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  • In a dependent manner.

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  • adverb In a dependent manner.

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  • adverb In a dependent manner.

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dependent +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Being empty, no independent, self-characterized phenomena can be found; everything is dependently originated (implying a mode of existence).

    Principle Path to Enlightenment 2010

  • This understanding of the "self" as a dependently originated being must also be extended to our understanding of other sentient beings.

    Training the Mind: Verse 1 2010

  • Then His Holiness turns to Nagarjuna�s text and demonstrates how the second verse encapsulates the purport of the Buddha�s wisdom teaching in the Madhyamika (Middle Way) view that all existents in the universe (e.g., aggregates, sense powers, samsara, nirvana) are empty of inherent or true existence yet they do exist dependently through mere nominal designation.

    Nagarjuna's Bodhichitta Commentary 2010

  • Since all phenomena are dependently originated (not objectively existent), all phenomena are empty

    Principle Path to Enlightenment 2010

  • Before turning to Shantideva�s text His Holiness dwells on the dependently arisen nature of our happiness and suffering, showing by way of Buddha�s basic teaching of the four noble truths how both of them are produced from causes under our control.

    Bodhisattva's Way of Life 2010

  • Being empty, no independent, self-characterized phenomena can be found; everything is dependently originated (implying a mode of existence).

    Principle Path to Enlightenment 2010

  • Conventional truth is the dependently originated multiplicity of phenomena each of which is mentally imputed upon a basis that is other than itself.

    Nagarjuna's Bodhichitta Commentary 2010

  • Hence, all dependently originated phenomena do not exist in the way they appear to us as objective, independent, substantial existents.

    Principle Path to Enlightenment 2010

  • His Holiness distills the essence of the ninth wisdom chapter in a succinct and effortlessly authoritative presentation of how all phenomena are dependently arisen, empty of inherent existence, mere dependently imputed.

    Bodhisattva's Way of Life 2010

  • Since all phenomena are dependently originated (not objectively existent), all phenomena are empty

    Principle Path to Enlightenment 2010

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