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Pratītyasamutpāda

Pratītyasamutpāda (Sanskrit: प्रतीत्यसमुत्पाद, Pāli: paṭiccasamuppāda), commonly translated as dependent origination, or dependent arising, is a key doctrine in Buddhism shared by all schools of Buddhism. It states that all conditioned dharmas (phenomena) arise in dependence upon other dharmas: "if this exists, that exists; if this ceases to exist, that…

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Bengali
প্রতীত্যসমুৎপাদ (prôtīttôsômutpad)
Chinese
緣起 (Pinyin: yuánqǐ)
English
dependent origination, dependent arising, interdependent co-arising, conditioned arising
Indonesian
kemunculan bersebab, kemunculan bergantung, dependensi kemunculan, sebab musabab yang saling bergantung
Japanese
縁起 (Rōmaji: engi)
Khmer
បដិច្ចសមុប្បាទ (padecchak samubbat)

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Etymology

Dependent origination in early Buddhism

Lists of nidanas

Development of the twelve nidanas

Transcendental/reverse dependent origination

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Comparison with western philosophy

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Pratītyasamutpāda

Nodes179
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related to External links · 18
Pratītyasamutpāda → Alawwe Anōmadassi Thero Dependent, Bhikkhu Bodhi Pratītyasamutpāda, Bhikkhu Thanissaro, Bhikkhu ThanissaroSN, BuddhadasaThe Doctrine, Buddhist Law, Conditionality, Dependent Co-arising, Mahasi SayadawThe Shape, Mahā Nidāna Sutta, Origination, Paticca-samuppada-vibhanga SuttaSN, Paticcasamuppada, Practical Dependent Origination, Prayudh PayuttoPaticcasamuppada, Suffering, Than DaingA Discourse, Upanisa Sutta
related to Comparison with western philosophy · 13
Pratītyasamutpāda → Attic Nights, Aulus Gellius, Buddhism, Buddhist, Commentary, Hoffman, Phyrrhonism, Plato's Theaetetus, Pyrrhonism, Schilbrack, The, The Hellenistic, Western
related to Etymology · 9
Pratītyasamutpāda → In, In Vedic, Pratītya, Samutpāda, The, The Sanskrit, Upanishads, Vedas, Vedic
Bengali · 1
Pratītyasamutpāda → প্রতীত্যসমুৎপাদ (prôtīttôsômutpad)
Burmese · 1
Pratītyasamutpāda → ပဋိစ္စ သမုပ္ပါဒ် .mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .n…
Chinese · 1
Pratītyasamutpāda → 緣起 (Pinyin: yuánqǐ)
English · 1
Pratītyasamutpāda → dependent origination, dependent arising, interdependent co-arising, conditioned arising
Indonesian · 1
Pratītyasamutpāda → kemunculan bersebab, kemunculan bergantung, dependensi kemunculan, sebab musabab yang saling bergantung
Japanese · 1
Pratītyasamutpāda → 縁起 (Rōmaji: engi)
Khmer · 1
Pratītyasamutpāda → បដិច្ចសមុប្បាទ (padecchak samubbat)

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dependent origination also according nidanas 12 arising rebirth buddhist twelve phenomena one consciousness states principle existence early sn suffering process

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PratītyasamutpādaBengaliপ্রতীত্যসমুৎপাদ (prôtīttôsômutpad)1.00infobox
PratītyasamutpādaBurmeseပဋိစ္စ သမုပ္ပါဒ် .mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .n…1.00infobox
PratītyasamutpādaChinese緣起 (Pinyin: yuánqǐ)1.00infobox
PratītyasamutpādaEnglishdependent origination, dependent arising, interdependent co-arising, conditioned arising1.00infobox
PratītyasamutpādaIndonesiankemunculan bersebab, kemunculan bergantung, dependensi kemunculan, sebab musabab yang saling bergantung1.00infobox
PratītyasamutpādaJapanese縁起 (Rōmaji: engi)1.00infobox
PratītyasamutpādaKhmerបដិច្ចសមុប្បាទ (padecchak samubbat)1.00infobox
PratītyasamutpādaKorean연기 (RR: yeongi)1.00infobox
PratītyasamutpādaPaliपटिच्चसमुप्पाद (paṭiccasamuppāda)1.00infobox
PratītyasamutpādaSanskritप्रतीत्यसमुत्पाद (IAST: pratītyasamutpāda)1.00infobox
PratītyasamutpādaSinhalaපටිච්චසමුප්පාද1.00infobox
PratītyasamutpādaTagalogPlatityasamutpada1.00infobox
PratītyasamutpādaThaiปฏิจจสมุปบาท (RTGS: patitcha samupabat)1.00infobox
PratītyasamutpādaTibetanརྟེན་ཅིང་འབྲེལ་བར་འབྱུང་བ་ (Wylie: rten cing 'brel bar 'byung ba THL: ten-ching drelwar jungwa)1.00infobox
PratītyasamutpādaVietnameseduyên khởi (Chữ Nôm: 縁起)1.00infobox

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