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2025-06-15

, founder of the school, clarified the Buddhist doctrine of () as the absence of intrinsic essence in all phenomena. His dialectical method deconstructs fixed views, reinforcing and non-self () as central to liberation in thought.

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“Nāgārjuna Conqueror of the Serpent” by Nicholas Roerich, 1925. In a legendary tale, Nāgārjuna attracts the attention of a mythical race of dragon-like serpent beings, the Nāgas, through his discourses. Out of appreciation, they invite Nāgārjuna to their home world at the bottom of the sea and hand him the Prajñāpāramitā scriptures, which the Buddha himself is said to have given them for safekeeping, with the request that they only be made accessible to the world public when people were ready for their message. This legend alludes to the meaning of the name “Nāgārjuna”, which translates roughly as “white snake”. Indian mythology associates the color white (arjuna) with purity and the symbol of the snake (nāga) with wisdom. A distinguishing feature of Nāgārjuna is therefore the snakes that rise up behind his head in traditional depictions. Source: Wikimedia Commonsꜛ (license: public domain)
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2025-05-31

(paṭicca-samuppāda) is a central Buddhist doctrine describing how all phenomena arise and cease due to interdependent causes and conditions. Through the twelve links (), it explains the emergence of suffering () and the path () to its cessation, emphasizing impermanence () and the absence of a permanent self ():

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A stone relief of the Bhavacakra (Wheel of Life) at the Vipassana Meditation Center in India, established by a Myanmar-based Buddhist group. The Bhavacakra is a symbolic depiction of the cycle of existence and includes, among other elements, the twelve links of Dependent Origination. It serves as a powerful visual aid for understanding core Buddhist teachings. We will further explain the Bhavacakra in a dedicated section below. Source: Wikimedia Commonsꜛ (license: CC0 1.0; modified)
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2025-04-18

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MN 28 From… Mahāhatthipadopamasutta: The Longer Simile of the Elephant’s Footprint

“These five grasping aggregates are indeed dependently originated.…”

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2025-03-17

“But let be the past, Udāyin, let be the future. I shall teach you the Dhamma: When this exists, that comes to be; with the arising of this, that arises. When this does not exist, that does not come to be; with the cessation of this, that ceases.”

—MN 79.7 Cūḷasakuladāyi Sutta from The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Majjhima Nikāya translated by Bhikkhus Bodhi and Ñāṇamoli

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2025-02-24

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SN 12.46 Aññatarabrāhmaṇasutta: A Certain Brahmin

“Master Gotama, does the person who does the deed experience the result?…”

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2025-02-22

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MN 38 Mahātaṇhāsaṅkhayasutta: The Greater Discourse on the Destruction of Craving

“Bhikkhus, consciousness is reckoned by the particular condition dependent upon which it arises.…”

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2025-02-20
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2025-02-16

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Snp 3.12 Dvayatānupassanāsutta: 3.12 Contemplating Pairs

“For whatever you imagine it is, it turns out to be something else.…”

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2025-02-15

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SN 12.67 Naḷakalāpīsutta: The Sheaves of Reeds

“How is it, friend Sāriputta: Is aging-and-death created by oneself, or is it created by another…?…”

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2025-02-14

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SN 12.37 Natumhasutta: Not Yours

“Bhikkhus, this body is not yours, nor does it belong to others. It is old kamma……”

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2025-02-11

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SN 12.38 Cetanāsutta: Volition (1)

“What one intends… this becomes a basis for the maintenance of consciousness.…”

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2025-02-08

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SN 12.49 Ariyasāvakasutta: A Noble Disciple

“Such a noble disciple is one who is called one accomplished in view……”

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2025-02-08

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SN 12.2 Vibhaṅgasutta: Analysis

“I will teach and analyze for you dependent origination.…”

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2025-02-07

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AN 10.92 Bhayasutta: Dangers

“And what is the noble system that they have clearly seen and comprehended with wisdom?…”

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2025-02-06

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SN 12.20 Paccayasutta: Conditions

“Whether Realized Ones arise or not, this law of nature persists……”

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2025-02-05

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SN 12.26 Upavāṇasutta: Upavaṇa

“Upavaṇa, I have said that suffering is dependently arisen.…”

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2025-02-04

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SN 12.69 Upayantisutta: Surge

“Mendicants, when the ocean surges it makes the rivers surge.…”

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2025-02-03

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SN 12.15 Kaccānagottasutta: Kaccānagotta

“Kaccāna, this world mostly relies on the dual notions of existence and non-existence.…”

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2025-02-02

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Ud 1.3 Tatiyabodhisutta: Upon Awakening (3rd)

“When things become clear to the keen, meditating brahmin……”

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2025-02-01
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