Wednesday, February 4, 2009

The Law of Interconnected Cause and Effect

The Law of Interconnected Cause and Effect is one of Buddhist teaching which is important and very circumstantial. This law can be explained by formula of twelve Interconnection Nidana, in cause and effect network. The twelve Nidana are :
1. Avijja paccaya Sankhara-By the existence of ignorance, so that the forms of karma happen.
2. Sankhara paccaya Vinnana-By the existence of forms of karma, so that awareness happens.
3. Vinnana paccaya NamaRupa-By the existence of awareness, so that physically and mentality happen.
4. Namarupa paccaya Salayatana-By the existence of physically and mentality, so that six body abilities happen.
5. Salayatana paccaya Phassa-By the existence of six body abilities, so that impressions happen.
6. Phassa paccaya Vedana-By the existence of impressions, so that feeling happens.
7. Vedana paccaya Tanha-By the existence of feeling, so that desires happen.
8. Tanha paccaya Upadana-By the existence of desires, so that binding happens.
9. Upadana paccaya Bhava-By the existence of binding, so that becoming process happens.
10. Bhava paccaya Jati-By the existence of becoming process, so that birth happens.
11. Jati paccaya Jamarana-By the existence of birth, so that death happens
12. Jamarana-Deaths

Need to be understood clearly that all Nidana are relative, interconnecting, binding, and nothing singular. Buddhism doesn't accept a first cause, The Interconnection must be looked as one circle and not a enchain.

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