IARF presents: Buddhism and Free Religion: The Twelve Links of Dependent Origination (1)
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The first six links trace from ignorance to sensory experience. Ignorance (avidya) obscures reality, prompting volitional formations (sankhara)—karmic impulses shaping consciousness (vijnana). This consciousness conditions name-and-form (nama-rupa), the mind-body complex, enabling six sense bases (salayatana): eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, mind. Contact (sparsa) arises as senses meet objects, producing feeling (vedana)—pleasant, unpleasant, or neutral tones. For beginners, recognize ignorance as misunderstanding impermanence and non-self, driving habitual actions that build this psycho-physical wheel in daily perceptions.
The first six links trace from ignorance to sensory experience. Ignorance (avidya) obscures reality, prompting volitional formations (sankhara)—karmic impulses shaping consciousness (vijnana). This consciousness conditions name-and-form (nama-rupa), the mind-body complex, enabling six sense bases (salayatana): eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, mind. Contact (sparsa) arises as senses meet objects, producing feeling (vedana)—pleasant, unpleasant, or neutral tones. For beginners, recognize ignorance as misunderstanding impermanence and non-self, driving habitual actions that build this psycho-physical wheel in daily perceptions.