In the middle part of the night, the Buddha again reflected on dependent origination, both the ordinary and the extraordinary sequence: “Ignorance is the condition for intentional activities; intentional activities are the condition for consciousness; consciousness is the condition for name and form … This is how there is the origin of this whole mass of suffering. … This is how there is the end of this whole mass of suffering.”

Seeing the significance of this, the Buddha uttered a heartfelt exclamation: “When things become clear To the energetic brahmin who practices absorption, Then all his doubts are dispelled, Since he’s understood the end of the conditions.”