緣

(緣, 缘)

(sa) pratyaya means conviction, reliance, but with Buddhists especially it means 'a co-operating cause, the concurrent occasion of an event as distinguished from its proximate cause'. M.W. It is the circumstantial, conditioning, or secondary cause, in contrast with [lang id =1028]因 (sa) hetu, the direct or fundamental cause. (sa) hetu is as the seed, (sa) pratyaya the soil, rain, sunshine, etc. To reason, conclude. To climb, lay hold of. The mind [lang id =1028]能緣can reason, the objective is [lang id =1028]所緣, the two in contact constitute the reasoning process. The four kinds of causes are [lang id =1028]因緣; [lang id =1028]次第緣; [lang id =1028]緣緣, and [lang id =1028]增上緣 q.v.

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１．事物的相涉關係， 如因緣。 ２．攀附的意思， 如攀緣。