dependent origination

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Buddhist doctrine philosophical concept teaching on causality

Dependent origination is a core Buddhist doctrine explaining how all phenomena arise and cease through interdependent causes and conditions, thereby illuminating the nature of suffering and the path to liberation.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
dependent origination canonical 4
Dependent Origination 2
dependent origination (pratītyasamutpāda) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist doctrine ⓘ
philosophical concept ⓘ
teaching on causality ⓘ
aimsAt cessation of suffering ⓘ
articulatedBy Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
surface form: Gautama Buddha
basedOn interdependent causes and conditions ⓘ
category Buddhist metaphysics ⓘ
Buddhist soteriology ⓘ
centralToTradition Buddhism ⓘ
Mahayana ⓘ
surface form: Mahāyāna Buddhism

Theravada ⓘ
surface form: Theravāda Buddhism

Vajrayana ⓘ
surface form: Vajrayāna Buddhism
clarifies conditionality of mental states ⓘ
conditionality of physical phenomena ⓘ
connectedTo doctrine of karma ⓘ
doctrine of rebirth ⓘ
contrastsWith belief in permanent self ⓘ
denies independent existence of phenomena ⓘ
explains arising of phenomena ⓘ
cessation of phenomena ⓘ
nature of suffering ⓘ
path to liberation ⓘ
hasKeyFormula when this does not exist, that does not come to be; with the cessation of this, that ceases ⓘ
when this exists, that comes to be; with the arising of this, that arises ⓘ
hasNameInPali paṭicca-samuppāda ⓘ
hasNameInSanskrit pratītya-samutpāda ⓘ
hasPracticalApplicationIn insight meditation ⓘ
implies contingent nature of reality ⓘ
lack of inherent existence ⓘ
includesTeachingOn twelve links of dependent origination ⓘ
interpretedBy Abhidhamma Pitaka ⓘ
surface form: Abhidhamma traditions

Madhyamaka ⓘ
surface form: Madhyamaka school

Yogācāra ⓘ
surface form: Yogācāra school
relatedTo Four Noble Truths ⓘ
emptiness ⓘ
impermanence ⓘ
no-self doctrine ⓘ
roleInPath provides insight leading to liberation ⓘ
scripturallyAttestedIn Mahayana sutras ⓘ
surface form: Mahāyāna sūtras

Tripitaka ⓘ
surface form: Pali Canon

Sutta Pitaka ⓘ
surface form: Saṃyutta Nikāya
studiedIn Buddhist philosophy ⓘ
supportsView middle way between eternalism and annihilationism ⓘ
teaches that removing conditions ends suffering ⓘ
that suffering arises from conditions ⓘ
usedToExplain cyclic existence ⓘ
karmic causality ⓘ
rebirth ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shakyamuni Buddha → centralTeaching → dependent origination ⓘ
Four Noble Truths → relatedConcept → dependent origination ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dependent Origination
Theravada → coreTeaching → dependent origination ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dependent Origination
Nagarjuna → philosophicalConcept → dependent origination ⓘ
this entity surface form: dependent origination (pratītyasamutpāda)
Āgamas → subject → dependent origination ⓘ
perfection of wisdom (prajñāpāramitā) → emphasizes → dependent origination ⓘ
subject surface form: Perfection of wisdom (prajñāpāramitā)
ichinen sanzen → relatedConcept → dependent origination ⓘ
subject surface form: Ichinen sanzen