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- English
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Dependent Origination in Plain English
About this book
In his famously accessible language, the author of Mindfulness in Plain English unpacks the foundational Buddhist theory of dependent origination, showing the reader how by eliminating ignorance we can eliminate suffering. Nothing happens by accident. All things, no matter how mundane or meaningful, arise based on causes and conditions. And without those causes and conditions they would not arise at all. This, in short, is the Buddha's teaching of dependent origination. Embedded in this fundamental theory are central teachings such as nonself, impermanence, and the four noble truths. And from it we can see for ourselves how suffering and rebirth, the great problems lying at the heart of the dhamma, arise—and how they pass away. In Dependent Origination in Plain English, the venerable scholar-monk Bhante Gunaratana and his student Veronique Ziegler break down this keystone Buddhist teaching from the Pali canon into its core components, guiding the reader step by step from ignorance to suffering and its end. The process leading to future rebirths may seem far off, but it's not some distant event. It's happening now, with every breath you take.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Contents
- Preface
- A Note on Language
- Introduction
- 1. Ignorance
- 2. Sankharas
- 3. Consciousness
- 4. Mentality and Materiality
- 5. The Sixfold Base
- 6. The Nutriment of Contact
- 7. Feeling
- 8. Craving
- 9. Clinging
- 10. Becoming
- 11. Birth
- 12. Death and the Arising of This Entire Mass of Suffering
- Reflecting on Impermanence
- Reversing the Chain
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Authors
- Copyright