What's the difference between cause and condition in Buddhism?

Buddhism holds that there are no causes, only causal conditions. Some systems of philosophy contain a notion of causality, that B happens because A (a prior event, or a specific context) happens. The Buddha holds that being able to say any such thing is not possible. We do not know, with certainty, that causation exists. read more

Buddhism holds that there are no causes, only causal conditions. Some systems of philosophy contain a notion of causality, that B happens because A (a prior event, or a specific context) happens. The Buddha holds that being able to say any such thing is not possible. read more

Not to make an essay of the thread, these conditions are: cause/seed/root condition, condition for development, condition of continuity, and object as condition. The causes, which are encapsulated in the first condition, are creative force, concurrent condition, seed condition of the same kind, associated condition, universal condition, and ripening condition. read more

The Mahayana Buddhist Canon also consists of Tripitaka of disciplines, discourses (sutras) and dharma analysis. It is usually organised in 12 divisions of topics like Cause and Conditions and Verses. It contains virtually all the Theravada Tipikata and many sutras that the latter does not have. read more