Cooperative cause: 1 definition
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Cooperative cause means something in Buddhism, Pali. 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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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: Google Books: The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical SystemsThe “Cooperative Cause� refers to one of the �Four Causes� which are known in Tibetan as rgyu bzhi.—The full list is: objective cause, immediate cause, cooperative cause, dominant cause.

Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (Բ) are collected indepently.
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Full-text: rgyu bzhi, Objective cause, Dominant cause, Immediate cause, Four causes.
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Search found 5 books and stories containing Cooperative cause, Co-operative cause; (plurals include: Cooperative causes, operative causes). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Srikara Bhashya (commentary) (by C. Hayavadana Rao)
Brahma Sutras (Shankaracharya) (by George Thibaut)
IV, 3, 14 < [Fourth Adhyāya, Third Pāda]
Taittiriya Upanishad (by A. Mahadeva Sastri)
Chapter XI - Brahman the Self < [B - Brahmavidyā Explained]
Reverberations of Dharmakirti’s Philosophy (by Birgit Kellner)
A Dictionary Of Chinese Buddhist Terms (by William Edward Soothill)