pratityasamutpada
Pratityasamutpada is the Buddhist doctrine of dependent origination—the principle that all phenomena arise in dependence on causes and conditions, nothing existing independently or permanently.
Often illustrated through the twelve links connecting ignorance to suffering, it explains how craving and delusion perpetuate the cycle of rebirth.
Understanding pratityasamutpada is central to liberation from samsara.
Reciprocal reliance between entities
- conditionalityState of being dependent
- arisingComing into being
- cessationA full stopping
- originationAct of bringing forth
chain · linkage · sequence · nexus · precursor · consequence · correlation · dynamics
Spiritual or physical regeneration
- cycleRepeating sequence of events
- karmaSpiritual cause and effect
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- attachmentConnection or fondness
ignorance · delusion · desire · craving · birth · aging · death · existence
Release from cyclical existence
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
- cessationA full stopping
- unbindingAct of freeing
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
wisdom · realization · bodhi · liberation · moksha · enlightenment · understanding · release
Absence of substance
- non-selfForeign biological material
- impermanenceQuality of not lasting
- dharmasUniversal laws or truths
- prajnaparamitaPerfection of transcendent insight
Clear-seeing contemplative practice
- meditationFocused attention practice
- mindfulnessAwareness of the present
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- investigationFormal examination of facts
interdependence
Reciprocal reliance between entities
- conditionalityState of being dependent
- arisingComing into being
- cessationA full stopping
origination · chain · linkage · sequence · nexus · precursor · consequence · correlation · dynamics · interaction
rebirth
Spiritual or physical regeneration
- cycleRepeating sequence of events
- karmaSpiritual cause and effect
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
attachment · ignorance · delusion · desire · craving · birth · aging · death · existence · becoming
nirvana
Release from cyclical existence
insight · wisdom · realization · bodhi · liberation · moksha · enlightenment · understanding · release · freedom
emptiness
Absence of substance
- non-selfForeign biological material
- impermanenceQuality of not lasting
- dharmasUniversal laws or truths
vipassana
Clear-seeing contemplative practice
- meditationFocused attention practice
- mindfulnessAwareness of the present
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- Buddhist conceptskarma, nirvana, dharma, samsara, Four Noble Truths
- Buddhist philosophyemptiness, ultimate truth, two truths, non-duality, treatises
- Dependent Originationcausal chain, causal links, ignorance, formations, consciousness
- Madhyamakaemptiness, middle way, two truths, ultimate truth
- AbhidharmaAbhidhamma Pitaka, Buddhaghosa, dharmas, triads, couplets
- Buddhist Mindmind, mental states, mental state, cognition, attention
pratityasamutpadaself-existence
Being that requires nothing else
atman · substance · essence · unmoved mover · spontaneous generation