Dependent Origination in Buddhism

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3 жыл бұрын

What is the most central teaching in Buddhism? It is what the Buddha discovered: Dependent Origination! The Buddha taught that all phenomena (such as humans) are conditioned, impermanent, and interconnected. No conditioned phenomena can arise from “nothing” or exist “independently” from others / on their own. They do not have an “unchanging and independent self”. All conditioned phenomena come into existence only when the causes and conditions are right/ripe. And that all conditioned phenomena cease when the causes and conditions that gave rise to them cease.

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@soljer99 2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks for sharing this enlightening and informative video, Alan. It is not a simple topic to discuss but your talk has clarified many things for me.

@AlanPeto 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, John! Glad it was helpful.

@gfaber99 2 жыл бұрын

Yes just as the formless creates form. Form goes back (seeks) to formlessness. For the human experience that means practice of karmic resolution that allows consciousness to grow to its Buddha nature, a sovereign stateless state of ultimate reality (“Self” in Hinduism). Much peace to all.

@marktanney3347 7 ай бұрын

This topic is discussed very often, of course. Your discussion here is a very good one, and it was particularly helpful to me. Thanks

@yvettetwaters7524 4 ай бұрын

Very Appreciative! Thank You Gratefully! 🙏🏽💝

@AlanPeto 3 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@ClipKing-kv1jj 6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this talk sir triple gem bless you✨

@AlanPeto 6 ай бұрын

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@smlanka4u 3 жыл бұрын

I think it has another meaning. Because I think it is not only about something like causes and effects. And it is like a cause which cause to change/create the cause too.

@AlanPeto 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your thoughts and insight Suresh!

@atmanand5802 3 жыл бұрын

Namaste beloved Alan, Is it safe to think that we are so much more magnificent than our finite or conditioned perception and judgment of our illusory and impermanent physical reality? 🇵🇭 "The soul of man is immortal, and its future is the future of a thing whose growth and splendor has no limit." THE IDYLL OF THE WHITE LOTUS 🌿🌏📿Hari🌕🥗🩺🙏Aum🌅🌠🕉

@AlanPeto 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your thoughts Atmanand! In Buddhism, our true natural state is Nirvana which is where we have blown out the three fires of greed, anger, and delusion. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h6-fatSIurqaqoE.html

@elaineschiffman8724 Ай бұрын

Can you describe the difference between stored consciousness and the theory of a soul.

@AlanPeto 7 күн бұрын

Consciousness is one of the aggregates/skandhas which constitue a conditioned being (in our case, a sentient being). So, even the consciousness is conditioned, temporary, impermanent, and interconnected. However, upon death, there is our 'store consciousness' (think of it almost like a place where karmic 'seeds' are stored waiting to be watered to rise into other parts of the consciousness) continue on to a new existence. I'm very high leveling all this, but there is no *permanent and unchanging* thing like a soul that continues on. Only our karma (and vows/stream of consciousness). So, when a new existence takes shape, it's not this one where you have that "I" "me" "self"...that was conditioned. But the karma, vows, etc., do go into the new existence. Compare that to a soul, where there is *something* there that is permanent and unchanging. In some religions, there might be a soul that goes into a new body (reincarnation) - the Buddha didn't teach that and says that's not possible since there is no permanent and unchanging essence that continues on. It's our belief in a permanent, unchanging, and independent self which is the illusion and which causes us to create actions (karma) that keeps us trapped in the cycle of rebirth.

@amc5936 2 жыл бұрын

wish this was louder :(

@AlanPeto 2 жыл бұрын

Sometimes KZfaq 'adjusts' the volume on the volume slider (or also on your device).

@cockneybuddhist4713 4 ай бұрын

Great Video and thanks. 🎆

@AlanPeto 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@cockneybuddhist4713 4 ай бұрын

Just wondered, do you think that Dependent Origination can be looked at from a scientific point of view as well? Like the evolution of life?

@AlanPeto 3 ай бұрын

Yes and no. The theory of evolution wasn’t something in the time of the Buddha so we don’t have his views on it. But I would suspect he would still be indifferent because his focus was on karma and how it chains us to rebirth. If we go back far enough, we’ve possibly been everything! So, from that perspective, evolution would just be one more piece of why samsara is not something we want. It’s been a very long journey.