Buddhadāsa Bhikkhu emphasizes the importance of paṭiccasamuppāda by pointing out that during the Buddha’s enlightenment under the Bodhi tree, the Buddha examined paṭiccasamuppāda in both forward and reverse order. Buddhadāsa Bhikkhu goes into detail about kamma, a teaching that predates the Buddha, and that the Buddha’s teaching on kamma is to be free of it, to end it. Buddhadāsa Bhikkhu describes two basic formulas of paṭiccasamuppāda, the long complete formula and the shorter version. He describes how the short formula of paṭiccasamuppāda is the atibrahmacarya, the starting point for the spiritual life that begins with the nervous system, with these eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind.

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PATICCASAMUPPADA (DEPENDENT CO-ARISING)

8812 – [6 of 7] Summary of Paṭicca-samuppāda

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