Motif
Causal chain of existence and suffering
causal_chain_of_existence_and_suffering
A motif of the Sacred Knowledge and Wisdom family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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buddhist
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Vinaya Texts, Part I: The Patimokkha, The Mahavagga I-IV (Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 13) DHAMMA. / THE RULES REGARDING THE SETTLEMENT OF CASES. / THE MAHAVAGGA. / FIRST KHANDHAKA.; lines 4536-4605 confidence: high
The Chain of Causation, or twelve nidanas, is described as a developed answer to the same problem addressed by the second and third Noble Truths: the origin and destruction of suffering.
The passage presents the twelve nidanas as a concatenation of causes and effects addressing the origin and destruction of suffering.
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