緣

Readings

Pinyin: yuán

Wade-Giles: yüan

Hangul: 연

Korean MC: yeon

Korean MR: yŏn

Katakana: エン

Hepburn: en

duyên

condition

• Indirect cause; secondary cause; associated conditions; causal situation, causal condition (Skt. pratyaya; Tib. rkyen). All things are subject to the principle of cause and effect, but there are conditions/circumstances that aid the causes that produce an effect, which are called indirect causes. Given the strong attention that Buddhism pays in general to matters of causation, especially as seen in the theory of dependent arising, the matter of associated causes and factors is seen in almost any discussion. Seen in contrast with 因 hetu, the direct or fundamental cause. Hetu is like a seed, pratyaya the soil, rain, sunshine, etc. pratyaya is transliterated as 鉢羅底也. [resp. Charles Muller, Stephen Hodge; source(s): Nakamura, JEBD, Yokoi, Iwanami]
• Dependent arising; see 十二因緣. [resp. Charles Muller]
• In Buddhist theories of cognition, especially in Yogâcāra, 緣 is used to refer to the perceptual objects that are necessary for the function of the consciousnesses 識. In this sense, there is some overlap with the concept of "object" expressed in Chinese as 境 (Skt. ālambana; Tib. dmigs pa). Thus, to take as an object. To lay hold of; connect with; be connected with. The mind facing an object of the external world. To sense, perceive or cognize. [resp. Charles Muller]
• Causal situation (Skt. nidāna; Tib. gzhi). [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Stephen Hodge]
• An abbreviation of 機緣, a term for sentient beings. [resp. Charles Muller]
• A reference to the four kinds of causes 四緣. (Skt. kāraṇa, pratītya, pratyaya-hetu; Tib. skyen). [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): YBh-Ind]
• One of the ten expressions of thusness taught in the Lotus Sutra. See 十如是. [resp. Charles Muller]
• Implement(s). Relationship, affinity, connection. Opportunity, chance. [resp. Charles Muller]
• (Skt. adhyālambana, avadāna, ākārayati, ābhoga,ārambaṇa, ālamba, ālambanatva, kārya, kāryatas, gocara, gocarāṇāṃviṣayaḥ, jānīyāt, tantra, dvāra, dhātu, nimitta, niśrita, patyaya, pariṣkāra, paryāya, paryesaṇā, pūrva-yoga, prakaraṇa, pratītya-samutpāda, pratyaya-bhāva, prasaṅga, ploti, lakṣyate, vijñātum, viṣaya, sabhāga-hetu,hetu, hetu-pratyaya) [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Hirakawa]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 99

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 99

Bulgyo sajeon, 582a

Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.), 106c, 81a, 479b, 829a

Iwanami bukkyō jiten, 76, 656

A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki), 57

Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha), 54a/59, 13a/14

Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi), 115

Zengo jiten (Iriya and Koga), 6-P58, 6-P206

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 117c, 109c, 43d, 1298c

Fo Guang Dictionary, 6123, 6277

Ding Fubao

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 935, 0938, 0939

Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki), (v.1-6)291a,173b, (v.1-6)105a, (v.1-6)105c, (v.1-6)1392a

Bukkyō daijiten (Oda), 135-1, 307-1-1*1444-3

Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki), (v.1-6)1393a, (v.1-6)1450b, (v.1-6)3111c

Koga, 426, 271

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 668a, 1435a, 876d

Sanskrit-Tibetan Index for the Yogâcārabhūmi-śāstra (Yokoyama and Hirosawa)

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