| Ye Dhamma - The Verse of Causation |
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The Pali verse "Ye Dhamma... " is a popular verse in Buddhism that explains the heart of Buddhism Philosophy i.e Dependant Origination. The Sanskrit version of the verse is called "Pratityasamutpada Hridaya Dharani" [The Heart Dharani of Dependant Origination] with Om added to the beginning of the Verse, and Svaha added at the end, thus Dharani-fying the entire verse. The Pali version never seems to have had any specific title.
ye dhammā hetuppabhavā
tesaṃ hetuṃ tathāgato āha,
tesañca yo nirodho
evaṃ vādī mahāsamaṇo
ye dhaṃmā hetuppabhavā Of things that proceed from a cause tesaṃ hetuṃ tathāgato āha their cause the Tathagatha has told tesaṃca yo nirodho and also their cessation evaṃ vādī mahā samaṇo Thus teaches the great ascetic
Further Reading1. http://www.visiblemantra.org/dharma-hetuprabhava.html 2. http://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Essence_of_Dependent_Origination_dharani 3. http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/nyanaponika/wheel090.html#fn-2 4. Translation adapted from : http://www.floridabuddhistvihara.org/rcsite/page.jsp?articleid=39 |


