The Twelve Links of Interdependent Origination Quotes

“The Buddhist view is not like that. Rather the Buddhist view is that if the causes of suffering have been created, then there will be suffering. It is not that some external being has decided to make us miserable for some reason. The Buddhist view is that the causes have come together completely and manifested their result. Likewise, when we experience happiness, it is because the various factors that give rise to happiness have come together, not because some external being decided that we should be happy.”
― Khenchen Thrangu, The Twelve Links of Interdependent Origination