The Lord said: Desire, my boy, aversion and bewilderment are the cause of fear and terror (rāgo dārika dveṣaś ca mohas trāsabhaynidānam); the haughtiness of thinking “I am” is the cause (asmimāno nidānam); being obsessed by doctrinal viewpoints is the cause (dṛṣṭiparyutthānaṃ nidānam); attachment by thirst is the cause (tṛṣṇādhyavasāno nidānam); egotism and self-related ideas are the cause (ahaṃkāro mamakāraś ca nidānam); attachment to things is the cause (vastvabhiniveṣo nidānam); possessions and quarrels are the cause (parigrahavigraho nidānam); the fetters of viewing things as substantially real is the cause (satkāyadīṣṭibandhanaṃ nidānam); the concept of permanence of the impermanent is the cause (anitye nityasaṃjñā nidānam); the concept of happiness where there is suffering is the cause (duḥkhe sukhasaṃjñā nidānam); the concept of beauty where there is ugliness is the cause (aśubhe śubhasaṃjñā nidānam); the concept of self where there is no self is the cause (anātme ātmasaṃjñā nidānam); the concept that there is something to hold on to among the parts of the personality is the cause (skandheṣu parigrahasaṃjñā nidānam); no insight in the spheres of perception is the cause (dhātuṣv apratyavekṣā nidānam); absence of knowledge of the fields of perception is the cause (āyataneṣv aparijñānaṃ nidānam); not seeing the defects of the the body is the cause (kāye ’doṣadarśanatā nidānam); enjoyment of life is the cause (jīvitābhinandanaṃ nidānam); by these causes fear and terror arise, and so they should be done away with (tair nidānair dāraka trāsabhayam utpadyate tena tāni prahātavyāni).