Dependent origination， conditioned genesis， etc. （prati^tya-samutpa^da）. Also written in Chinese as yuansheng 缘生 and yinyuansheng 因缘生. The condition of relationship to something else resulting in arising or production. To be due to， in the sense of ...due to A， B arises. In the meaning of 'causal production，' all phenomena are given rise to due to the mutual relationships of countless causes （hetu: 因） and conditions （pratyaya: 缘） and are not independently existent. If all causes and conditions did not exist， no results or 'fruits' （phala: 果） could come into existence. This is a basic Buddhist teaching common to all schools of thought--that all production is the result of mutually dependent existence. Theoretically this shows the impossibility of a singular， eternal or truly substantial existence. In terms of practice， the aim is， in making this cause and effect relationship clear， to release one from the phenomenal world （of suffering） by removing these causes and conditions.