Difference between revisions of "Interdependence"

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[[Thoughts]], discursive ([[rnam par mi thog pa]]): A ordinary linking together of thoughts conditioned by ignorance and relative reality. [MR]
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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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Latest revision as of 20:21, 14 January 2006

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]