因緣 in Chinese / Japanese...

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Fate / Opportunity / Chance

The Buddhist idea of Fate

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yīn yuán

in nen

인연

因緣 is the Buddhist concept of a chance meeting or an opportunity that presents itself by fate.

Sometimes this is used to describe a cosmic chain of events or cause and effect.

It also is used to describe predestined relationships between people - and sometimes married couples (although if you want one about marriage, try this: Fate / Destiny of Lovers.

因緣 can also be translated as origin, karma, destiny, affinity, connection, and relation. This all depends on context - seen alone on a wall scroll, this will be read with a “fate/chance” meaning by a Chinese person or a Korean person who can read Hanja.

The more complex definition of this word would be, “Direct causes and indirect conditions, which underlie the actions of all things.”

This concept is known as nidana in the original Sanskrit. Also sometimes presented as hetupratyaya (or “hetu and prataya”), which I believe is Pali.

Note: Japanese will tend to use this version of the second Kanji:
If you order this from the Japanese master calligrapher, expect that you’ll get this version. However, this word often carries a negative connotation in Japanese (bad things happen), as it is used that way in a certain Japanese idiom. Therefore, this may not be the best choice if Japanese is your target language.

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Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese	Pronunciation Romanization	Simple Dictionary Definition
因緣因缘 see styles	yīn yuán yin1 yuan2 yin yüan innen	More info & calligraphy: Fate / Opportunity / Chance chance; opportunity; predestined relationship; (Buddhist) principal and secondary causes; chain of cause and effect hetupratyaya. Cause; causes; 因 hetu, is primary cause, 緣 pratyaya, secondary cause, or causes, e. g. a seed is 因, rain, dew, farmer, etc., are 緣. The 十二因緣 twelve nidānas or links are 'the concatenation of cause and effect in the whole range of existence'.
三因緣三因缘 see styles	sān yīn yuán san1 yin1 yuan2 san yin yüan san innen	三因緣 Custom Scroll three causes and conditions
二因緣二因缘 see styles	èr yīn yuán er4 yin1 yuan2 erh yin yüan ni innen	二因緣 Custom Scroll two causes and conditions
何因緣何因缘 see styles	hé yīn yuán he2 yin1 yuan2 ho yin yüan ka innen	何因緣 Custom Scroll what causes and conditions?
四因緣四因缘 see styles	sì yīn yuán si4 yin1 yuan2 ssu yin yüan shi innen	四因緣 Custom Scroll four reasons
因緣依因缘依 see styles	yīn yuán yī yin1 yuan2 yi1 yin yüan i innene	因緣依 Custom Scroll Dependent on cause, or the cause or causes on which anything depends.
因緣分因缘分 see styles	yīn yuán fēn yin1 yuan2 fen1 yin yüan fen innen bun	因緣分 Custom Scroll section on causes and conditions
因緣力因缘力 see styles	yīn yuán lì yin1 yuan2 li4 yin yüan li innen riki	因緣力 Custom Scroll power of causes and conditions
因緣宗因缘宗 see styles	yīn yuán zōng yin1 yuan2 zong1 yin yüan tsung innen shū	因緣宗 Custom Scroll the teaching of causes and conditions
因緣故因缘故 see styles	yīn yuán gù yin1 yuan2 gu4 yin yüan ku innen ko	因緣故 Custom Scroll [because of] its causes
因緣智因缘智 see styles	yīn yuán zhì yin1 yuan2 zhi4 yin yüan chih innen chi	因緣智 Custom Scroll cognition of causation and interdependence
因緣法因缘法 see styles	yīn yuán fǎ yin1 yuan2 fa3 yin yüan fa innen hō	因緣法 Custom Scroll dependently arisen
因緣生因缘生 see styles	yīn yuán shēng yin1 yuan2 sheng1 yin yüan sheng innen shō	因緣生 Custom Scroll Causally-produced.
因緣相因缘相 see styles	yīn yuán xiàng yin1 yuan2 xiang4 yin yüan hsiang inensō	因緣相 Custom Scroll a causal attribute ; form
因緣觀因缘观 see styles	yīn yuán guān yin1 yuan2 guan1 yin yüan kuan innen kan	因緣觀 Custom Scroll A meditation on the nidānas.
因緣起因缘起 see styles	yīn yuán qǐ yin1 yuan2 qi3 yin yüan ch`i yin yüan chi innen ki	因緣起 Custom Scroll arising from causes and conditions
惡因緣恶因缘 see styles	è yīn yuán e4 yin1 yuan2 o yin yüan aku innen	惡因緣 Custom Scroll unfavorable circumstance
有因緣有因缘 see styles	yǒu yīn yuán you3 yin1 yuan2 yu yin yüan u innen	有因緣 Custom Scroll having a causal basis
無因緣无因缘 see styles	wú yīn yuán wu2 yin1 yuan2 wu yin yüan mu innen	無因緣 Custom Scroll no reasons
爲因緣为因缘 see styles	wéi yīn yuán wei2 yin1 yuan2 wei yin yüan i innen	爲因緣 Custom Scroll [serve as] causes and condition[s]
異因緣异因缘 see styles	yì yīn yuán yi4 yin1 yuan2 i yin yüan i inen	異因緣 Custom Scroll synonym
觀因緣观因缘 see styles	guān yīn yuán guan1 yin1 yuan2 kuan yin yüan kan innen	觀因緣 Custom Scroll scrutiny of the causes of one's error
迷因緣迷因缘 see styles	mí yīn yuán mi2 yin1 yuan2 mi yin yüan mei innen	迷因緣 Custom Scroll confused in regard to causation
一切因緣一切因缘 see styles	yī qiè yīn yuán yi1 qie4 yin1 yuan2 i ch`ieh yin yüan i chieh yin yüan issai innen	一切因緣 Custom Scroll all causes and conditions
三法因緣三法因缘 see styles	sān fǎ yīn yuán san1 fa3 yin1 yuan2 san fa yin yüan sanhō innen	三法因緣 Custom Scroll causes and conditions for the three factors
以何因緣以何因缘 see styles	yǐ hé yīn yuán yi3 he2 yin1 yuan2 i ho yin yüan ika innen	以何因緣 Custom Scroll by what causes and conditions...?
以是因緣以是因缘 see styles	yǐ shì yīn yuán yi3 shi4 yin1 yuan2 i shih yin yüan i ze innen	以是因緣 Custom Scroll by these causes and conditions
何因緣故何因缘故 see styles	hé yīn yuán gù he2 yin1 yuan2 gu4 ho yin yüan ku ka innen ko	何因緣故 Custom Scroll based on what causes and conditions?
依因緣生依因缘生 see styles	yī yīn yuán shēng yi1 yin1 yuan2 sheng1 i yin yüan sheng e innen shō	依因緣生 Custom Scroll generated based on causes and conditions
先世因緣先世因缘 see styles	xiān shì yīn yuán xian1 shi4 yin1 yuan2 hsien shih yin yüan sense innen	先世因緣 Custom Scroll causes and conditions from prior lifetimes

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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title	Characters	Romaji (Romanized Japanese)	Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Fate Opportunity Chance	因緣因缘 / 因縁	in nen / innen	yīn yuán / yin1 yuan2 / yin yuan / yinyuan	yin yüan / yinyüan
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese.