Early Buddhism

The Longer Discourse on the Ending of Craving

Mahātaṇhāsaṅkhayasutta

Language
Pāli
Period
Early Buddhist Texts
Tradition
Early Buddhism
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To counter the wrong view that a self-identical consciousness transmigrates from one life to the next, the Buddha teaches dependent origination, showing that consciousness invariably arises dependent on conditions.

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