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Ep. 164 – Dependent Origination

Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein

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The Law of Dependent Origination

Delusion in this sense means that not only don't we see that everything is continually changing, which gives rise to the concept of being or person of self. The delusion that arises is that we actually take what is suffering, take what is unsatisfactory to be desirable. Then we're unable to understand the first noble truth, which Michelle spoke of the other night. We're unable to appreciate, to understand, to see that there is dukkha, there is suffering inherent in this process of momentariness and dissolution. There is no satisfaction because everything is continually dissolving.

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