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Dependent Origination In Early Buddhism Early Buddhist Texts Source of Buddhism Giver of meaning Gold standard 4 Nikyas/gamas Birch bark manuscript DO in history DO in EBTs DO in Abhidhamma DO in modern times

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Dependent Origination

In

Early Buddhism

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Early Buddhist Texts

Source of Buddhism
Giver of meaning
Gold standard
4 Nikāyas/Āgamas

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Birch bark manuscript

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DO in history

DO in EBTs
DO in Abhidhamma
DO in modern times

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Outline of Dependent Origination Ignorance > willed acts > consciousness > name and form > the six senses > sense impressions > sensations > craving > taking up > life > birth >

ld age and death

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DO background

Ignorance > suffering
A universal principle
A profound teaching
A rich teaching
Seeing it = streamentry

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Ignorance leads to suffering

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Universal principle

“Whether Buddhas arise or not, this law of nature persists, this regularity of natural principles, this invariance of natural principles, specific conditionality.” (SN 12.20)

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Profound teaching

Venerable Ānanda: “It’s incredible, sir, it’s amazing, in that this dependent

rigination is deep and

appears deep, yet to me it seems as plain as can be.”

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“This dependent origination is deep and appears deep. It is because of not understanding and not penetrating this teaching that this population has become tangled like string, knotted like a ball of thread, and matted like rushes and reeds, and it doesn’t escape the places of loss, the bad places, the underworld, transmigration.” (DN 15)

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A rich teaching

Rebirth
Kamma
Five aggregates
Process of perception
Six senses

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A rich teaching

Three characteristics
Importance of death
Ignorance/knowledge
Four noble truths

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Streamentry

“One who sees dependent

rigination sees the
Teaching. One who sees

the Teaching sees dependent origination.” (MN 28)

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Streamentry

“And what is the noble method (ñāya) that they have clearly seen and comprehended with wisdom? A noble disciple properly attends to dependent

rigination ...” (SN 55.28)