THE WHEEL OF PATICCASSAMUPPADA
"Paticcasamuppada: The Cycle of Dependent Origination" by Ven. U Candavarabhivamsa
THE LAW OF DEPENDENT ORIGINATION(PATICCASAMUPPADA)( EXPOUNDED IN MAHANIDANA SUTTA ) |
" Insight into the principles of Paticcasamuppada means Insight into Nibbana " |
THE WHEEL OF PATICCASSAMUPPADA |
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| (Reference: 'The Essence of Buddha Abhidhamma', by Dr.Mehm Tin Mon, Burma, 1995) |
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"Paticcasamuppada: The Cycle of Dependent Origination" by Ven. U Candavarabhivamsa |
3 PERIODS (Kala) |
12 FACTORS (Anga) |
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PAST |
(1) Avijja (Ignorance or delusion) (Ignorance of Four Noble Truths) |
Avijja-paccaya Sankhara .Avijja conditions Sankhara. Dependent on ignorance of the Four Noble Truths (avijja) arise activities (Sankhara): rebirth-producing volitions or Kamma formation). Avijja tricks beings by making life appear to them as pleasant and permanent. |
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| (2) Sankhara (Kamma-formation) |
Sankhara-paccayaVinnanam Sankhara conditions Vinnana. Dependent on kamma formations arises rebirth-consciousness (vinnana) for the first time at conception in the mother's womb. Sankhara make Vinnana(rebirth consciousness) arise and all 32 lokiya-vipeka cittas are produced to represent Vinnana. |
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(3) Vinnana (Consciousness) |
Vinnana-paccaya Nama-rupam Vinnana conditions Nama-rupam . Simultaneous with the arising of consciousness, it brings into effect the interplay of mind and body (Nama-rupa). |
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| (4) Nama-rupa (Corporeality-mentality) |
Nama-rupa-paccaya Salayatanam Dependent on mind and body are six sense bases (Salayatana) . |
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| (5) Salayatana (6 Sense Bases: eye, ear, nose, tongue, body & mind) |
Salayatana-paccaya Phasso Salayatana brings about contact or sensorial or mental impressions (Phassa). |
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| (6) Phassa (Contact) |
Phassa-paccaya Vedana Phassa results in feeling (Vedana). |
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| (7) Vedana (Feeling) |
Vedana-paccaya Tanha Dependent on feeling arises craving (Tanha). |
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| (8) Tanha (Craving) |
Tanha-paccaya Upadanam Craving develops into grasping or clinging |
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| (9) Upadana (Grasping |
Upadana-paccaya Bhavo Grasping is the cause of volitional acts of Kamma-bhava . |
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| (10) Bhava (Existence) |
Bhava-paccaya Jati Kamma-bhava conditions future rebirth. |
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FUTURE |
(11) Jati (Rebirth) (12) Jara-marana (Old age and Death) |
Jati-paccaya Jara-marranam Soka Parideva Dukkha Domanassa Upayasa Sambhavanti Rebirth conditions its inevitable consequences: decay, death, etc. |
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