Existence: 2 definitions
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Existence means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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In Hinduism
Yoga (school of philosophy)
Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason BirchExistence is denoted by the Sanskrit term Bhāva, according to the Amanaska Yoga treatise dealing with meditation, absorption, yogic powers and liberation.—Accordingly, as Īśvara says to Vāmadeva: “[...] Now, I will teach knowledge for the liberation of those people who have conquered their passion. [...] The highest reality is defined as that which is free from existence (bhāva) and non-existence, without cessation and arising and beyond all imaginings [of the mind]. [...]”.
Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): (Tibetan Buddhism)Existence is denoted in the Sanskrit language as Bhava, according to the thirty-third chapter of the Saṃvarodayatantra: a Buddhist explanatory Tantra of the Cakrasaṃvara cycle.—Accordingly, while describing the no-mind meditation: “[...] Free from meditation and concentration and beyond [both] Yoga and reasoning, he leads people to absorption in ‘suchness’, when the mind becomes steady in awareness. It is [e.g., the destruction of the bonds of existence (bhava-bandha-nāśana)] [...] inexpressible by words and even beyond the sphere of the mind”.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
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Ends with: Non-existence.
Full-text (+3211): Bhava, Abhava, Atyantabhava, Samsara, Satta, Gati, Samsargabhava, Paurvadehika, Jivana, Anyonyabhava, Bhavabhava, Astitva, Shunyavada, Nirvana, Nastitva, Bhavantara, Svatva, Janmasaphalya, Punarbhu, Pragabhava.
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Search found 476 books and stories containing Existence; (plurals include: Existences). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Biography (34): Sobhita Mahāthera < [Chapter 43 - Forty-one Arahat-Mahatheras and their Respective Etadagga titles]
Biography (10): Nakulapitu, the Householder < [Chapter 45a - The Life Stories of Male Lay Disciples]
Part 13 - The Buddha’s Discourse on The Four Ariya Truths < [Chapter 40 - The Buddha Declared the Seven Factors of Non-Decline for Rulers]
The Catusacca Dipani (by Mahathera Ledi Sayadaw)
Part IV - The Burden Of Dukkha In The Lower Planes < [The Exposition Of Four Characteristics]
Sense Object And Suffering < [Part I - The Manual Of The Four Noble Truths]
How Beings Have To Wander In The Round Of Rebirths < [Part I - The Manual Of The Four Noble Truths]
The Vipassana Dipani (by Mahathera Ledi Sayadaw)
Vaisheshika-sutra with Commentary (by Nandalal Sinha)
Sūtra 9.1.5 (... there is absolute non-existence) < [Chapter 1 - Of Ordinary Perception of Non-Existence and of Transcendental Perception]
Sūtra 9.1.4 (Reciprocal non-existence or absence of identity, explained) < [Chapter 1 - Of Ordinary Perception of Non-Existence and of Transcendental Perception]
Sūtra 7.2.26 (Combination described) < [Chapter 2 - Of Number, Separateness, Conjunction, etc.]
Brahma Sutras (Shankaracharya) (by George Thibaut)
II, 2, 22 < [Second Adhyāya, Second Pāda]
II, 2, 25 < [Second Adhyāya, Second Pāda]
III, 2, 32 < [Third Adhyāya, Second Pāda]
Abhidhamma in Daily Life (by Ashin Janakabhivamsa) (by Ashin Janakabhivamsa)
Part 4 - How Rebirth Consciousness Appears < [Chapter 8 - What happen when death draws near (mind processes immediately preceding death)]
Part 4 - Condition for sufficiency and condition for deficiency (prosperity (sampatti) and misfortune (vipatti)) < [Chapter 7 - Kamma]
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