Parent:: [[Lakkhana|Lakkhaṇa]] Related:: [[Sankhara|Saṅkhāra]] # Saṅkhata (Conditioned) and Paṭiccasamuppannaṁ (Dependently Originated) > [!info] Etymology > _Saṅkhata_ = _Saṅ_ (with an Intention) + _kata_ (done) = Something done with an Intention ## 3 Characters of "Conditioned" Phenomena > [!info] 3 Characteristics of "Conditioned" phenomena — In Saṅkhatalakkhaṇasutta ([AN3.47](https://suttacentral.net/an3.47/en/sujato)) > “Mendicants, **conditioned phenomena** have these **three characteristics**. > What three? > > *“Tīṇimāni, bhikkhave, **saṅkhatassa saṅkhatalakkhaṇāni**.* > *Katamāni tīṇi?* > > **==Arising==** is evident, **==vanishing==** is evident, and **==change while persisting==** is evident. > These are the three characteristics of conditioned phenomena.” > > *==__Uppādo__== paññāyati, **==vayo==** paññāyati, **==ṭhitassa aññathattaṁ==** paññāyati.* > *Imāni kho, bhikkhave, tīṇi saṅkhatassa saṅkhatalakkhaṇānī”ti.* ^3-characteristics ### 5 Stages - Including [[Assada, Adinava, and Nissarana]] - TODO: mention all 5 with sutta reference ## Created by [[Sankhara|Saṅkhāra]] ![[SN22.79 Khajjanīyasutta#^why-called-sankhara]] ## One of the 7 [[Lakkhana]] ![[SN22.21 Ānandasutta#^nirodha-7-qualities]] ## Asaṅkhata (The "Unconditioned" state, [[Nibbana|Nibbāna]]) > [!info] Nibbāna > - [[Nibbana|Nibbāna]] is unconditioned — asaṅkhata > - But in a way, even nibbana is conditioned by the removal of all raga, dvesha and moha > [!tip] [[Nibbana|Nibbāna]] — The "unborn" and "unconditioned" Dhamma — In Ajātasutta ([iti43](https://suttacentral.net/iti43/en/sujato)) > “There is, mendicants, an **unborn**, **unproduced**, **unmade**, and **unconditioned**. > _“Atthi, bhikkhave, **==ajātaṁ==** **==abhūtaṁ==** **==akataṁ==** **==asaṅkhataṁ==**._ > > If there were no unborn, unproduced, unmade, and unconditioned, then you would **find no escape here from the born, produced, made, and conditioned**. > > _No cetaṁ, bhikkhave, abhavissa ajātaṁ abhūtaṁ akataṁ asaṅkhataṁ, nayidha jātassa bhūtassa katassa saṅkhatassa nissaraṇaṁ paññāyetha._ > > But since there is an unborn, unproduced, unmade, and unconditioned, **an ==escape== is found** from the born, produced, made, and conditioned.” > > _Yasmā ca kho, bhikkhave, atthi ajātaṁ abhūtaṁ akataṁ asaṅkhataṁ, tasmā jātassa bhūtassa katassa saṅkhatassa **==nissaraṇaṁ== paññāyatī**”ti._ ^asankhata-sutta ## Notes > [!info] > - #dhamma/beginner - sankhata is one of the best ways for beginners to start penetrate into Dhamma. ## Best videos on subject - Experiencing Paticcasamutpada cycle through Upanissa Sutta ([Youtube](https://youtu.be/K6ojGYBHvqQ)) ![[(2019-11-01) (VERY BEST) Buddha Dhamma including Mahasatipatthana Sutta#^link]] ## Sutta - SN22.21 Ānandasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/sn22.21/en/sujato))