Asava
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "about". Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Sidebar/configuration' not found. Āsava is a Pali term (Sanskrit: Āsrava) that is used in Buddhist scripture, philosophy, and psychology, meaning "influx, canker." It refers to the mental defilements of sensual pleasures, craving for existence, and ignorance, which perpetuate samsara, the beginningless cycle of rebirth, dukkha, and dying again.
Asavas are also translated as "karmic predilections" and "karmic propensities" in Buddhism.[1] The term is also common in Jainist literature, and sometimes appears equivalently as Asrava or Anhaya.[2] However, Buddhism rejects the karma and asava theories of Jainism, and presents a different version instead.[1]
Etymology
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Ajahn Sucitto in his book Kamma and the end of Kamma describes āsavas as "underlying biases" (that fabricate things, emotions, sensations, and responses), which condition grasping through which samsara operates.
Meaning
Samsara
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Number of āsavas
Some Pali canons mention three āsava that sustain karmic flow. These three mentioned in the Nikāyas are "karmic propensities for sensual pleasures (kāmāsava), karmic propensities for existence (bhavāsava), and karmic propensities for ignorance (avijjāsava)".[1]Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
Other Pali texts mention four āsava, adding diṭṭhāsava or "karmic propensities for a viewpoint or perspective".[1]Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
In either case, these texts assert that the complete destruction of all these asavas is synonymous with complete Awakening.[1]
Liberation
According to Rhys Davids & Stede (1921–25), "Freedom from the 'Āsavas' constitutes Arahantship."Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. According to Bhikkhu Bodhi, Template:Quote
Textual appearance
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, in his translation of the Dhammapada, notes that the word "asava" appears in the Dhammapada in verses 93, 226, 253, 272, 292, and 293.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. Verse 226 (chapter 17, verse 6) has been translated by Acharya Buddharakkhita as follows: Template:Quote
Notes
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References
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- ^ a b c d e Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Dan Lusthaus (2014). Buddhist Phenomenology: A Philosophical Investigation of Yogacara Buddhism and the Ch'eng Wei-shih Lun. Routledge. pp. 73–74 with notes 1 and 4. ISBN 978-1-317-97342-3.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Govind Chandra Pande (1995). Studies in the Origins of Buddhism. Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 361–362 with note 253. ISBN 978-81-208-1016-7.
Sources
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- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bhikkhu Bodhi, ed. (2005), In the Buddha's Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pāli Canon, Boston: Wisdom Publications
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Buddharakkhita (1985), The Dhammapada: The Buddha's Path of Wisdom, Kandy, Sri Lanka: Buddhist Publication Society
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.De Silva, Padmasiri (2000), An introduction to Buddhist psychology, Rowman & Littefield, ISBN 978-0-7425-0857-6
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Carr, Brian; Mahalingam, Indira (1997), Companion Encyclopedia of Asian Philosophy, London; New York: Routledge, ISBN 0-415-03535-X
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Radhakrishnan, Sarvepalli (1950), The Dhammapada
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Rhys Davids; Stede (1921–25). "Āsavas". Archived from the original on 3 April 2008.
External links
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