 Compounded things proceed by means  Of causes and conditions,  Mutual causality and dependent arising;  Foolish people don’t realize this.  For example, by the power of effort,  Muñja grass and balbaja grass can be woven together into a rope;  A water-wheel turns, but  The individual parts can’t turn by themselves.  In the same way, all the aspects of being  Exist in dependence on the combination of the others;  From the most distant past to the farthest future,  One of these existing by itself is not apprehended. (SS-G: 230)