Knowra Dependent origination Dependent origination Dependent origination is the Buddhist principle that phenomena arise through conditions and lack independent existence. It explains suffering through a chain of conditioned processes.
Twelve nidānas : A traditional sequence of twelve conditioned links describing the arising of suffering and continued rebirth. This sequence gives dependent origination its best-known account of how conditions propagate.
Pratītyasamutpāda : Pratītyasamutpāda is the Sanskrit term commonly translated as dependent origination or dependent arising. The Sanskrit name identifies the principle across Buddhist texts and traditions.
Pali Canon : The Pali Canon is the collection of scriptures preserved by the Theravāda Buddhist tradition. Its discourses contain early presentations of dependent origination.
Madhyamaka : Madhyamaka is a Buddhist philosophical tradition that uses reasoning to show that phenomena lack inherent existence. It treats dependent origination as central to the analysis of emptiness.
Four Noble Truths : The Four Noble Truths state that suffering exists, has causes, can cease, and has a path leading to its cessation. Dependent origination analyzes the arising and cessation of suffering within this framework.
Ignorance (Buddhism) : In Buddhism, ignorance is a fundamental misapprehension of reality, especially of impermanence and non-self. Ignorance begins the traditional sequence of conditions leading to suffering.
Anattā : Anattā is the Buddhist teaching that no permanent, independent self can be found in the changing aggregates. The absence of an independent self follows from examining persons as conditioned processes.
Saṃyutta Nikāya : The Saṃyutta Nikāya is a collection of thematically grouped discourses in the Pali Canon. Its Nidāna-saṃyutta gathers foundational teachings on conditionality.
Theravāda : Theravāda is a Buddhist tradition grounded in the Pali Canon and maintained across South and Southeast Asia. Theravāda commentaries preserve a prominent three-lifetime interpretation of the links.
Noble Eightfold Path : The Noble Eightfold Path is the Buddhist training in right view, intention, speech, action, livelihood, effort, mindfulness, and concentration. Practice on this path weakens conditions that sustain suffering.
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