Dependent Origination & Grace

[braam van bruggen]

Also seen as a wheel, or chain, which may be broken at it's weakest link,
that between sensation and reaction. More correctly, not broken, but the
turning of the wheel may be reversed at this point. In meditation, if 
sensation
is observed without reaction, then reaction no longer leads to ongoing
ego-formation, which no longer leads to...through each of the 12 links, till
finally there is no more rebirth of a body that feels sensation causing 
reaction....

Braam

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Subject: Re: Dependent Origination & Grace


>          The doctrine of pratītyasamutpāda often translated as
>          "Dependent Arising," is an important part of Buddhist
>          metaphysics. Common to all schools of Buddhism, it
>          states that phenomena arise together in a mutually
>          interdependent web of cause and effect. It is variously
>          rendered into English as "dependent origination",
>          "conditioned genesis", "dependent co-arising", "inter-
>          dependent arising", or "contingency".
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratitya-samutpada
>
> Very cool concepts, Ms. Bradstreet. Makes me think of:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=To_FmzOoJe8
>
> . . . .the way sets of things/events in this unfolding animation group
> and ungroup, sometimes rising up all as one. I suppose to really be
> aware of events over time one must be sitting in a fairly stable place,
> which sounds pretty much like the Buddhist way to go.
>
> Your post also makes me think how wonderfully variegated
> everything is, thanks.
>