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The Three Levels of Dependent Origination
The three levels of dependent origination are classified from the grossest to the subtlest as follows: 1. Causal Dependent Origination…
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The Wheel of Life: the Twelve Links of Dependent Origination
The Wheel of Life (srid pa’i ‘khor lo) is “precisely, the teaching on The Twelve Links of Dependent Origination (rten…
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Emptiness, Dependent Origination and the Middle Way
To understand how Emptiness (stong pa nyid) equals Dependent Origination (rten ‘brel), the sources provide the following five points of…
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How Emptiness Equals Dependent Origination
A diagram from the Wisdom of Emptiness retreat, Deer Park Institute, August 2026.
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How Dependent Origination Equals the Middle Way
A diagram from the Wisdom of Emptiness retreat, Deer Park Institute, August 2026.
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The Twelve Links of Dependent Origination
A diagram from the Wisdom of Emptiness retreat, Deer Park Institute, August 2026.
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The Mechanism of the Cycle
A diagram from the Wisdom of Emptiness retreat, Deer Park Institute, August 2026.
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Wisdom of Emptiness Retreat — Day 5: 15 August 2026
Emptiness and dependent origination as one meaning — read through Lama Tsongkhapa’s In Praise of Dependent Origination.
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Wisdom of Emptiness Retreat — Day 7: 17 August 2026
Cognitive obscuration, the five paths read through the Heart Sutra mantra, and the twelve links of dependent origination.