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Definition[1]
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緣生 Produced by causal conditions. Produced by karma. All conditioned phenomena are produced as the result of the combination of causes and conditions. Same as 縁起 (pratītya-samutpāda). The Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra says "云何縁生。謂諸行生起法性"
Definition[2]
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Produced by causal conditions. The twelve nidānas are also called 十二緣生. Cf. 緣起.
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A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
Definition[3]
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眾緣和合而生。
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陳義孝編, 竺摩法師鑑定, 《佛學常見辭彙》
Definition[4]
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即依緣所生起者。
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漢譯阿含經辭典,莊春江編(1.4版)
Definition[5]
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瑜伽八十三卷二十二頁云:言緣生者:謂依現世眾因緣力,所生起故。
二解瑜伽八十七卷二十五頁云:謂彼諸行,從自種子,現在外緣,所集成故;說名緣生。
三解集論三卷一頁云:云何緣生?幾是緣生?為何義故,觀緣生耶?謂相故,分別支故,略攝支故,建立支緣故,建立支業故,支雜染攝故,義故,甚深故,差別故,順逆故;是緣生義。一切皆是緣故。唯除法界法處一分諸無為法。為捨執著無因不平等因我法故,觀察緣生。
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朱芾煌《法相辭典》字庫