3. The origin of suffering and the twelve links of dependent-arising.
ORIGIN OF SUFFERING
Cyclical existence
Birth, aging, and death
Afflictions:
Attachment
Hostility
Pride
Ignorance
Doubt
I/mine (perishing aggregates)
Extremist view
Supremacy of wrong views
Supremacy of ethics and religious discipline (organized religion)
Wrong view
Cleansing your mind through meditation and identifying karma that you accumulate (virtuous/non-virtuous)
12 FACTORS OF DEPENDENT-ARISING
Ignorance
Compositional activity (karma)
Consciousness
Name-and-form
Six sources
Contact
Feeling
Craving
Potential existence
Birth
Aging-and-death
Creates disenchantment with cyclical existence, propels one towards the path to eliminate suffering.