Chapter 5 - Links In Natural Order

1. Depending on ignorance there arise volitional Activities (Sankhara):
2. Depending on the Volitional Activities there arises Rebirth Consciousness (Vinnana);
3. Depending on Rebirth Consciousness there arise the Mental and Physical States of a being (Nama-rupa);
4. Depending on the Mental and Physical States there develop the Six Senses (eye, ear, nose, tongue, body and mind) (Salayatana);
5. Depending on the Six Senses there arises Contact (with sense objects) (Phassa);
6. Depending on the Contact there arises Feelings (e.g. pleasant, unpleasant and neutral) (Vedana);
7. Depending on Feelings there arises Craving for the objects (Tanha);
8. Depending on Craving there arises Grasping or Clinging (Updadna):
9. Depending on Clinging there arises the Process of Life (Bhava);
10. The Process of life flaws into another rebirth (Jati);
11. The present birth is followed by,
12. Decay, Death, Sorrow, Lamentation, Suffering, Intense Grief and Mental Distress.

Thus a being, composed of Mind, and Body, is endlessly suffering from the worldly ills of life in circling around these links.