The doctrine of dependent origination is one of the Buddha's most profound teachings. It's also very hard to get a real grasp on. We'll try to simplify the teaching by looking at a couple of suttas that may reveal an earlier stage in its development. 🧡 If you find this material useful, check out my Patreon page and get fun benefits like exclusive videos, audio-only versions, and extensive show notes: https://www.patreon.com/dougsseculardharma 🧡 You can also make donations through: https://paypal.me/dougsdharma 📙 Check out my book, A Handbook of Early Buddhist Wisdom, with a Foreword by Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi: https://books2read.com/buddhisthandbook ☸️ Free mini-course at the Online Dharma Institute: onlinedharma.org. 🎙Check out my podcast with Jon Aaron, Diggin' the Dharma: https://digginthedharma.com/ ✅ Books mentioned: Johannes Bronkhorst (2009), _Buddhist Teaching in India_ (Boston: Wisdom): https://amzn.to/3Y0zha3 Richard Gombrich (2009), _What the Buddha Thought_ (London: Equinox): https://amzn.to/4pG5bEV ✅ Video mentioned: Did the Buddha Feel Pain? -- https://youtu.be/t7IML62w668 ✅ Suttas mentioned: https://suttacentral.net/dn15/en/sujato https://suttacentral.net/snp4.11/en/sujato https://suttacentral.net/mn18/en/sujato https://suttacentral.net/mn28/en/sujato Webpage: https://www.dougsdharma.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onlinedharmainstitute/ Mastodon: https://mindly.social/@dougsdharma Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dougsdharma/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@dougsdharma Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/dougsdharma.bsky.social Thumbnail image courtesy of Christine Schmidt from Pixabay. ❤️ Thanks to Patreon Patrons: Anonymous (4) Omar John Oborne Debbie Mattison Ron Peat Michael S. Kearns Anne Matthew Smith Shantha Wengappuli Karma_CAC Jorge Seguel Christopher Apostolof GailJM David Bell T Pham VCR Upayadhi Andi and Erik Michael Scherrer khobe schofield Alex Perdomo Benji Forsyth Sonny Flink Steve Marlor Joy L Lee Andrew T

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