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Interdependence or "dependent origination" (rten cing 'brel bar 'byung ba): a fundamental element of Buddhist teaching according to which phenomena are understood not as discretely existent entities, but as the coincidence of interdependent conditions. [MR]

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	[[~~Afflictive mental factors~~]], or ~~negative emotions~~ (~~Tib.~~ [[~~nyon mongs~~]]~~, Skt : (klesha~~) : ~~all mental events born from ego-clinging, that disturb the mind and obscures it. The five principal afflictive mental factors,~~ which are ~~sometimes called "mental poisons", are attachment~~, ~~hatred, ignorance, envy and pride. They are~~ the ~~main causes~~ of ~~both immediate and long term sufferings~~. [MR]		[[Interdependence]] or "[[dependent origination]]" ([[rten cing 'brel bar 'byung ba]]): a fundamental element of Buddhist teaching according to which phenomena are understood not as discretely existent entities, but as the coincidence of interdependent conditions. [MR]