Leigh Brasington - General Principle of Dependent Origination

On August 14th 2022, London Insight Meditation hosted Leigh Brasington for a workshop on Dependent Origination and Emptiness. In this video Leigh explores the general principle of dependent origination.
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LEIGH BRASINGTON
Leigh Brasington has been practicing meditation since 1985 and is the senior American student of the late Ven. Ayya Khema. Leigh began assisting Ven. Ayya Khemma in 1994, and began teaching retreats on his on in 1997. He is also authorized to teach by Jack Kornfield.
Leigh has taught the jhanas, along with multiple insight practices, at well over one hundred residential retreats throughout the United States and Europe. He is the author of the books “Right Concentration: A Practical Guide to the Jhanas” and “Dependent Origination and Emptiness: Streams Of Dependently Arising Processes Interacting”.
Find more about Leigh’s teaching and schedule at leighb.com.
You can download a free eBook version of “Dependent Origination and Emptiness: Streams Of Dependently Arising Processes Interacting” from sodapi.leighb.com.
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To simplify:
There's 3 components here in this Idappaccayata equation : afflictions, kamma, and dukkha.
Afflictions are 3: hate, greed, ignorance
Kamma are 2: mental concocting, becoming
Dukkha are all the other links - 7 out of the traditional 12
The circular chain reaction then goes according to idappaccayata as follows:
When there are afflictions, afflicted acting arises (a.k.a. kamma)
When there is kamma, dukkha arises
When there is dukkha, afflictions arise again
When there are afflictions...
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It is truly very helpful to get into consciousness the way you have and you clarified it for me. In fact I wrote Joseph once because sometimes it was used as mind and created confusion for me. But thanks to you, now I know for sure. First time I listen to you. Pretty cool and down-to-earth and helpful! Thank you!