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Also on account of ignorance about the true nature of
mentality and corporeality, sorrow, lamentation, grief and
despair arise. Thus avijjàsava is also one of the causes for the
arising of soka, parideva, domanassa, upàyàsa, etc.
Now when soka, parideva, domanassa, and upàyàsa arise,
akusala cittas also arise. Since moha (avijjà) is associated with all
these akusala cittas, avijjà also arises.
Thus on account of the four àsavas, soka, parideva, domanassa
and upàyàsa arise, and when soka, parideva, domanassa and upàyàsa
arise, avijjà also arises. Thus the four àsavas are the cause of avijjà.
9 No Beginning in Saüsàra
‘Saüsàra’ literally means ‘perpetual wandering’. It is a name
given to the continuous process of ever again and again being
born, growing old, suffering and dying. To put it more precisely,
saüsàra is the unbroken chain of the fivefold khandhacombinations
which constantly change from moment to moment
and continuously follow one upon the other through inconceivable
periods of time.
As no one can trace the limits of space, so also no one can
trace back to the beginning of saüsàra and nobody can conceive
when it will end. Compared to the course of saüsàra, a single
lifetime constitutes only a tiny and fleeting fraction.
The ‘round of rebirth’ in the thirty-one planes of existence
according to the causal relations has been explained by the Law
of Dependent Origination. This law can be satisfactorily verified
by insight meditation and I have seen this being done in
International Buddha Sasana Centres (Pa-auk Meditation Centres)
in Myanmar.
When we draw a circle, we have to begin from some point,