Talk:Twelve links of dependent origination
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Brief description of each link
Table with three columns
The following table provides a brief description of each link, along with the symbol for each link that appears in the bhavacakra.
| Link | Description | Symbol |
|---|---|---|
| Avidya - ignorance | Ignorance of the meaning of the Four Noble Truths | a blind person groping their way with a cane |
| Saṃskara - karmic formation | The formation of karma: positive, negative and neutral | a potter shaping a vase |
| Vijnana - consciousness | The consciousness which propels one towards the next existence | a monkey swinging from a tree |
| Nama-rupa - name and form | constituent elements of mental and physical existence | two men (or five men) in a boat |
| Six ayatanas - six sense organs | The six senses through which the outer world is perceived | a house with six windows |
| Sparsa - contact | The coming together of a sense organ, an object, and a sense consciousness | lovers consorting, kissing, or entwined |
| Vedana - sensation | Sensations (pleasant, unpleasant or neutral) arise from sparsa (contact) | a person with an arrow in their eye |
| Trishna - thirst | Thirst or craving to hold onto pleasurable sensations, etc. | a person drinking or people partying |
| Upadana - grasping | If the object of one's desires comes to fruition, then trishna manifests as upadana (grasping). | a man or a monkey picking fruit |
| Bhava - becoming | Through this grasping one creates the karma that determines one’s next existence. | a couple embracing, or engaged in intercourse |
| Jati - birth | Through the power of becoming, one is reborn in a particular situation | a woman giving birth |
| Jara-marana - old age and death | Following birth, there is aging and death | a corpse |
Table with four columns and briefer descriptions
The following table provides a brief description of each link, along with the symbol for each link that appears in the bhavacakra.
| Sanskrit term | English term | Description | Symbol |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avidya | ignorance | Ignorance of the meaning of the Four Noble Truths | a blind person groping their way with a cane |
| Saṃskara | karmic formation | The formation of karma: positive, negative and neutral | a potter shaping a vase |
| Vijnana | consciousness | The consciousness which propels one towards the next existence | a monkey swinging from a tree |
| Nama-rupa | name and form | constituent elements of mental and physical existence | two men (or five men) in a boat |
| Six ayatanas | six sense organs | The six senses through which the outer world is perceived | a house with six windows |
| Sparsa | contact | The coming together of a sense organ, an object, and a sense consciousness | lovers consorting, kissing, or entwined |
| Vedana | sensation | Sensations (pleasant, unpleasant or neutral) arise from sparsa (contact) | a person with an arrow in their eye |
| Trishna | thirst | Thirst or craving to hold onto pleasurable sensations, etc. | a person drinking or people partying |
| Upadana | grasping | If the object of one's desires comes to fruition, then trishna manifests as upadana (grasping). | a man or a monkey picking fruit |
| Bhava | becoming | Through this grasping one creates the karma that determines one’s next existence. | a couple embracing, or engaged in intercourse |
| Jati | birth | Through the power of becoming, one is reborn in a particular situation | a woman giving birth |
| Jarāmaraṇa | old age and death | Following birth, there is aging and death | a corpse |
Table with four columns
The following table provides a brief description of each link, along with the symbol for each link that appears in the bhavacakra.
| Sanskrit term | English term | Brief description | Symbol |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avidya | ignorance | Fundamental ignorance of the four noble truths and the delusion of mistakenly perceiving the skandhas as a self. | a blind person groping their way with a cane |
| Saṃskara | formation | The formation of karma: positive, negative and neutral; this forms the rebirths in the various realms | a potter shaping a vase |
| Vijñāna | consciousness | The consciousness which propels one towards the next existence | a monkey swinging from a tree |
| Nāmarūpa | name and form | constituent elements of mental and physical existence | two men afloat in a boat |
| Six ayatanas (saḍāyatana) | six sense organs | The six senses by which the outer world is perceived | a house with six windows |
| Sparśa | contact | The coming together of three factors: the sense organ, the sense object, and sense consciousness (vijnana) | lovers consorting, kissing, or entwined |
| Vedanā | sensation | The pleasant, unpleasant and neutral sensations that occur when our sense organs (ayatanas) come into contact with external sense objects and the associated consciousness (consciousness) | a person with an arrow in their eye |
| Tṛṣṇa | thirst | The craving to hold onto pleasurable sensations, to be separated from painful or unpleasant sensations, and for neutral sensations not to decline | a person receiving a drink |
| Upadana | grasping | If the object of one's desires comes to fruition, then these cravings of tṛṣṇā may solidify and manifest as the quality of upadana (grasping). | a man or a monkey picking fruit |
| Bhava | coming to be | Through this grasping one acts with body, speech and mind, and creates the karma that determines one’s next existence. | a couple engaged in intercourse, a standing, leaping, or reflective person |
| Jāti | being born | Through the power of this becoming, one is reborn in a particular birthplace whenever the necessary conditions are assembled. | a woman giving birth |
| Jarāmaraṇa | old age and death | Following rebirth there is a continual process of aging as the aggregates change and develop; and eventually there is death when the aggregates finally cease. | a corpse being carried |
