The six "causes" of the
Abhidharma Koa舍论 as reduced to three in the
Satyasiddhi stra成实论, i.e. 生因 producing cause, as good or evil deeds cause good or evil karma; 习因 habit cause, e.g. lust breeding lust; 依因 dependent or hypostatic cause, e.g. the six organs 六根 and their objects 六境 causing the cognitions 六识.
