interdependence
[dependent origination]
I
insight meditation
A modern umbrella term for contemplative practices, insight meditation examines bodily and mental processes to cultivate insight into impermanence, suffering, and nonself. While grounded in Theravada vipassana traditions of Southeast Asia, insight meditation, as it is…
interbeing.
Interbeing is a modern term coined by Thich Nhat Hanh to express radical interconnectedness. While the Buddhist doctrine of dependent origination explains how distinct phenomena arise through specific causes and conditions, interbeing is related but stresses…
ignorance
Ignorance is the fundamental misapprehension of reality that underlies suffering in Buddhist thought. Ignorance refers to a deep misunderstanding of the nature of phenomena, especially impermanence, nonself, and dependent origination. It is identified as the root…
impermanence
See: anitya, annica
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