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List of Tables Table 1. The Twelve Links of the Chain of Dependent Origination 2. The Three Temporal Divisions of the Paticcasamuppada 10 3. The Twenty-three Secondary Elements (upadarupa) . . . . 39 4. The External Material Elements 44 5. Classification of the Twenty-seven Material Elements 45 6. The Fifty Elements of Sankhara 107 7. The Paticcasamuppada at a Glance Ill 8. Mano and Vinnana 122 9. The Wheel of the Five Aggregates 129 10. The Paticcasamuppada from a Mind and Matter Perspective 131 11. The Emergence of Sensation (Vedana) 138 12. Correlation between the Paticcasamuppada and the Aggregates 142 V g This page intentionally left blank ...

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