Lets use the example of Entitlement to illustrate the Twelve Nidanas of dependent origination.
1. Ignorance (avijja): The person lacks understanding of the true nature of reality, including the interconnectedness of all phenomena, and the limits of their own rights and privileges.
2. Mental formations (sankhara): Due to ignorance, the person has formed habitual patterns of viewing themselves as entitled to certain privileges or benefits.
3. Consciousness (viññana): The persons consciousness is conditioned by these mental formations, making them prone to feeling entitled.
4. Name and form (nama-rupa): The persons body and mind (psychophysical constituents) manifest in a way that is susceptible to entitlement.
5. The six sense bases (salayatana): The persons sense organs (sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, and mind) interact with the external world.
6. Contact (phassa): The person encounters situations or stimuli (e.g., criticism, disagreement with their views) that challenge their sense of entitlement.
7. Feeling (vedana): The person experiences an unpleasant feeling when their entitlement is challenged.
8. Craving (tanha): The person develops a desire to maintain their sense of entitlement and see their view privileged over others.
9. Clinging (upadana): The persons attachment to their sense of entitlement intensifies, and they cling to their view as superior to others.
10. Becoming (bhava): This clinging to entitlement reinforces the persons habitual patterns and karmic tendencies, which can perpetuate the cycle of entitlement.
11. Birth (jati): The persons sense of entitlement persists and manifests in the form of demanding or expecting certain privileges or benefits that they believe they are entitled to.
12. Old age and death (jara-marana): If left unchecked, entitlement can lead to discord and conflict with others and perpetuate negative consequences in future interactions or even future lives.
In this example, we can see how the Twelve Nidanas apply to the arising and perpetuation of entitlement. By understanding the dependent origination of entitlement and recognizing the interdependence of the Twelve Links, a person can cultivate humility, empathy, and a broader appreciation of shared experience, ultimately leading to greater harmony and compassion towards others.

How to break cycle at each point:

To break the cycle at each point of the Twelve Nidanas of Dependent Origination as they relate to the example of Entitlement, here are some suggestions:

1. Ignorance (avijja): Breaking the cycle at this point involves developing understanding and knowledge of the interdependent nature of all things and the limits of ones own rights and privileges. This can be achieved through mindfulness meditation and studying Buddhist wisdom teachings that emphasize the nature of interconnectedness and the roots of suffering.

2. Mental formations (sankhara): To break the cycle at this point, it is necessary to identify and challenge habitual patterns of thought, emotion, and behavior that arise from ignorance. One can develop this awareness through mindfulness meditation and reflection on ones thoughts and emotions.

3. Consciousness (viññana): To break the cycle at this point, one needs to become aware of the ways in which consciousness allows for the reinforcement of biases and beliefs. Meditation and philosophical inquiry can help to bring such awareness.

4. Name and form (nama-rupa): To break the cycle at this point, one can cultivate mindfulness of ones own physical and psychological attributes, and compassion towards oneself and others.

5. The six sense bases (salayatana): To break the cycle at this point, one can practice restraint of the senses and cultivate mindfulness of sensory experiences, reducing attachment and craving.

6. Contact (phassa): To break the cycle at this point, one can investigate the ways in which contact reinforces ones views and biases, and cultivate openness to differing views.

7. Feeling (vedana): To break the cycle at this point, one can develop mindfulness of their feelings and understand the impermanent nature of their unpleasant sensations.

8. Craving (tanha): To break the cycle at this point, one can cultivate contentment and equanimity in the face of all experiences, instead of being constantly driven by the desire for greater entitlement.

9. Clinging (upadana): To break the cycle at this point, one needs to develop a clear understanding of the causes and conditions of clinging and form a coherent resolve to remain free from it.

10. Becoming (bhava): To break the cycle at this point, one needs to understand the impermanent nature of becoming and develop insight into the causes and conditions of becoming.

11. Birth (jati): To break the cycle at this point, one needs to relinquish the sense that they are inherently entitled to receive certain privileges or to hold particular beliefs.

12. Old age and death (jara-marana): To break the cycle at this point, one needs to cultivate awareness of impermanence and the inevitability of change and to understand that all conditioned phenomena, including entitlement, are subject to decay and dissolution.