Editor's note: This feature was first published in the now-retired Bodhi Journal, Issue 6, December 2007.  Although the Dhamma[1] Theory is an Abhidhammic innovation, the antecedent trends that led to

 Editor's note: This feature was first published in the now-retired Bodhi Journal, Issue 2, January 2007. 1. Introduction This article presents a summary elucidation of the key principl

In this essay I give a brief explanation of the concept of ‘saṅkhāra’, an important factor in the Buddhist theory of Causality, showing its role in the process of births and deaths of beings.   Re