Dependent Origination
Dependent Origination is a doctrine which states that all phenomena arise in dependence upon other phenomena. As The Buddha puts it: “if this exists, that exists; if this ceases to exist, that also ceases to exist.” Thus no entity or event is isolated and self-enclosed but is inherently linked to other things in a complex web of dependently originated processes. I believe this to be the perspective of the right hemisphere, since the right hemisphere is able to integrate individual aspects of things into a coherent whole whereas the left sees only separate entities. The Nikayas typically expound the doctrine of Dependent Origination through the twelve links of Dependent Origination.
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