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無因

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: nonexistence of cause

Senses:

  • The claim that although all existence exists as a result, there is no point in pursuing the cause. This is called no-cause, yet there is effect 無因有果. The claim that also denies the result is also called no cause, no effect 無因無果. n-causal and fruitless. It is the claim of non-Buddhist schools, since Śākyamuni taught the existence of cause. Also called 無因外道. Also cf. 無窮 (Skt. ahetu, ahetuka, niṣkāraṇa; anākāra, apratyaya, avastuka, asat, asat-kārya-vāda, ahetuka-kāraṇa-vāda, ahetukatā, ahetukatva, ahetutas, ahetutva, ahetu-sad-bhāva, ākasmika, āhetuka, nâsti-hetuka, nirāśraya, nirhetu, nirhetuka, vaiṣamya, hetu-hīna) [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, Hirakawa]
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    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 1200b

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 1314a

    Fo Guang Dictionary 5082

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0756

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1691-3

    Sanskrit-Tibetan Index for the Yogâcārabhūmi-śāstra (Yokoyama and Hirosawa) {Digital Version}

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    Entry created: 2002-04-12

    Updated: 2021-02-13