Becoming (2) Bhava Sutta (AN 3:78)

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('â', becoming, becomingâ—to what extent is there becoming?" "ṅnanda, if there were no kamma ripening in the sensuality-property, would sensuality-becoming be discerned?" "No, lord." "Thus kamma is the field, consciousness the seed, and craving the moisture. The intention & aspiration of living beings hindered by ignorance & fettered by craving is established in/tuned to a lower property. Thus there is the production of renewed becoming in the future. "If there were no kamma ripening in the form-property, would form-becoming be discerned?" "No, lord." "Thus kamma is the field, consciousness the seed, and craving the moisture. The intention & aspiration of living beings hindered by ignorance & fettered by craving is established in/tuned to a middling property. Thus there is the production of renewed becoming in the future. "If there were no kamma ripening in the formless-property, would formless-becoming be discerned?" "No, lord." "Thus kamma is the field, consciousness the seed, and craving the moisture. The intention & aspiration of living beings hindered by ignorance & fettered by craving is established in/tuned to a refined property. Thus there is the production of renewed becoming in the future. This is how there is becoming." See also: MN 60; AN 1:329 - --> - - - -