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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Sarvatragahetu (सर्वत्रगहेतु) refers to the “universal cause” and represents one of the five causes (hetu) of the causal condition (hetupratyaya), which itself is one of the four kinds of pratyaya (conditions) according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter XLIX. Accordingly, “the perverse tendencies (anuśaya) to be abandoned by seeing the truth of suffering and the truth of the origin are cause of all defiled (kliṣṭa) dharmas and are called universal cause (sarvatragahetu)”.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

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Partial matches: Sarvatraga, Hetu.

Full-text: Cittacaitta, Hetupratyaya.

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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)

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Conditions and Causes: Preliminary note < [Part 1 - Understanding the Conditions (pratyaya)]

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Abhidharmakośa (by Leo M. Pruden)

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A Dictionary Of Chinese Buddhist Terms (by William Edward Soothill)

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