WHEEL OF BECOMING: A 6-week Introduction to Dependent-Origination
Saturdays, 9:00am – 10:30am (Pacific) via Zoom
January 25 – March 1, 2025
Tuition: Sliding scale ($250 to $180)

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DESCRIPTION

Pratītyasamutpāda (‘dependent-origination’) is the Buddhist principle that all phenomena exist merely relatively, in dependence upon other equally relative phenomena, and everything therefore lacks any inherent self-nature. The Buddha discourses at length on this topic in the sutras of the early canons and it eventually becomes the philosophical basis for the teachings of Nāgārjuna and later Mahāyāna Buddhist traditions.

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This six-part series examines the origins, development, and various modern interpretations of this fundamental Buddhist concept using the traditional 12-Link Chain of Dependent-Origination found in the Bhavacharkra Mandala, also called the ‘Wheel of Becoming’. This image beautifully captures how Buddhism weaves together meditation, art, and philosophy into one tradition.

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This is the second course in my 3-part introductory series. Participants are expected to have either taken the Turning the Dharma Wheel course or be familiar with a basic vocabulary of Buddhist teachings.      

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