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Svabhava (Sanskrit: स्वभाव,
svabhāva; Pali: सभाव, sabhāva; Chinese: 自性; pinyin: zìxìng; Vietnamese: Tự tính; Tibetan: རང་བཞིན, Wylie: rang-bzhin) literally...
- non-existent; only that they are
devoid of a
permanent and
eternal substance (
svabhava) because, like a dream, they are mere
projections of
human consciousness...
- are: Parikalpitā-
svabhāva (the
imaginary nature of things), Paratantra-
svabhāva (the
dependent nature of things) and Pariṇiṣpanna-
svabhāva (the consummate...
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concept of
svabhāva,
though he
interprets it as
being based on
causal powers. For Dharmakirti, the
essential nature (or ‘nature-
svabhāva’) is: “The arising...
- Gītā
links the varṇa to an individual's duty (svadharma),
inborn nature (
svabhāva), and
natural tendencies (guṇa). The M****mriti
categorises the different...
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cease to be,
depending on
other dharmas,
lacking an
existence on
their own
svabhava).
While in the
Nikayas he
frequently refers to
himself as the Tathāgata...
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reductio arguments to show how all
phenomena (dharmas) are
empty of
svabhava (which has been
variously translated as essence, own-being, or inherent...
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known as Śūnyavāda ("the
emptiness doctrine") and Niḥsvabhāvavāda ("the no
svabhāva doctrine"),
refers to a
tradition of
Buddhist philosophy and
practice founded...
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While there is
another kind of
svabhava that is a pure
internal quality –
smarana – we are here
focusing only on the
svabhava that was
created due to samskaras...
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which states that all
phenomena lack a
fixed and
independent essence (
svabhava). To
avoid any
reification which grasps at essences, Zen
sources often...
