“What is it that produces a person?
What does he have that runs around?
What enters upon saṁsara?
What determines his destiny?”“Craving is what produces a person;
His mind is what runs around;
A being enters upon saṁsara;
Kamma determines his destiny.”
SN1.57: Tatiyajanasutta
Tatiyajanasutta: Produces (3) - translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi
Translations:Thanissaro Bhikkhu
Translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi. Source text via SuttaCentral.