四緣生法

The manifestation of consciousnesses to all Form Dharmas, Mind Dharmas and other Dharmas depends on the causal conditions, which must be necessary and sufficient. There are four kinds of conditions:

1. Causal conditions ( 因緣 ) -- the cause of any effect due to the interaction between the seeds of the Ālaya consciousness and the subsequent actions and phenomena. They are the conditions based on immediate causes.
2. Non-intermittent conditions ( 無間緣 ) -- immediate cause without interval. It confines to the Mind Dharmas only. It refers to the prior thought and subsequent thought, one after the other without interval.
3. Conditioned conditions ( 所緣緣 ) -- causal conditions that influence other conditions. It refers to the Dharmas of Mental Functions.
4. Augmenting conditions ( 增上緣 ) -- like a catalyst to accelerate a condition to come to effect.