The Production of Future Renewed Existence

Monks, what one intends, and what one desires, and whatever one has an obsession towards; this becomes a basis for the maintenance of consciousness. When there is a basis, there is a support for the establishing of consciousness. When consciousness is established and has come to growth, there is the production of future renewed existence. When there is the production of future renewed existence, future birth, aging-and-death, sorrow, grief, pain, displeasure, and despair come to be. Such is the origin of this whole mass of discontentedness.

If, Monks, one does not intend, and one does not desire, but one still has an obsession towards something, this becomes a basis for the maintenance of consciousness. When there is a basis, there is a support for the establishing of consciousness. When consciousness is established and has come to growth, there is the production of future renewed existence. When there is the production of future renewed existence, future birth, aging-and-death, sorrow, grief, pain, displeasure, and despair come to be. Such is the origin of this whole mass of discontentedness.

But, Monks, when one does not intend, and one does not desire, and one does not have an obsession towards anything, no basis exists for the maintenance of consciousness. When there is no basis, there is no support for the establishing of consciousness. When consciousness is unestablished and does not come to growth, there is no production of future renewed existence. When there is no production of future renewed existence, future birth, aging-and-death, sorrow, grief, pain, displeasure, and despair are eliminated. Such is the elimination of this whole mass of discontentedness.

(Reference: SN 12.38)

In this Teaching from Gotama Buddha, he shares how a beings craving/desire/attachment is what leads to establishing a new consciousness in a future existence to experience discontentedness all over again.

He describes craving/desire/attachment as “what one intends, and what one desires, and whatever one has an obsession towards”.

All craving/desire/attachment needs to be eliminated from the mind to eliminate discontentedness to attain Enlightenment and end The Cycle of Rebirth.

If there is craving/desire/attachment there will be birth, then there will be aging-and-death, sorrow, grief, pain, displeasure, and despair or discontentedness of mind.

When there is no birth, there will be no aging-and-death, sorrow, grief, pain, displeasure, and despair or discontentedness of mind.

The mind has been liberated, it is free from strong feelings, no longer bound to The Cycle of Rebirth and continuous discontentedness. The mind is completely and entirely peaceful, calm, serene, and content with joy - permanently.