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The ''''Heart of Dependent Origination'''' is a short text written by [[Nagarjuna|Nagarjuna]] on [[dependent origination|interdependence]], one of the basic Buddhist principles according to the [[Mahayana]] tradition.  He also wrote an autocommentary.
'''''The Heart of Dependent Origination''''' (Skt. ''pratītyasamutpādahṛdaya'') — a short text written by [[Nagarjuna]] on the heart or 'essence' (Skt. ''hṛdaya'') of [[dependent origination]] in just seven stanzas. He shows how the [[twelve links of dependent origination]] can be further condensed into the three categories of [[klesha|afflictions]], [[karma]] and [[suffering]], and how all phenomena, being interdependent, are empty of true existence.


==External Links==
==Text==
{{LH|indian-masters/nagarjuna/heart-dependent-origination|''The Heart of Dependent Origination'' by Nagarjuna}}
*Nāgārjuna, ''rten cing 'brel par 'byung ba'i snying po'i tshig le'ur byas pa''. [[Toh]] 1135, [[Dergé Tengyur]], vol. 96 (dbu ma, tsa): 146b.2–146b.7
**English translation: {{LH|indian-masters/nagarjuna/heart-dependent-origination|''The Heart of Dependent Origination'' by Nagarjuna}}
 
==Commentaries==
*Nagarjuna, autocommentary
*[[Jamyang Loter Wangpo]], ''Commentary on Nāgārjuna's Verses on the Essence of Dependent Origination'' (Skt. ''pratītyasamutpāda hṛdaya kārikā'')
**English translation: {{LH|tibetan-masters/jamyang-loter-wangpo/dependent-origination-commentary|Commentary on Nāgārjuna's Verses on the Essence of Dependent Origination}}


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Revision as of 11:29, 8 January 2026

The Heart of Dependent Origination (Skt. pratītyasamutpādahṛdaya) — a short text written by Nagarjuna on the heart or 'essence' (Skt. hṛdaya) of dependent origination in just seven stanzas. He shows how the twelve links of dependent origination can be further condensed into the three categories of afflictions, karma and suffering, and how all phenomena, being interdependent, are empty of true existence.

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