Samsara

Tainted and Untainted Appearances We’ve looked at the variables affecting the type of mental holograms that our mental activity gives rise to. These are the variables of “accurate and inaccurate” and “pure and impure” appearances. We’ve seen that these variables refer to both...

This series of teachings provides an in-depth analysis of the twelve links of dependent arising, which describe the mechanism of rebirth and the continuity of the mind through successive samsaric lives.

The twelve links of dependent arising describe how true suffering, the first noble truth, comes about from the true origin or cause of suffering, the second noble truth.

Nagarjuna wrote this poem as a letter to his friend, King Gautamiputra, as advice on the practice of the entire Buddhist path leading to liberation for both householders and monastics.

The path to lasting happiness avoids the pitfalls of acting out of ignorance and eliminates instead the confusion causing all our suffering.