Dependent Origination

When this exists, that comes to be;

with the arising of this, that arises.

When this does not exist, that does not come to be;

with the elimination of this, that ceases.

(Reference: SN 12.2)

In this Teaching from Gotama Buddha, he shares a very basic introduction to Dependent Origination.

Dependent Origination is a detailed Teaching that shares the “cause and effect” of how ignorance (unknowing of true reality) leads to rebirth and a being then experiences discontentedness.

Here in this Teaching, The Buddha is just sharing a basic introduction of Dependent Origination where one needs to understand the “cause and effect” relationship of “when this exists, that comes to be” and “with the arising of this, that arises”.

Conversely, “when this does not exist, that does not come to be” and “with the elimination of this, that ceases”.

This basic understanding of causality, “cause and effect”, or “action and result” forms the basis of The Teachings on The Natural Law of Kamma and will explain how everything that comes into existence whether feelings, perceptions, thoughts, or an actual being itself, has some cause that initiates it into arising or existence.

Likewise, through the same “cause and effect” or “action and result” the elimination of feelings, perceptions, thoughts, or an actual being can be traced through the same sequence of events in The Teaching of Dependent Origination.

Detailed explanation of Dependent Origination is available in this same book series found in Chapter 14 of the book “The First Stage of Enlightenment” (Volume 5).

Detailed explanation of The Natural Law of Kamma is available in this same book series found in the book “The Natural Law of Kamma” (Volume 6).