Monks In Cyberspace 2025-09-26 Wrong interpretations of Dependent Origination (DO Part 9)
September 25, 2025
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Show Notes
Bhante Sujato. Meditation on the breath. Dhamma talk on wrong interpretations of Dependent Origination: Only a response/rehashing of Vedic ideas, that it evolved from shorter to longer form and 'one-life' Dependent Origination. Part nine of rains series talks on Dependent Origination. Discussion of Vasubandhu's defense of three-life D.O. in Abhidharmakośabhāṣya. Talk's focus on refutal of the kinds of evidence given by Ajahn Buddhadassa of one-life D.O. in Paṭiccasamuppāda: Practical Dependent Origination. Other works mentioned: P.A. Payutto - Dependent Origination, Venerable Sunyo - Is Dependent Origination a parody of Vedic cosmology?, Jurewicz - Playing With Fire