Creating our world: dependent arising

An online talk on the Rice Seedling Sutra hosted by 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha to celebrate Wheel-Turning Day.

  • Purpose of the Rice Seedling Sutra
  • Meaning of dependent arising and the Dharma
  • Nothing that transmigrates from one life to the next
  • Inner dependent arising
    • Not permanent
    • Not discontinuous
    • Does not involve transmigration
    • Production of a large result from a small cause
    • Continuity of a similar type
  • Explanation of the noble eightfold path

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Venerable Thubten Chodron

Venerable Chodron emphasizes the practical application of Buddha’s teachings in our daily lives and is especially skilled at explaining them in ways easily understood and practiced by Westerners. She is well known for her warm, humorous, and lucid teachings. She was ordained as a Buddhist nun in 1977 by Kyabje Ling Rinpoche in Dharamsala, India, and in 1986 she received bhikshuni (full) ordination in Taiwan. Read her full bio.

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