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親因

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Basic Meaning: immediate cause

Senses:

  • A direct cause, as distinguished from a proximate cause 增上緣 or a 'remote' 疎 or 'mediate cause.' For instance, the unconditioned dharma ākāśa 虛空無爲 by definition cannot exert any direct causal influence on something (as unconditioned it is non-causal, as ākāśa it is spatiality devoid of resistance to physical objects). But it can serve as an adhipati-pratyaya, i.e., proximate condition, for various (so-called) ākāśa dhatus (according to Sarvâstivādins). 〔五教章; 梵網經古跡記 T 1815.40.697a28; HBJ 3.436a10〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura]
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    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 791a

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    Entry created: 2011-03-15

    Updated: 2011-04-09