WHAT Causes AGEING and DEATH?
The Buddha once asked: "From birth as a requisite condition comes aging and death. Thus it has been said. And this is the way to understand how from birth as a requisite condition comes aging and death. If there were no birth at all, in any way, of anything anywhere — i.e., of devas in the state of devas, of ghosts in the state of ghosts, of demons in the state of demons, of human beings in the human state, of birds in the state of birds, of snakes in the state of snakes, or of any being in its own present state — in the utter absence of birth, from the cessation of all birth, would ageing and death ever be observed?"
The Buddha once asked: "From birth as a requisite condition comes aging and death. Thus it has been said. And this is the way to understand how from birth as a requisite condition comes aging and death. If there were no birth at all, in any way, of anything anywhere — i.e., of devas in the state of devas, of ghosts in the state of ghosts, of demons in the state of demons, of human beings in the human state, of birds in the state of birds, of snakes in the state of snakes, or of any being in its own present state — in the utter absence of birth, from the cessation of all birth, would ageing and death ever be observed?"
Ven. Ananda :"No, Lord."
"Thus this is the cause, this is the very reason, this is the origination, this is the essential condition for aging and death, i.e., birth.
Source: Maha-nidana Sutta: The Great Causes Discourse
(Digha Nikaya DN 15)
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