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 taṇ. Taṇ-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’upāyā 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 taṇ-nirodho.

From the stopping of feeling there is the stopping of craving.

Taṇ-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’upāyā 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.