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Paticcasamuppada (Paticcasamuppada)

(Language: Pali)

Short Description: dependent co-origination

Long Description: a Pali word in Theravada Buddhism which is usually translated as “dependent co-origination”; describes the process by which a being comes into existence, and which binds the individual to the wheel of life.

Sources: The Laughing Buddha of Tofukuji: The Life of Zen Master Keido Fukushima , by Ishwar C. Harris