- 了因
- A revealing cause, v. [lang id =1028]二因 , i.e. [lang id =1028]生因 a producing or direct cause, e.g. a seed; and [lang id =1028]了因 a revealing "cause", e.g. a light, as indicating the effect; knowledge or wisdom.* * *了即照了。 謂以智慧照了法性之理, 如燈照物, 了了可見, 是名了因。* * *二因之一, 即以智慧去透視事物的原理, 如燈照物, 了了可見。
Dictionary of Buddhist terms. 2013.