Part 1 - The Frame of the Entire Path
(Dependent Origination as the Complete Map)
The Buddha did not offer many different paths.
He taught one path—
the path that directly dismantles the cause of suffering.
And he taught one framework
that fully explains both:
1️⃣ Why suffering appears
2️⃣ Why suffering disappears
That framework is:
Dependent Origination (paṭiccasamuppāda)
The very architecture of suffering
and the very architecture of liberation
It shows that nothing arises independently.
Every experience—pleasure, pain, fear, craving—
appears only when its supporting conditions are present.
So the path is not about
changing the world,
controlling thoughts,
or forcing positive feelings.
The path is simply:
When the causes of suffering fade,
suffering fades automatically.
Why this framework matters
Because it answers three questions
that every human being carries:
- Why do I suffer?
- Where does this suffering come from?
- How can it truly end?
There is no need for a creator of suffering.
There is no need for fate or destiny.
There is no need to blame others or blame ourselves.
Suffering arises… because conditions allow it.
Suffering ends… when those conditions are absent.
The path starts with understanding
Not belief.
Not blind faith.
Not rituals.
But accurate seeing:
- What is happening right now?
- How does the sense of “I” arise?
- What keeps it going?
- What happens when it is not fed?
When the mind sees clearly
how the “I” is constructed,
it begins to lose interest in constructing it.
This is the beginning of freedom.
One sentence summary of Part 1
Dependent origination is the full map:
it shows how suffering appears
and how it disappears—
here and now.