Buddhacarita by Ven Asvaghosa - Ancient Buddhist Texts

Buddha-carita, or Life of Buddha - 207
impressions, which produces as its development the five senses and the
mind (or internal sense).
38. ‘The organisms which is sometimes called saṁjñā or sandarśana,
springs from this; and from this arises the six organs of the senses,
including mind.
39. ‘The association of the six organs with their objects is called
"contact;" and the consciousness of these different contacts is called
"sensation; "
40. ‘By this is produced thirst, which is the desire of being troubled by
worldly objects; "attachment to continued existence," arising from
this, sets itself in action towards pleasure and the rest;
41. ‘From attachment springs continued existence, which is sensual,
possessing form, or formless; and from existence arises birth through
a returning to various wombs.
42. ‘On birth is dependent the series of old age, death, sorrow and the
like; by putting a stop to ignorance and what follows from it, all these
successively surcease.
43. ‘This is the chain of causation, having many turns, and whose
sphere of action is created by ignorance, – this is to be meditated
upon by you who enjoy the calm of dwelling tranquilly in lonely
woods;