Parent:: [[Dhamma]] Related:: [[PS Diagram (Paticca-samuppada).canvas]], [[Paticca-samuppanna]] # Paṭicca-samuppāda (Dependent Origination) ## Paṭicca-samuppāda is the Core of Buddha's Teachings! ![[MN28 Mahāhatthipadopamasutta#^one-who-sees]] ## Core Formula ![[MN115 Bahudhātukasutta#^imasmim-sati]] ## The 12 Links ### Summary > [!summary] 12 Links > 1. [[Avijja]] — Ignorance > 2. [[Sankhara|Saṅkhāra]] — Willful Action > 3. [[Vinnana|Viññāṇa]] — (Defiled) Consciousness > 4. [[Namarupa|Nāmarūpa]] — Name and Form > 5. [[Ayatana|Saḷāyatana]] — 6 Sense Homes > 6. [[Phassa]] — Contact > 7. [[Vedana|Vedanā]] — Feeling > 8. [[Tanha|Taṇhā]] - Craving > 1. The endless ***thirst*** for enjoying the senses (kamatanha), to become something (bhavatanha), and to not become something (vibhavatanha). > 9. [[Upadana|Upādāna]] - Clinging / Grasping > 10. [[Bhava]] — Becoming > 11. [[Jati|Jāti]] — The birth of a condition > 12. [[Jaramarana]] — Old age, death, ... (i.e. [[Dukkha]]) ### Arising ![[MN115 Bahudhātukasutta#^12-links-samudaya]] ### Cessation (of all [[Dukkha|Suffering]]) ![[MN115 Bahudhātukasutta#^12-links-nirodha]] ## When [[Ayatana|6 Senses]] ceases, [[Dukkha|Suffering]] ceases > [!NOTE] In Moḷiyaphaggunasutta ([SN12.12](https://suttacentral.net/sn12.12/en/sujato)) > When the **six sense fields fade away and cease with nothing left over**, **contact ceases**. > *Channaṁ tveva, phagguna, **==phassāyatanānaṁ== asesavirāganirodhā phassanirodho**;* > > When contact ceases, **feeling ceases**. > *phassanirodhā **vedanānirodho**;* > > When feeling ceases, **craving ceases**. > *vedanānirodhā **taṇhānirodho**;* > > When craving ceases, **grasping ceases**. > *taṇhānirodhā **upādānanirodho**;* > > When grasping ceases, **continued existence ceases**. > *upādānanirodhā **bhavanirodho**;* > > When continued existence ceases, **rebirth ceases**. > *bhavanirodhā **jātinirodho**;* > > When rebirth ceases, **old age and death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress cease**. > *jātinirodhā jarāmaraṇaṁ **sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā nirujjhanti**.* > > That is how this **entire mass of suffering ceases**.” > *Evametassa kevalassa **dukkhakkhandhassa nirodho** hotī”ti.* ## Paṭicca-samuppāda v.s. [[Paticca-samuppanna|Paṭicca-samuppanna]] ![[SN12.20 Paccayasutta#^dd1014|SN12.20]] ## Videos - Deepening understanding of Dependent Origination - Paticcasamutpada ([Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKtARLUX0E8)) - Vilas explained PS based on Paṭiccasamuppādavibhaṅga (https://suttacentral.net/vb6/pli/ms) - including 3 types of [[Sankhara|Saṅkhāra]] — *puññābhisaṅkhāro*, *apuññābhisaṅkhāro*, and *āneñjābhisaṅkhāro* ## Suttas - [[SN12.2 Vibhaṅgasutta]] ([link](https://suttacentral.net/sn12.2/en/sujato)) - (Most important) [[DN15 Mahānidānasutta]] - Vb6 Paṭiccasamuppādavibhaṅga ([link](https://suttacentral.net/vb6/pli/ms)) - [[MN115 Bahudhātukasutta]] - iti imasmiṁ sati idaṁ hoti ... - [[SN12.20 Paccayasutta]] - Paticca-samuppada v.s. Paticca-samuppanna - [[MN9 Sammādiṭṭhisutta]] - The 12 PS links described in detail in the framework of the 4 Noble Truths! - [[MN38 Mahātaṇhāsaṅkhayasutta]] - Great sutta to go to the depth of PS