Cause: 2 definitions
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Cause means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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In Hinduism
Yoga (school of philosophy)
Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason BirchThe Cause (of the highest good) is denoted by the Sanskrit term Kāraṇa, according to the Amanaska Yoga treatise dealing with meditation, absorption, yogic powers and liberation.—Accordingly, as Īśvara says to Vāmadeva: “[...] Putting on ochre garments, carrying a skull, plucking out clumps of hair, maintaining non-vedic religious observances, ashes, ascetic clothing and matted locks, behaving as if mad, [the ascetic practice of] nakedness, [studying] the Vedas, Tantras and so on and the meeting [of learned people] for [reciting] poetry in the assembly: All [this] is exertion for the sake of filling one's stomach and is not the cause (kāraṇa) of the highest good. [na śreyasaḥ kāraṇam] [...]”.
Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrinescf. paccaya (1). - For the five c. of existence, s. paticca-samuppāda (10).
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Cause Effect, Causheri.
Full-text (+9172): Hetu, Karana, Nidana, Nimitta, Upadana, Samavayikarana, Hetuka, Ahetu, Akarana, Upadanakarana, Karanakarana, Prayojana, Animitta, Nimittakarana, Karanika, Adimula, Vibhava, Nimittin, Karyakarana, Duhkhada.
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Search found 509 books and stories containing Cause; (plurals include: Causes). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Bhagavati-sutra (Viyaha-pannatti) (by K. C. Lalwani)
Part 11 - On cause, non-cause < [Chapter 7]
Part 3 - Activities, iriyāpathikī and sāmparāikī < [Chapter 1]
Part 3 - On the standard of pain of infernal beings < [Chapter 2]
Yoga-sutras (with Vyasa and Vachaspati Mishra) (by Rama Prasada)
Sūtra 4.3 < [Book 4 - Absolute Independence (Kaivalya)]
Sūtra 4.2 < [Book 4 - Absolute Independence (Kaivalya)]
Sūtra 2.28 < [Book 2 - Practice (Sādhana)]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Ninth comparison or upamāna: A reflection (bimba) in a mirror (ādarśa) < [Bodhisattva quality 19: the ten upamānas]
III.a Causality according to the Abhidharma < [Part 1 - Understanding the Conditions (pratyaya)]
Conditions and Causes: Preliminary note < [Part 1 - Understanding the Conditions (pratyaya)]
Chapter II - The Group On Cause < [Part I]
Chapter I - The Group Of Triplets < [Part I]
Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary) (by Vijay K. Jain)
Verse 6.27 - The nature of Obstructive-karmas < [Chapter 6 - Influx of Karmas]
Verse 6.11 - The nature of Unpleasant-feeling Karmas < [Chapter 6 - Influx of Karmas]
Verse 5.7 - Substances without-movement (niṣkriya) < [Chapter 5 - The Non-living Substances]
Vaisheshika-sutra with Commentary (by Nandalal Sinha)
Sūtra 5.2.11 (Cause of thundering) < [Chapter 2 - Of Non-volitional Action]
Sūtra 10.1.6 (Above continued: Causes of Pleasure and Pain) < [Chapter 1 - Of the Attributes of the Soul]
Sūtra 5.2.24 (Attributes are non-combinative causes) < [Chapter 2 - Of Non-volitional Action]
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