Dependent Origination

This is the English translation of the popular “Vismitha Avabodhaya” book by Most Ven. Kiribathgoda Gnānānanda Thero on Dependent Origination.This book is a comprehensive study on Dependent Origination with sutta excerpts from the original discourses of the Buddha used skillfully to clearly explain the profound doctrine of Dependent Origination.

Gaining an understanding of Dependent Origination (paticcasamuppāda) is like possessing the key which opens the golden gate to the realm of Nibbāna. This book offers the reader a rare opportunity to sharpen his or her insight toward realizing the truth of life and gain the extraordinary good fortune to become an intelligent disciple of the Buddha.