Dependent Arising

This is the understanding that any phenomenon ‘exists’ only because of the ‘existence’ of other phenomena in an incredibly complex web of cause and effect covering time past, time present and time future.

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Everything depends on everything else. A human being's existence in any given moment is dependent on the condition of everything else in the universe at that moment.

Conversely, the condition of everything in the universe in that moment depends in an equally significant way on the character and condition of that human being.

Everything in the universe is interconnected through the web of cause and effect so that the whole and the parts are mutually interdependent.

The character and condition of entities at any given time are intimately connected with the character and condition of all other entities that superficially may appear to be unconnected or unrelated.

(GO BUDDHA!)