Pratitya-samutpada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The doctrine of Pratītyasamutpāda ( Sanskrit : प्रतित्यसमुत्पादा) or Paticcasamuppāda ( Pāli : पतिचसमुपादा; Tibetan : rten.cing.'brel.bar.'byung.ba ; Chinese :縁起) Dependent Arising is an important part of Buddhist metaphysics . Common to all Schools of Buddhism , it states that phenomena arise together in