Summary of the Patthāna Conditions
“To understand means, to understand all,...to understand only in part, means to not understand at all.” 'The Paṭṭhāna', traditionally regarded as the quintessence of the Buddha's wisdom and as the…
“To understand means, to understand all,...to understand only in part, means to not understand at all.” 'The Paṭṭhāna', traditionally regarded as the quintessence of the Buddha's wisdom and as the…
A sequence is a chain of things or events, following one after another. Thus, the crux of this condition is to describe, that there is a certain progression as to…
In life, all things build up on some foundation. Everything somewhat stands on something. And this is what defines this condition. In matters of the four elements, this condition is…
No phenomenon is a single isolated unit. All things are interrelated. And being thus, the condition of one thing depends on the conditions of various other things. Using the consideration…
Whenever one phenomenon is, by virtue of its own qualities, pulling towards itself another phenomenon, it is called attraction. On all the conceivable scales of life, can there be found…
A combination is a coming together of various elements, material or immaterial, to form a new whole. In fact, the whole universe is but a combination of elements. But to…