Position
Dependent Origination
Suffering arises through a conditioned sequence rooted in ignorance and craving, and ceases when those sustaining conditions cease.
Classification
- Position level
- specific
- Domains
- Ethics
Position on
- The Origin and Cessation of Suffering
Suffering is sustained by a conditioned sequence rooted in ignorance and craving; when those conditions cease, suffering ceases.
Held by traditions
- Buddhism
Question scope: The Origin and Cessation of Suffering
References
- Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Buddha, section 3.f, Causality and the Principle of Dependent Arising
- Samyutta Nikaya 12.1–2 (paṭicca-samuppāda)