Public Dharma glossary

Paṭiccasamuppāda

Pronunciation: puh-TITCH-chuh-suh-moop-PAA-duh

Canonical definition: The principle and structured teaching that phenomena arise and cease with conditions.

Morphological structure

paṭicca (depending on) + samuppāda (arising together): dependent arising.

Canonical usage

The principle and structured teaching that phenomena arise and cease with conditions.

Common misunderstanding

It is neither a single linear cause nor a claim that everything is predetermined.

Practical significance

It redirects practice from fixed identity toward modifiable conditions.

Source anchor

SN 12.1–2

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