"Bhikkhus, I will teach you the burden, the carrier of the burden, the taking up of the burden. Listen to that.....
"And what, bhikkhus, is the burden?
It should be said: the five aggregates subject to clinging.
What five?
The form aggregate subject to clinging,
The feeling aggregate subject to clinging,
The perception aggregate subject to clinging,
The volitional formations aggregate subject to clinging,
The consciousness aggregate subject to clinging.
This is called the burden.
"And what, bhikkhus, is the carrier of the burden? It should be said: the person, this venerable one of such a name and clan.
This is called the carrier of the burden.
"And what, bhikkhus, is the taking up of the burden?
It is this craving that leads to renewed existence, accompanied by delight and lust, seeking delight here and there; that is, craving for sensual pleasures, craving for existence,
craving for extermination. This is called the taking up of the burden."
