Twelve Dependent Co-arisings
And what is dependent co-arising? (1) From ignorance as a requisite
condition come fabrications. (2) From fabrications as a requisite
condition comes consciousness. (3) From consciousness as a requisite
condition comes name-&-form. (4) From name-&-form as a requisite
condition come the six sense media. (5) From the six sense media as a
requisite condition comes contact. (6) From contact as a requisite
condition comes feeling. (7) From feeling as a requisite condition comes
craving. (8) From craving as a requisite condition comes
clinging/sustenance. (9) From clinging/sustenance as a requisite
condition comes becoming. (10) From becoming as a requisite condition
comes birth. (11) From birth as a requisite condition, (12) then aging &
death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, distress, & despair come into play.
Such is the origination of this entire mass of stress & suffering.
Analysis of Dependent Co-arising(SN 12.2)
Twelve apostles
(1) Peter (2) Andrew Simon Peter¡¯s brother
(3) James
(4) John
(5) Philip
(6) Bartholomew(Nathanael)
(7) Thomas(Didymus)
(8) (Levi)Matthew
(9) James the younger
(10) Thaddaeus(Judas (not Judas Iscariot))
(11) Zealot[Zelotes], Simon the Canaanite
(12) Judas Iscariot
Twelve Dependent Co-arisings and Twelve apostles
* Twelve Dependent Co-arisings are the 12 conditions necessary for the
operation of the thought.
* In the New Testament, the characteristics of the 12 Dependent
Co-arisings are deficted using the individual characteristics of the 12
apostles.
Twelve Dependent Co-arisings
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Twelve apostles
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(1) ignorance
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(1) Peter
73 After a little while, those standing there went up to Peter
and said,
"Surely you are one of them; your accent gives you
away."
74 Then he began to call down curses, and he swore to them,
"I
don¡¯t know the man!"
Immediately a rooster crowed. 75 Then Peter remembered the word
Jesus had spoken:
"Before the rooster crows, you will disown me
three times."
And he went outside and wept bitterly. (Matthew
26:73-75)
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(2) fabrications
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(2) Andrew Simon Peter¡¯s brother
40 Andrew, Simon Peter¡¯s brother, was one of the two who heard
what John had said and who had followed Jesus. 41 The first
thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, ¡°We
have found the Messiah¡± (that is, the Christ). 42 And he brought
him to Jesus.
Jesus looked at him and said,
"You are Simon son of John. You
will be called Cephas"
(which, when translated, is Peter[g]).
(John 1:40-42)
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(3) consciousness
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(3) James
51 When he arrived at the house of Jairus, he did not let anyone
go in with him except Peter, John and James, and the child¡¯s
father and mother. 52 Meanwhile, all the people were wailing and
mourning for her.
"Stop wailing,"
Jesus said.
"She is not dead
but asleep."
53 They laughed at him, knowing that she was dead. 54 But he
took her by the hand and said,
"My child, get up!"
55 Her spirit
returned, and at once she stood up. Then Jesus told them to give
her something to eat. 56 Her parents were astonished, but he
ordered them not to tell anyone what had happened. (Luke
8:51-56)
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(4) name-&-form
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(4) John
2 After six days Jesus took Peter, James and John with him and
led them up a high mountain, where they were all alone. There he
was transfigured before them. 3 His clothes became dazzling
white, whiter than anyone in the world could bleach them. 4 And
there appeared before them Elijah and Moses, who were talking
with Jesus.
5 Peter said to Jesus,
"Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let
us put up three shelters—one
for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah." 6 (He did not know
what to say, they were so frightened.)
7 Then a cloud appeared and covered them, and a voice came from
the cloud:
"This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him!"
(Mark
9: 2-7)
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(5) six sense media
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(5) Philip
8 Philip said,
"Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough
for us."
9 Jesus answered:
"Don't you know me, Philip, even after I have
been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen
the Father. How can you say,
'Show us the Father'? 10 Don¡¯t you
believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me?
The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority.
Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work.
11 Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father
is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the works
themselves. (John 14:8-11)
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(6) contact
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(6) Bartholomew(Nathanael)
47 When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him,
"Here
truly is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit."
48
"How do you know me?"
Nathanael asked.
Jesus answered,
"I saw you while you were still under the fig
tree before Philip called you."
49 Then Nathanael declared,
"Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you
are the king of Israel."
50 Jesus said,
"You believe[h] because I told you I saw you
under the fig tree. You will see greater things than that."
51
He then added,
"Very truly I tell you,[i] you[j] will see
'heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending
on'[k] the Son of Man."
(John 1: 47-51)
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(7) feeling
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(7) Thomas(Didymus)
25 So the other disciples told him,
"We have seen the Lord!"
But he said to them,
"Unless I see the nail marks in his hands
and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his
side, I will not believe."
26 A week later his disciples were in the house again, and
Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came
and stood among them and said,
"Peace be with you!"
27 Then he
said to Thomas,
"Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out
your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe."
28 Thomas said to him,
"My Lord and my God!"
29 Then Jesus told him,
"Because you have seen me, you have
believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have
believed."
(John 20: 25-29)
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(8) craving
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(8) (Levi)Matthew
27 After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the
name of Levi sitting at his tax booth.
"Follow me,"
Jesus said
to him, 28 and Levi got up, left everything and followed him.
29 Then Levi held a great banquet for Jesus at his house, and a
large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them.
30 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law who belonged to
their sect complained to his disciples, ¡°Why do you eat and
drink with tax collectors and sinners?¡±
31 Jesus answered them,
"It is not the healthy who need a
doctor, but the sick. 32 I have not come to call the righteous,
but sinners to repentance."
(Luke 5:27-32)
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(9) clinging/sustenance
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(9) James the younger
37 With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last.
38 The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.
39 And when the centurion, who stood there in front of Jesus,
saw how he died,[c] he said,
"Surely this man was the Son of
God!"
40 Some women were watching from a distance. Among them were
Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of Joseph and James the
younger,[d] and Salome. 41 In Galilee these women had followed
him and cared for his needs. Many other women who had come up
with him to Jerusalem were also there. (Mark 15:37-41)
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(10) becoming
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(10) Thaddaeus(Judas (not Judas Iscariot))
22 Then Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said,
"But, Lord, why do you
intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?"
23 Jesus replied,
"Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My
Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our
home with them. 24 Anyone who does not love me will not obey my
teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to
the Father who sent me. (John 14:22-24)
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(11) birth
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(11) Zealot[Zelotes], Simon the Canaanite
6 Then they gathered around him and (Simon the Canaanite) asked
him,
"Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to
Israel?"
7 He said to them:
"It is not for you to know the times or dates
the Father has set by his own authority. 8 But you will receive
power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my
witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the
ends of the earth."
9 After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes,
and a cloud hid him from their sight. (Acts 1:6-9)
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(12) aging & death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, distress, &
despair
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(12) Judas Iscariot
3 When Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was
condemned, he was seized with remorse and returned the thirty
pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders. 4
"I have
sinned,"
he said,
"for I have betrayed innocent blood."
"What is that to us?"
they replied.
"That¡¯s your
responsibility."
5 So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he
went away and hanged himself.
6 The chief priests picked up the coins and said,
"It is against
the law to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money."
7 So they decided to use the money to buy the potter¡¯s field as
a burial place for foreigners. 8 That is why it has been called
the Field of Blood to this day. 9 Then what was spoken by
Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled:
"They took the thirty pieces
of silver, the price set on him by the people of Israel, 10 and
they used them to buy the potter's field, as the Lord commanded
me."
(Matthew 27:3-10)
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