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A review on the set-subset relationship between co-existent cause and conjoined cause in Abhidharma-mahā-vibhāsā-śāstra

Introduction “This being, that exists; through the arising of this that arises. This not being, that does not exist; through the ceasing of this that ceases.” The doctrine of Conditioned Co-arising, as the profound teaching of the Buddha, obviously illustrates a certain kind of causal relationship. Thus in his answer to a Brahman’s interrogation to…

Controversies between Vasubandhu and Saṃghabhadra on Simultaneous Causality (sahabhū-hetu) – A brief review

Introduction Having reviewed the Abhidharmakośa-bhāsya-śāstra (AKB) and the Abhidharma-Nyāyānusāra-śāstra (Ny) on the controversies and the evolvement of the concept of co-existent cause, I would like to illustrate how Vasubandhu, a pro-Sautrāntika Abhidharmika drawn out the implicit meaning of simultaneous causality and redefined it as ‘reciprocally effects’ (互為果) in AKB. Vasubandhu used this new definition to…