{{EditorialContent |subclass=Key Concepts |featured-books=The Rice Seedling: Śālistamba (Raktrul, 6th); The Sūtra on Dependent Arising: Pratītyasamutpādasūtra; Teaching the Fundamental Exposition and Detailed Analysis of Dependent Arising: Pratītyasamutpādādivibhaṅganirdeśa; The Twelve Links of Interdependent Origination (Thrangu Rinpoche); The Wheel of Life: Buddhist Perspectives on Cause and Effect; How Karma Works: The Twelve links of Dependent Arising |featured-articles=Dependent Arising and the Emptiness of Emptiness; Dependent Arising by Bhikkhu Anālayo |featured-texts=Rten 'brel snying po'i khrid yig; Śālistambasūtra; Pratītyasamutpādasūtra; Pratītyasamutpādādivibhaṅganirdeśasūtra; Pratītyasamutpādahṛdayakārikā |jumbo-image=File:Tibetan Wheel of Life Bhavacakra cropped.jpg |jumbo-text=Interdependent origination (pratītyasamutpāda), also referred to as "dependent origination" or "dependent arising," is one of Buddhism's most fundamental teachings, describing how all phenomena arise in dependence upon multiple causes and conditions rather than existing independently or absolutely. Traditionally formulated as a twelve-link chain beginning with ignorance and culminating in suffering, it explains how craving and attachment perpetuate the cycle of rebirth. The principle reveals that nothing possesses inherent, independent existence—everything is interconnected and contingent. Understanding Dependent Origination is considered essential to grasping the nature of suffering and the path to liberation, as it demonstrates that suffering arises from identifiable causes and can therefore cease when those causes are eliminated.
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