1
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Dependent origination defintion
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It’s the Buddhist law of causality. It’s the idea that everything has a cause and that nothing has been created out of nothing.
2
Q
Peter Harvey
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- Peter Harvey argues that moral prescriptions only apply to those who are ready for them. This makes it inaccessible for a lot of Buddhists.
- However, it’s on the Bhavachakra depicted in images making it easier to understand.
3
Q
Understand
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It is key to understanding arising and therefore dependent origination. This is persuasive as Buddhists need to understand this to reach enlightenment.
4
Q
Sunyata
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Links to sunyata for Mahayana Buddhists which is a key teaching.
5
Q
Analogy of the lamp
A
King Milinda asks Nagasena about a lamp. In the same way it’s a different flame/wick its the same lamp it’s the same person. Shows how dependent origination works.
