   Monday, March 03, 2014  Clarifying What I said about
Interdependent Origination   When I spoke about interdependent
origination in our everyday lives, I was trying to use very
familiar situations to introduce the concept of one action
leading to an inevitable reaction and so on. As it happens, the
Buddha's 12 interconnected links of how things happen are
somewhat more profound and unseen. Here are the 12 nidanas, or
chain of happening, as explained by someone else and me adding
to it.    1. Ignorance  Fundamental ignorance of the absolute
truth that everything is constantly changing except for our
awareness of that, and the delusion of mistakenly perceiving
that what's happening to you constitutes a verifiable solid
self.   2. Formation: As long as there is ignorance, see above, 
there will be formation of karma: positive, negative and
neutral. This leads to rebirth in the various realms.In other
words, act out of ignorance, create karma and go from there.
3. Consciousness: Formation cause the consciousn