Pali Term: Bhava

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Re: Pali Term: Bhava

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Going through the other thread—exactly as in this thread, where DooDoot defines "bhava" using a passage describing "bhavanirdho"—it seems this is done in other instances, in the case of the other thread, defining "bhava" using terms such as "bhavāsava":
DooDoot wrote: Mon Sep 20, 2021 12:18 pm Sorry but bhava is an āsava and āsava are mental states.
DooDoot wrote: Mon Sep 20, 2021 10:27 am In the suttas, "bhava" is a mental state ("asava"), such as attachment to form
Anyway, the point is that such things are incorrect. Taking various compound Pāḷi words such as "bhavanirodha" to define "bhava," is obviously not valid.
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