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yuán
    yuan2
yüan
 en
cause; reason; karma; fate; predestined affinity; margin; hem; edge; along
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 因 hetu, the direct or fundamental cause. hetu is as the seed, pratyaya the soil, rain, sunshine, etc. To reason, conclude. To climb, lay hold of. The mind 能緣can reason, the objective is 所緣, the two in contact constitute the reasoning process. The four kinds of causes are 因緣; 次第緣; 緣緣, and 增上緣 q.v.

三緣


三缘

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sān yuán
    san1 yuan2
san yüan
 sanen
The three nidānas or links with the Buddha resulting from calling upon him, a term of the Pure Land sect: (a) 親緣 that he hears those who call his name, sees their worship, knows their hearts and is one with them; (b) 近緣 that he shows himself to those who desire to see him; (c) 增上緣 that at every invocation aeons of sin are blotted out, and he and his sacred host receive such a disciple at death.

不緣


不缘

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bù yuán
    bu4 yuan2
pu yüan
 fuen
not contingent

事緣


事缘

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shì yuán
    shi4 yuan2
shih yüan
 jien
matter

二緣


二缘

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èr yuán
    er4 yuan2
erh yüan
 nien
two kinds of conditions

五緣


五缘

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wǔ yuán
    wu3 yuan2
wu yüan
 goen
five conditions

人緣


人缘

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rén yuán
    ren2 yuan2
jen yüan
relations with other people

他緣


他缘

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tā yuán
    ta1 yuan2
t`a yüan
    ta yüan
 taen
external conditions

何緣


何缘

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hé yuán
    he2 yuan2
ho yüan
 kaen
what conditions?

依緣


依缘

see styles
yī yuán
    yi1 yuan2
i yüan
 een
referential object

俗緣


俗缘

see styles
sú yuán
    su2 yuan2
su yüan
 zokuen
mundane entanglements

內緣


内缘

see styles
nèi yuán
    nei4 yuan2
nei yüan
 naien
The condition of perception arising from the five senses; also immediate, conditional, or environmental causes, in contrast with the more remote.

具緣


具缘

see styles
jù yuán
    ju4 yuan2
chü yüan
 guen
fulfillment of conditions

凸緣


凸缘

see styles
tū yuán
    tu1 yuan2
t`u yüan
    tu yüan
flange

初緣


初缘

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chū yuán
    chu1 yuan2
ch`u yüan
    chu yüan
 shoen
first condition

前緣


前缘

see styles
qián yuán
    qian2 yuan2
ch`ien yüan
    chien yüan
 zenen
affinities from previous lifetimes

募緣


募缘

see styles
mù yuán
    mu4 yuan2
mu yüan
 boen
(of a monk) to beg for food
募化 To raise subscriptions.

化緣


化缘

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huà yuán
    hua4 yuan2
hua yüan
 keen
(of a monk) to beg
The cause of a Buddha's or bodhisattva's coming to the world, i. e. the transformation of the living; also, a contribution to the needs of the community.

取緣


取缘

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qǔ yuán
    qu3 yuan2
ch`ü yüan
    chü yüan
 shuen
to take as cause

同緣


同缘

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tóng yuán
    tong2 yuan2
t`ung yüan
    tung yüan
 dōen
same conditions

名緣


名缘

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míng yuán
    ming2 yuan2
ming yüan
 myōen
conditions for naming

命緣


命缘

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mìng yuán
    ming4 yuan2
ming yüan
 myōen
conditions of life

唯緣


唯缘

see styles
wéi yuán
    wei2 yuan2
wei yüan
 yuien
only conditions [not causes]

善緣


善缘

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shàn yuán
    shan4 yuan2
shan yüan
good karma

四緣


四缘

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sì yuán
    si4 yuan2
ssu yüan
 shien
four conditions

因緣


因缘

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yīn yuán
    yin1 yuan2
yin yüan
 innen

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Fate / Opportunity / Chance
chance; opportunity; predestined relationship; (Buddhist) principal and secondary causes; chain of cause and effect
hetupratyaya. Cause; causes; 因 hetu, is primary cause, 緣 pratyaya, secondary cause, or causes, e. g. a seed is 因, rain, dew, farmer, etc., are 緣. The 十二因緣 twelve nidānas or links are 'the concatenation of cause and effect in the whole range of existence'.

地緣


地缘

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dì yuán
    di4 yuan2
ti yüan
geographic situation; geo-(politics etc)

報緣


报缘

see styles
bào yuán
    bao4 yuan2
pao yüan
 hōen
The circumstantial cause of retribution.

塵緣


尘缘

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chén yuán
    chen2 yuan2
ch`en yüan
    chen yüan
 jinen
The circumstances or conditions environing the mind created by the six guṇas.

外緣


外缘

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wài yuán
    wai4 yuan2
wai yüan
 ge'en
external conditions

夤緣


夤缘

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yín yuán
    yin2 yuan2
yin yüan
to curry favor; to advance one's career by toadying

妄緣


妄缘

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wàng yuán
    wang4 yuan2
wang yüan
 mōen
The unreality of one's environment; also, the causes of erroneous ideas.

姻緣


姻缘

see styles
yīn yuán
    yin1 yuan2
yin yüan
a marriage predestined by fate

字緣


字缘

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zì yuán
    zi4 yuan2
tzu yüan
 jien
母音 The 12 or 14 Sanskrit vowels, as contrasted with the 35 or 36 consonants, which are 根本 radical or 字界 limited or fixed letters.

孽緣


孽缘

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niè yuán
    nie4 yuan2
nieh yüan
ill-fated relationship

宿緣


宿缘

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sù yuán
    su4 yuan2
su yüan
 shukuen
(Buddhism) predestined relationship
Causation or inheritance from previous existence.

強緣


强缘

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qiáng yuán
    qiang2 yuan2
ch`iang yüan
    chiang yüan
 gōen
strong causation

待緣


待缘

see styles
dài yuán
    dai4 yuan2
tai yüan
 daien
depending on conditions

後緣


后缘

see styles
hòu yuán
    hou4 yuan2
hou yüan
trailing edge (of airplane wing)

心緣


心缘

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xīn yuán
    xin1 yuan2
hsin yüan
 shinen
Mental cognition of the environment; to lay hold of external things by means of the mind.

性緣


性缘

see styles
xìng yuán
    xing4 yuan2
hsing yüan
 shōen
of dependent nature

情緣


情缘

see styles
qíng yuán
    qing2 yuan2
ch`ing yüan
    ching yüan

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Predestined Love / Love by Fate
predestined love; love affinity

惡緣


恶缘

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è yuán
    e4 yuan2
o yüan
 aku'en
External conditions or circumstances which stir or tempt one do evil.

愛緣


爱缘

see styles
ài yuán
    ai4 yuan2
ai yüan
 aien
Love or desire as a contributory cause, or attachment.

慢緣


慢缘

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màn yuán
    man4 yuan2
man yüan
 manen
in the condition of pride

所緣


所缘

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suǒ yuán
    suo3 yuan2
so yüan
 shoen
ālambana; that upon which something rests or depends, hence object of perception; that which is the environmental or contributory cause; attendant circumstances.

投緣


投缘

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tóu yuán
    tou2 yuan2
t`ou yüan
    tou yüan
to be kindred spirits; to hit it off

攀緣


攀缘

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pān yuán
    pan1 yuan2
p`an yüan
    pan yüan
 han'en
to climb up (a rope etc); climbing (plant)
Something to lay hold of, a reality, cause, basis; used for 緣 q.v.

普緣


普缘

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pǔ yuán
    pu3 yuan2
p`u yüan
    pu yüan
 fuen
pervasively connect to

有緣


有缘

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yǒu yuán
    you3 yuan2
yu yüan
 uen

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Karma Connection
related; brought together by fate
Those who have the cause, link, or connection, i. e. are influenced by and responsive to the Buddha.

本緣


本缘

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běn yuán
    ben3 yuan2
pen yüan
 honnen
The origin or cause of any phenomenon.

染緣


染缘

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rǎn yuán
    ran3 yuan2
jan yüan
 zenen
The nidāna or link of pollution, which connects illusion with the karmaic miseries of reincarnation. From the 'water' of the bhūtatathatā, affected by the 'waves' of this nidāna-pollution, arise the waves of reincarnation.

根緣


根缘

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gēn yuán
    gen1 yuan2
ken yüan
 konen
Nature and environment; natural powers and conditioning environment.

業緣


业缘

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yè yuán
    ye4 yuan2
yeh yüan
 gō en
Karma-cause, karma-circumstance, condition resulting from karma.

機緣


机缘

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jī yuán
    ji1 yuan2
chi yüan
 kien
chance; opportunity; destiny
Potentiality and condition; favourable circumstances; opportunity.

正緣


正缘

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zhèng yuán
    zheng4 yuan2
cheng yüan
 shōen
[serving as] proper conditions

法緣


法缘

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fǎ yuán
    fa3 yuan2
fa yüan
 hōen
Dharma-caused, i.e. the sense of universal altruism giving rise to pity and mercy.

淨緣


淨缘

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jìng yuán
    jing4 yuan2
ching yüan
 jōen
pure conditions

滿緣


满缘

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mǎn yuán
    man3 yuan2
man yüan
 manen
fulfillment of conditions

無緣


无缘

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wú yuán
    wu2 yuan2
wu yüan
 muen
to have no opportunity; no way (of doing something); no chance; no connection; not placed (in a competition); (in pop lyrics) no chance of love, no place to be together etc
Causeless, without immediate causal connection, uncaused, underived, independent.

爲緣


为缘

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wéi yuán
    wei2 yuan2
wei yüan
 ien
[take] as condition

生緣


生缘

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shēng yuán
    sheng1 yuan2
sheng yüan
 shōen
various causes which contribute to a things coming into being

由緣


由缘

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yóu yuán
    you2 yuan2
yu yüan
 yuen
origin

異緣


异缘

see styles
yì yuán
    yi4 yuan2
i yüan
 ien
ālambana-pratyaya, things distracting the attention, distracting thoughts; the action of external objects conditioning consciousness.

直緣


直缘

see styles
zhí yuán
    zhi2 yuan2
chih yüan
 chokuen
to directly cognize

福緣


福缘

see styles
fú yuán
    fu2 yuan2
fu yüan
 fukuen
good circumstances

空緣


空缘

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kōng yuán
    kong1 yuan2
k`ung yüan
    kung yüan
 kūen
emptiness as objective condition

結緣


结缘

see styles
jié yuán
    jie2 yuan2
chieh yüan
 kechien
to form ties; to become attached (to sb, something)
To form a cause or basis, to form a connection, e.g. for future salvation.

絕緣


绝缘

see styles
jué yuán
    jue2 yuan2
chüeh yüan
to have no contact with; to be cut off from; (electricity) to insulate

緣中


缘中

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yuán zhōng
    yuan2 zhong1
yüan chung
 enchū
The place or idea on which the mind is centralized.

緣事


缘事

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yuán shì
    yuan2 shi4
yüan shih
 enji
To lay hold of, or study things or phenomena, in contrast to principles or noumena, cf. 緣理; meditation on the Buddha's nirmāṇakāya and saṃbhogakāya, in contrast with the dharmakāya.

緣何


缘何

see styles
yuán hé
    yuan2 he2
yüan ho
 enka
why?; for what reason?
why

緣佛


缘佛

see styles
yuán fó
    yuan2 fo2
yüan fo
 nuibotoke
A deceased relative or friend, i.e. a Buddha connected with me.

緣便


缘便

see styles
yuán biàn
    yuan2 bian4
yüan pien
 enben
opportunity

緣修


缘修

see styles
yuán xiū
    yuan2 xiu1
yüan hsiu
 enshu
deliberate (conditioned) cultivation

緣分


缘分

see styles
yuán fèn
    yuan2 fen4
yüan fen

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Yuan Fen
fate or chance that brings people together; predestined affinity or relationship; (Budd.) destiny

緣力


缘力

see styles
yuán lì
    yuan2 li4
yüan li
 enriki
pratyaya-bala; the power of the conditioning cause, circumstance, or contributing environment, in contrast with the 因力 direct cause.

緣務


缘务

see styles
yuán wù
    yuan2 wu4
yüan wu
 enmu
entanglement of duties

緣化


缘化

see styles
yuán huà
    yuan2 hua4
yüan hua
 enke
To convert or instruct those under influence.

緣因


缘因

see styles
yuán yīn
    yuan2 yin1
yüan yin
 en'in
Developing cause, i.e. development of the fundamental Buddha-nature, cf. 緣正.

緣在


缘在

see styles
yuán zài
    yuan2 zai4
yüan tsai
 enzai
was usually (in such-and-such a place)

緣塵


缘尘

see styles
yuán chén
    yuan2 chen2
yüan ch`en
    yüan chen
 enjin
The guṇas, qualities, or sense-data which cause the six sensations of form, sound, odour, taste, touch, and thought.

緣境


缘境

see styles
yuán jìng
    yuan2 jing4
yüan ching
 enkyō
referential object

緣對


缘对

see styles
yuán duì
    yuan2 dui4
yüan tui
 entai
in reference to

緣影


缘影

see styles
yuán yǐng
    yuan2 ying3
yüan ying
 enyō
objective images

緣從


缘从

see styles
yuán cóng
    yuan2 cong2
yüan ts`ung
    yüan tsung
 enjū
from

緣心


缘心

see styles
yuán xīn
    yuan2 xin1
yüan hsin
 enshin
The conditioned mind, the mind held by the phenomenal.

緣念


缘念

see styles
yuán niàn
    yuan2 nian4
yüan nien
 ennen
緣想 Thoughts arising from environment, similar to the last entry.

緣性


缘性

see styles
yuán xìng
    yuan2 xing4
yüan hsing
 enshō
dependence

緣想


缘想

see styles
yuán xiǎng
    yuan2 xiang3
yüan hsiang
 ensō
conditioned thoughts

緣慮


缘虑

see styles
yuán lǜ
    yuan2 lv4
yüan lü
 enryo
to bring perceptual referents into thought

緣成


缘成

see styles
yuán chéng
    yuan2 cheng2
yüan ch`eng
    yüan cheng
 enjō
The phenomenal, whatever is by causal conditions.

緣故


缘故

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yuán gù
    yuan2 gu4
yüan ku
reason; cause

緣於


缘于

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yuán yú
    yuan2 yu2
yüan yü
to originate from; to come from the fact that; owing to; because of

緣日


缘日

see styles
yuán rì
    yuan2 ri4
yüan jih
 ennichi
The day of the month on which a particular Buddha or bodhisattva is worshipped, he being in special charge of mundane affairs on that day, e.g. the 5th is Maitreya, 15th Amitābha, 25th Mañjuśrī, 30th Śākyamuni.

緣智


缘智

see styles
yuán zhì
    yuan2 zhi4
yüan chih
 enchi
conditioned cognition

緣會


缘会

see styles
yuán huì
    yuan2 hui4
yüan hui
 ene
coming together of various conditions

緣有


缘有

see styles
yuán yǒu
    yuan2 you3
yüan yu
 enu
dependently-arisen existence

緣業


缘业

see styles
yuán yè
    yuan2 ye4
yüan yeh
 engō
dependent origination and karma—the Buddhist teachings

緣機


缘机

see styles
yuán jī
    yuan2 ji1
yüan chi
 enki
Conditions opportune; favourable circumstances; cause and conditions co-operating for achieving Buddhahood.

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