“And what is the origin of suffering? In dependence on the eye & forms, eye-consciousness arises. The meeting of the three is contact. With contact as condition, feeling comes to be; with feeling as condition, craving. This is the origin of suffering.
“In dependence on the ear & sounds …[the nose & odours, the tongue & tastes, the body & tactile objects, the mind & mental phenomena], mind-consciousness arises. The meeting of the three is contact. With contact as condition, feeling comes to be; with feeling as condition, craving. This is the origin of suffering.
“And what , is the passing away of suffering? With the remainderless fading away & cessation of that same craving comes cessation of clinging; with the cessation of clinging, cessation of existence; with the cessation of existence, cessation of birth; with the cessation of birth, aging-and-death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, displeasure, & despair cease. This is the passing away of suffering.
Partial excerpts from SN 12.43: Dukkhasutta
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