3 PERIODS (Kala)
12 FACTORS (Anga)
PALI TEXT/ INTERPRETATION
PAST
(1) Avijja
(Ignorance or delusion)
(Ignorance of Four Noble Truths)
Avijja-paccaya Sankhara
.Avijja conditions Sankhara.
Dependent on ignorance of the Four Noble Truths (avijja) arise activities (Sankhara): rebirth-producing volitions or Kamma formation).
Avijja tricks beings by making life appear to them as pleasant and permanent.
(2) Sankhara
(Kamma-formation)
Sankhara-paccayaVinnanam
Sankhara conditions Vinnana.
Dependent on kamma formations arises rebirth-consciousness (vinnana) for the first time at conception in the mother's womb.
Sankhara make Vinnana(rebirth consciousness) arise and all 32 lokiya-vipeka cittas are produced to represent Vinnana.
PRESENT
(3) Vinnana
(Consciousness)
Vinnana-paccaya Nama-rupam
Vinnana conditions Nama-rupam .
Simultaneous with the arising of consciousness, it brings into effect the interplay of mind and body (Nama-rupa).
(4) Nama-rupa
(Corporeality-mentality)
Nama-rupa-paccaya Salayatanam
Dependent on mind and body are six sense bases (Salayatana) .
(5) Salayatana
(6 Sense Bases: eye, ear, nose, tongue, body & mind)
Salayatana-paccaya Phasso
Salayatana brings about contact or sensorial or mental impressions (Phassa).
(6) Phassa
(Contact)
Phassa-paccaya Vedana
Phassa results in feeling (Vedana).
(7) Vedana
(Feeling)
Vedana-paccaya Tanha
Dependent on feeling arises craving (Tanha).
(8) Tanha
(Craving)
Tanha-paccaya Upadanam
Craving develops into grasping or clinging
(9) Upadana
(Grasping
compulsive craving)
Upadana-paccaya Bhavo
Grasping is the cause of volitional acts of Kamma-bhava .
(10) Bhava
(Existence)
Bhava-paccaya Jati
Kamma-bhava conditions future rebirth.
FUTURE
(11) Jati
(Rebirth)
(12) Jara-marana
(Old age and Death)
Jati-paccaya Jara-marranam Soka Parideva Dukkha Domanassa Upayasa Sambhavanti
Rebirth conditions its inevitable consequences: decay, death, etc.
