The Twelve Links of Interdependent Origination

The Twelve Links of Interdependent Origination

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Descriptionངོ་སྤྲོད།

When the Buddha taught, he said that achieving enlightenment is due entirely to receiving correct teachings and then on how diligently one implements these teachings. One may ask, how does this whole phenomenal world work? The Buddha taught that it all follows the process of interdependent origination in which one action or event causes another event, which causes another event and so on.

In personal terms interdependent origination explains how our happiness and suffering in our present life is the result of actions in our previous lives. This process proceeds through twelve links and each of these links or phases is explained in detail in this book. Source: (Palpung Bookstore)

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Thrangu, Khenchen Rinpoche. The Twelve Links of Interdependent Origination. Ocean of Dharma Series. Auckland: Zhyisil Chokyi Ghatsal Publications, 2001.

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• Biography of Thrangu Rinpoche9

• 1. Cause & Effect13
• 2. The Twelve Links17
  • 1. Ignorance17

• • 2. Karmic Creation22
  • 3. Consciousness24
  • 4. Name & Form25
  • 5. The Perceptual Entrances27
  • 6. Contact28
  • 7. Feeling 28
  • 8. Grasping29
  • 9. Adoption30

• • 10. Becoming30
  • 11. Rebirth31
  • 12. Aging & Death31

• The Process of Interdependent Origination32
• 3. The Two Main Kinds of Causes35
  • The Accompanying Conditions36
  • The View36
  • The Five Aspects of Causality37
  • The Eight Examples39

• 4. The Relevance of Interdependence for the Buddhist Teachings41
  • Interdependence in the Sutras44
  • Interdependence in the Mahamudra45

• 5. The Twelve Links Applied to One's Action47
  • The Three Groups of the Twelve Links48
  • The Conventional & Ultimate Aspects49

• • The Twelve Links & Their Analogies50
  • The Six Realms of Samsara51
  • Notes53
  • Glossary of Terms55
  • Meditation Centre Information60
  • Long Life Prayer for Thrangu Rinpoche62