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無因無果

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Basic Meaning: neither cause nor effect

Senses:

  • The fourth of the four categories of mistaken non-Buddhist understandings regarding causation 外道四執, asserting that we do not incur any retribution for past actions, and our present actions have no effect on the future. This negative doctrine was held by the Ājīvikas 邪命外道, who considered that the cause and the effect are neither one, nor separate and different. 〔三論玄義 T 1852.45.1b13〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Ui, Nakamura]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 1031

    Bulgyo sajeon 226a

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 1314c

    Ding Fubao {Digital Version}

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 705-1-19*1692-1

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    Entry created: 2020-09-21