Pratyaya

pratyaya (P. paccaya; T. rkyen; C. yuan; J. en; K. yŏn ). Translated as “conditions,” "conditioning factors," "indirect cause," "secondary cause," "associated conditions," etc. Generally refers to the subsidiary factors whose concomitance results in the production of an effect from a cause, especially in the compound hetupratyaya.

The Digital Dictionary of Buddhism states:

All things are subject to the principle of cause and effect, but there are conditions/circumstances that aid the causes that produce an effect, which are called indirect causes. Given the strong attention that Buddhism pays in general to matters of causation, especially as seen in the theory of dependent arising, the matter of associated causes and factors is seen in almost any discussion. Seen in contrast with 因 hetu, the direct or fundamental cause. Hetu is like a seed, pratyaya the soil, rain, sunshine, etc.

Sources

• Buswell, Robert E.; Lopez, Donald S. (2014), The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, Princeton University 
• Thupten Jinpa, ed. (2017), Science and Philosophy in the Indian Buddhist Classics, Volume 1: The Physical World, translated by Ian James Coghlan, Wisdom Publications 

External links

• 緣, Digital Dictionary of Buddhism (to sign in, see DDB sign-in)
• rkyen, Rangjung Yeshe Wiki
• རྐྱེན་, Rigpa Shedra Wiki