Aspects of Mahayana Buddhism and its Relation to Hinayana c7.s4.t7.4
Aspects of Mahāyāna Buddhism and its Relation to Hīnayāna c7.s4.t7.4
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c7.s4.t7.4
(2) Saṃvṛti implies a thing which depends on another for existence, i.e., subject to cause and condition,¹ for a really self-existent thing cannot have origin and decay, or any kind of transformation; so whatever is caused and conditioned is sāṃvṛta (phenomenal).