Taxonomy of meanings for 攀緣:　　

  • THINK
    • NPabbuddhistBUDDH: mentally depending on and grasping after external objects > mental attachment; the arising of consciousness through the contact with external (sense) objects; the mental function of cognizing objects (sometimes defined as the root of delusion; through the attachment to external objects, the world is divided into sets of oppositions (good vs. bad etc.); through this discriminative thinking emotions such as love and hate are generated; see e.g. VIMALAKIRTI); skr ālambana 攀緣心
    • NPadNbuddhistBUDDH: depending on and grasping after external objects > involved in (attaching) thinking activities
  • REALM
    • NPabbuddhistBUDDH: what one mentally relies on > the cognized object
  • RELY ON
    • VPtoNrely on, depend on > be attached to (Song)
  • ASCEND
    • VPiactclimb up by holding on to something (SANGUOZHI)