The issue of "free will" in the context of the Buddha's teaching might
be problematic. If everything has causes and conditions, how can "free
will" operate? "Free will" seems to be a concept which hints that
there is some action or intention "outside" or "beyond" these causes
and conditions. If not, "free will" must have its own causes and
conditions. Than what is the meaning of "free" here, in the dependent
origination...?
Also, time and its fragmentation might only be a concept of the un-
awakened mind...