In Buddhist usage: having a causal or karmic connection that makes one able to be saved or helped by the Buddha; being karmically related.
仏教では、有縁の者は仏の教えによって救われる可能性があると説かれる。
In Buddhism, it is taught that those who are karmically connected (yūen) may be able to be saved by the Buddha's teachings.
この法話は有縁の人々に向けて語られたものだ。
This dharma talk was delivered for those with a karmic connection (yūen).
Related; relevant; having a connection. Indicates that something is connected or pertinent to something else.
彼はそのプロジェクトと有縁のある企業で働いている。
He works for a company that is related to that project.
この事件は政治家の名前と有縁であると報じられた。
The report said this case is connected to the politician's name.
偶然だが、私たちは以前から何らかの有縁があったようだ。
By chance, it seems we have been connected in some way before.