects. From the condition of the six consciousnesses, name-and-form arises: "form" is the aggregate of form, and "name" is the four formless aggregates of feeling, perception, formations, and consciousness. The physical body takes the four great seeds of earth, water, fire, and wind as its foundation. The four aggregates above are "name," and the four great elements are "form." When name and form are joined together, they constitute the five aggregates of name-and-form.