Dependent origination (paticca-samuppāda)
Parent topic: Indeterminate qualities
Subtopics: Ignorance, Volitional formations, Consciousness, Sense bases, Contact, Feeling, Craving, Clinging, Becoming, Birth, Suffering
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2014 Thanksgiving Monastic Retreat, Session 5 – Nov. 26, 2014

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10. “Thank you so very much for your very compassionate, clear, and useful teachings. Can you please talk a little bit about dependent origination so that we may put an end to the causes of suffering? Thank you again for your compassionate teachings and humor. We appreciate you and the rest of the Sangha!” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Gratitude] [Dependent origination] [Cessation of Suffering] // [Conditionality]

Story: Ajahn Pasanno writes a term paper on dependent origination at university. [Ajahn Pasanno] [Dependent origination]

Quote: “When you’re falling down from a tree, you don’t have to count the branches. You just have to know that when you hit the bottom, it’s going to hurt.” — Ajahn Chah [Ajahn Chah] [Dependent origination] [Suffering]