Buddhacarita by Ven Asvaghosa - Ancient Buddhist Texts

Buddha-carita, or Life of Buddha - 180
56. ‘When old age and disease are stopped, death also is stopped; and
when birth is stopped, old age and disease are stopped;
57. ‘When the action of existence is stopped, birth also is stopped;
when the attachment to existence is stopped, the action of existence is
stopped;
58. ‘So too when desire is stopped, the attachment to existence is
stopped; and with the stopping of sensation desire is no longer
produced;
59. ‘And when the contact of the six organs is stopped, sensation is no
longer produced; and with the stopping of the six organs their contact
(with their objects) is stopped;
60. ‘And with the stopping of the organism the six organs are stopped;
and with the stopping of incipient consciousness the organism is
stopped;
61. ‘And with the stopping of the latent impressions incipient
consciousness is stopped; and with the stopping of ignorance the latent
impressions have no longer any power.
62. ‘Thus ignorance is declared to be the root of this great trunk of
pain by all the wise; therefore it is to be stopped by those who seek
liberation.
63. ‘Therefore by the stopping of ignorance all the pains also of all
existing beings are at once stopped and cease to act.’