Does "Connected Causes" mean the same thing as Dependent Origination?

I prefer the phrase "Connected Causes" to Dependent Origination or the alternatives such as Dependent Arising, Dependent Co-arising and so on, I feel that it is more direct and understandable. But I am not sure if it means exactly the same thing? I do not see this phrase on this site. Here is a quote from *The Biography of Milarepa*, I do not have that book anymore, but found this online: "The clear perception of the Mind Unmodified, and the noble impulse to serve others, appear to be alike, but beware, and confuse them not. "The spiritual boon which shineth on one as a resultant of *Connected Causes*, and merit temporal, which bringeth much of worldly goods, appear alike, but beware, and confuse them not."