"Then, as one who breaks the first bamboo joint finds all the rest easy to separate, having discerned the cause of death as birth, and the cause of birth as deeds, he gradually came to see the truth; death comes from birth, birth comes from deeds, deeds come from attachment, attachment comes from desire, desire comes from perception, perception comes from sensation, sensation comes from the six sense organs, the six sense organs come from individuality, individuality comes from consciousness.
In him, thus freed, arose knowledge and freedom, and he knew that rebirth was at an end, and that the goal had been reached."
(from Jack Kerouac's, 'Wake up --- A Life of the Buddha')