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Conditioned process, no permanent self
No single creator is required. Continuity is dependent process, not a lasting soul-substance. Rebirth is the structure of cyclic existence to be understood and left.
The similarity with cyclic Indian cosmologies is rebirth and realms. Leave the missing permanent self in place — that joint belongs to this establishment.
Conditioned arising without a required creator. Multiple realms, traditional Meru maps. Continuity without a permanent self. Liberation is exit from the cycle, not perfection of a soul.
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No required creator
Conditioned phenomena. The stack does not start with a maker.
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Realms and Meru maps
Multiple realms. Meru appears in traditional cosmologies.
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Devas and many classes
Beings may take rebirth across realms. That is not a god becoming a permanent person.
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No permanent self
A human is a conditioned process. This missing piece is the architecture.
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Dependent continuity
Rebirth yes. Intermediate-state teachings exist in some streams and are not universal.
- Time
- Cyclic existence; cosmological cycles in many traditions.
- Agents
- Devas and numerous classes; Māra and affliction appear without an equal anti-God.
- Human slot
- A process that can wake. Not a lasting soul in school.
- Break
- Ignorance and craving. The cycle itself is the problem to be understood.