hetu

Sanskrit: hetu
Tibetan: རྒྱུ་
Tibetan (Wylie): rgyu
Tibetan (phonetics): gyu
English: Cause
Definition: Cause, as the first aspect of the second noble truth of the origin of suffering, refers to karma, or actions motived by mental afflictions, and craving as the main motivating affliction. Craving is understood to be of three types here: sensual craving, which is the desire for pleasant experience; craving for becoming, which is the desire for the continuation of existence or experience; and craving for not becoming, which is the desire for the ending of existence or experience. Counteracts believing that there is no cause for suffering
Spanish: Causa