四缘 (四緣) sìyuán

sìyuán set phrase the four conditions
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Notes: These are different in the Pali and Mahayana canons. In the Pali canon the four conditions are: (1) 因緣 hetupratyaya 'causal condition', (2) 等無間緣 samanantarapratyaya 'immediately antecedent condition', (3) 所緣緣 ālambanapratyaya ''observed object condition, and (4) 增上緣 adhipatipratyaya 'predominant condition' (BL 'pratyaya'; Ding '四緣'; FGDB '四緣'; SH '四緣')

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