The City Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu. For free distribution only.
Birth exists when becoming exists.
Thus is the origination of this entire mass of stress. Vision arose, clear knowing arose, discernment arose, knowledge arose, illumination arose within me with regard to things never heard before. From the cessation of the six sense media comes the cessation of contact. From the cessation of contact comes the cessation of feeling. From the cessation of feeling comes the cessation of craving.