The Practice Which leads to Nibbana - A Buddhist Library

w 42develop the same using the first method of Dependent Origination.In this case when he discerns the causal arising of dhammas, he justdiscerns each factor of Dependent Origination in forward order.So that the meditator sees that:Ignorance causes kamma formations, kamma formations causeconsciousness, consciousness causes mind and matter, mind andmatter cause the six sense bases, the six sense bases cause contact,contact causes feeling, feeling causes craving, craving causesclinging, clinging causes becoming, becoming causes birth, birthcauses ageing, death, sorrow, lamentation, physical pain, mentalpain, and anguish.When the meditator discerns the causal cessation of dhammas,he just discerns each factor of Dependent Origination in forwardorder. So that the meditator sees that:With the complete cessation of ignorance without remainderkamma formations cease, with the cessation of kamma formationsconsciousness ceases, with the cessation of consciousness mindand body cease, with the cessation of mind and body the six sensebases cease, with the cessation of the six sense bases contact ceases,with the cessation of contact feeling ceases, with the cessation offeeling craving ceases, with the cessation of craving clinging ceases,with the cessation of clinging becoming ceases, with the cessationof becoming birth ceases, with the cessation of birth ageing, death,sorrow, lamentation, physical pain, mental pain, and anguish cease.It is in this way that all forms of suffering ceases.When the meditator discerns both the momentary arising andmomentary passing away of dhammas and the causal arising andcausal passing away of dhammas he combines these two methods.So for example in the case of ignorance he sees that: