22/ Parallels Between DA and the Prajāpati Myth ... #SB22of10K
… Evidence that *saṅkhārā* was a familiar word in the Buddha's day, meaning rituals dealing with the self; and a summary of the parallels thus far.
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15/ But there's more to *saṅkhārā* than that. As well as standing in the place of our ignorant, instinct-driven arrival, it was the word used in his day for the very common *ātman*-perfecting fire rituals practiced by the top three castes in his culture. #SB22of10k 9/ 10/
1/ Moving forward through the links of dependent arising (DA), we went from ignorance to *saṅkhārā* last time, and here we'll consider ignorance and *saṅkhārā* but heading toward consciousness. But first I'd like to focus on a mini-pattern in Prajāpati's story.
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