The purpose of this book is to help the earnest seeker to understand the concept of, and specifically, the individual links of Dependent Origination. This is the most important idea to be understood on your journey to Nibbāna. The Buddha used the term Paṭicca Samuppāda, which is Pāli for dependent origination. When one understands Dependent Origination one understands himself/herself and the world. It is truly the answer to the question of "Who am I?"

This is a 12-part series of small books for each of the links. This first book goes into the subject of Dukkha (suffering) in a very detailed manner, with over one hundred pages dedicated to ALL aspects of this first noble truth.