Mahā Nidānasutta untranslated

Mahā Nidānasutta. The fifteenth Sutta of the Dīghanikāya, preached to Ānanda at Kammāssadamma in the Kuru country. Ānanda says that the doctrine of events as arising from causes is quite clear to him; that it only appears deep. “Say not so,” warns the Buddha, and proceeds to give a detailed exposition of the Paṭiccasamuppāda, or Chain of Causation, as it comes later to be called, explaining how each link in the chain of Saṁsāra is both the effect of one factor and the cause of another. The Sutta also discusses the idea of “soul,” the seven resting places of cognition (viññāṇaṭṭhiti), the two spheres (āyatana), and the eight kinds of deliverance (vimokkha). DN.ii.55-71; Thomas: cp. Cit.,197.

Khemā had heard the Mahā Nidānasutta in the time of Kassapa Buddha (Ap.ii.546, vs.34). On hearing it again, preached by Gotama, she revived her memory and became an Arahant. Ap.ii.549, vs.72.