Princess Yasodharā was the wife of Prince Siddhartha, before he renounced to achieve Buddhahood. Yasodharā gave birth to their only...

Nāmarūpapaccayā Saḷāyatanaṃ With mentality and materiality as condition, six sense bases arises. The next link in the Dependent...

Mental defilements (kilesa) can distort the mental states of sentient beings and because of such distortions, sentient beings perceive,...

Viññāṇapaccayā nāma-rūpaṃ With consciousness as condition, mentality-materiality arises. What is Nāma? Nāma is broadly defined as...

Saṅkhārapaccayā viññāṇaṃ With volition as condition, consciousness arises. Before we delve into the explanation of how volition...

Avijjāpaccayā saṅkhārā With ignorance as condition, volition arises. The teaching of dependent origination (paṭiccasamuppāda) starts with...