Definition

1. Noun:
   • Root cause; fundamental origin: The primary, underlying reason or source from which something arises, especially in a philosophical or karmic context.
   • Predestined affinity; karmic connection: A bond or relationship believed to be formed by fate or accumulated through past lives, often referring to marriage or deep friendship.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Các nhà triết học cố gắng tìm ra căn duyên của mọi khổ đau. (Philosophers try to find the root cause of all suffering.)
  • Họ lấy nhau là do có căn duyên từ kiếp trước. (They married because of a predestined affinity from a past life.)

Advanced Usage

• "căn duyên nghiệp báo": karmic cause and effect; the idea that one's actions (karma) are the root cause of future circumstances.
  • Câu chuyện đó minh họa rõ luật căn duyên nghiệp báo. (That story clearly illustrates the law of karmic cause and effect.)

Variants and Related Words

• Căn nguyên (n): origin, root, source (often used for the cause of events or diseases).

  • Các bác sĩ đang tìm căn nguyên của dịch bệnh. (Doctors are looking for the origin of the epidemic.)

• Nhân duyên (n): cause and condition; a Buddhist term for the primary cause and secondary conditions that combine to produce a phenomenon.

  • Mọi sự trên đời đều do nhân duyên hội tụ. (Everything in life occurs due to the convergence of causes and conditions.)

Synonyms

• Root cause: the fundamental source or origin.
• Karmic link: a connection determined by the spiritual law of cause and effect.
• Predestination: the belief that events are decided in advance by fate.

Related Idioms

• Có căn có duyên: to have both a deep-rooted cause and a favorable condition; often said of a well-matched couple with a fated connection.
  • Hai người đó thật sự có căn có duyên mới tìm được nhau. (Those two truly have both root and affinity to have found each other.)