Lesson 5: THE WHEEL OF LIFE - full talk

Richard Jones explains the Buddhist rich doctrine of the 'Wheel of Life' which describes how ALL physical and mental phenomena arise due to a previous cause. A simple process of causality (conditioning). Everything depends on something for its existence. Nothing is exempt from this except for the state of Nibbana. Things do not arise just by chance, by accident or by some outside agency - we are talking about a process of cause and effect. The Wheel of Life can be used to explain the life cycle of an individual, as well as the arising of suffering (dukkha) and the four noble truths. This doctrine of the Wheel of Life is also known as "Dependent Origination' or Conditioned Genesis (Paticca-Samuppada in Pali - which is the original language if the Buddhist Scriptures). . . . . . . . . . Subscribe for new videos: https://goo.gl/9w29n6