“Pratityasamutpada”, a Sanskrit work often translated as “dependent origination”, is a way talking about that which appears in terms of cause and effect. “The Twelve Nidanas”, the twelve links on the chain of existence, is a conceptual model used to look closely how one apparent situation conditions the next. It is a way of working with suffering in strengthening awareness of fixation.

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