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− | It states that all [[phenomenon]] arise depending upon a number of casual factors. In other [[word]], it [[exists]] in [[condition]] that the other [[exist]]; it has in [[condition]] that others have; it extinguishes in [[condition]] that others extinguish; it has not in [[condition]] that others have not. For [[existence]], there are [[twelve links]] in the chain: | + | It states that all [[phenomenon]] arise depending upon a number of [[casual]] factors. In other [[word]], it [[exists]] in [[condition]] that the other [[exist]]; it has in [[condition]] that others have; it extinguishes in [[condition]] that others extinguish; it has not in [[condition]] that others have not. For [[existence]], there are [[twelve links]] in the chain: |
[[Ignorance]] is the [[condition]] for [[karmic]] [[activity]]; | [[Ignorance]] is the [[condition]] for [[karmic]] [[activity]]; |
Latest revision as of 05:57, 29 August 2014
Law of Dependent Origination
It states that all phenomenon arise depending upon a number of casual factors. In other word, it exists in condition that the other exist; it has in condition that others have; it extinguishes in condition that others extinguish; it has not in condition that others have not. For existence, there are twelve links in the chain:
Ignorance is the condition for karmic activity;
Karmic activity is the condition for consciousness;
Consciousness is the condition for the name and form;
Name and form is the condition for the six sense organs;
Six sense organs are the condition for contact;
Contact is the condition for feeling;
Feeling is the condition for emotional love/craving;
Emotional love/craving is the condition for grasping;
Grasping is the condition for existing;
Existing is the condition for birth;
Birth is the condition for old age and death;
Old age and death is the condition for ignorance; and so on.