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因縁 いんねん

  1. destiny; fate
  2. bond; connection; origin; tie
  3. justification; pretext
  4. hetu and prataya (direct causes and indirect conditions, which underlie the actions of all things)

因縁をつける いんねんをつける

  1. to invent a pretext for a quarrel; to pick a fight

因縁生起 いんねんせいき

  1. dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing

悪因縁 あくいんねん

  1. evil destiny

因果因縁 いんがいんねん

  1. an evil cause producing an evil effect; cause and effect; karma; retribution

十二因縁 じゅうにいんねん

  1. the twelve nidanas (continuum of twelve phases that lead to suffering)

謂れ因縁 いわれいんねん

  1. history; origin
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