The Buddhist notion of dependent origination is a complicated and difficult subject. We'll look at its manifestation in the early teachings, in its canonical twelvestep formula as well as in formulations that are simpler. Then we'll tackle the question of how to unbind oneself from the chain altogether.

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✅ Book:

Bhikkhu Bodhi The Great Discourse on Causation: http://amzn.to/2DCn8gJ

✅ Suttas discussed in this video:

The Mahāhatthipadopama Sutta (MN 28.28): https://suttacentral.net/en/mn28
The Nidāna Saṃyutta (e.g., SN 12.1): https://suttacentral.net/en/sn12.1
The Kalahavivāda Sutta (Snp. 4.11): https://suttacentral.net/en/snp4.11
The Mahānidāna Sutta (DN 15): https://suttacentral.net/en/dn15


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