Interdependent co-arising; every phenomenon that appears in the world is the result of everything...

   Interdependent co-arising; every phenomenon that appears in the world is the result of everything else. This is, because that is. For example, explain the existence of this tree. This tree’s existence can be explained by many “that’s”: that sun, that cloud, that rain, the earth and it’s position relative to the other planets in the solar system… Once you have finished this list, you realize you then must go on to explain the existence of all the things you just mentioned, because without any one of them the tree would not be there. It’s in this way that you realize everything in the universe is necessary for the tree to exist. 

–Understand our mind Hanh 2006 (paraphrased)