The Process of Paṭiccasamuppāda Development Appearing in Mahānidānasutta

Abstract

The objectives of this article were 1) study the structure and important teachings in Mahanidana Sutta, 2) analysis of the Dependent Origination in the Mahanidana Sutta, 3) to present the process of the Dependent Origination cultivation in Mahanidana Sutta.  This was a qualitative work focusing on documentary research, which was analyzed, compiled and report in descriptive style. The research found that The process of the Dependent Origination  development in Mahanidana sutta indicated that There are 12 types of suffering arising from of the Dependent Origination , beginning with ignorance as a factor in Sankhara or action-formation, Sankhara causes the rise of consciousness, consciousness causes the rise of name and forms, name and form cause the rise of six sensual organs, the six sensual organs causes the rise of contacts, the contacts causes the rise of feeling, feeling causes the rise of desire, the desire causes the rise of attachment, the attachment causes the rise of being, being causes the rise of birth, the birth causes the rise of old age and death and old age and death cause the rise of sorrows, lamentation, suffering, sadness and distress, thus the whole suffering arises. 12 Of the Dependent Origination  of suffering end line starts from the full cessation of ignorance without remaining causing Sankhara’s cessation, through cessation of Sankhara, cease the consciousness, through consciousness’s cessation, the name and forms cease, through the cessation of name and form, ceases the six sensual organs, through the cessation of six sensual organs, cease the contacts, through cessation of contacts, ceases the feeling, through cessation of feeling, cease the desire, through cessation of desire, ceases the attachment, through cessation of attachment, cease the becoming, through cessation of becoming, ceases the birth, through cessation of birth, cease the old age and death, through cessation of old age and death, cease the sorrows, lamentation, suffering, sadness, and distress. When the cycle of the Dependent Origination has been completely ceased away, it was the state of supreme enlightenment in Buddhism called Arahantship who ends up the cycle of rebirth.