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by any one else. (His preaching) consisted in this: This is pain; this is the origin of pain; this is the suppression of pain; this is the treatment leading to suppression of pain. He moreover extensively set forth how the series of causes and effects is evolved, (and said): it is thus, monks. From ignorance proceed conceptions (or fancies); from conceptions (or fancies) proceeds understanding^[1]; from understanding name and form; from name and form the six senses^[2]; from the six senses proceeds contact; from contact sensation; from sensation proceeds longing; from longing proceeds striving^[3]; from striving as cause issues existence; from existence birth; from birth old age, death, mourning, lamentation, sorrow, dismay, and despondency. So originates this whole mass of misery. From the suppression of ignorance results the suppression of conceptions; from the suppression of conceptions results that of understanding; from the suppression of understanding results that of name and form; from the suppression of name and form results that of the six senses; from the suppression of the six senses results that of contact; from the suppression of contact results that of sensation; from the suppression of sensation results that of longing; from the suppression of longing results that of striving; from the suppression of striving results that of existence; from the suppression of existence results that of birth; from the suppression of birth results that of old age, death, mourning, lamentation, sorrow, dismay, and

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1. Or, distinctive knowledge, judgment.
2. And, the objects of the six senses.
3. Upâdâna, also taking up, and material.