Bhavaṅga (Pali, "ground of becoming", "condition for existence"), also bhavanga-sota and bhavanga-citta is a passive mode of intentional consciousness...
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contexts. The Theravada school identifies the "luminous mind" with the bhavanga, a concept first proposed in the Theravāda Abhidhamma. The later schools...
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Regarding bhavaṅga being a primarily post-canonical concept, see Matthews (1995, p. 128) where he states for instance: "Bhavaṅga does not occur in...
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later developed into the alayavijñana view. The Theravāda theory of the bhavaṅga may also be a forerunner of the ālāyavijñana theory. Vasubandhu cites the...
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Theravāda holds that there is a ground level of consciousness called the bhavaṅga, which conditions the rebirth consciousness. Theravāda rejects the Pudgalavada...
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seeds of 'me' and 'mine'. Vasanas which link streams-of-being (Sanskrit: bhavanga-vasana; Chinese: yu-chih hsi-ch'i) denoting the karmic seeds, 'differently...
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(mula-vijñana) by the Mahasamghika schools and what the Sthavira schools call the bhavaṅga. According to Lobsang Dargyay, the Prāsaṇgika branch of the Madhyamaka...
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the Sautrāntika theory of seeds (bīja) and the Sthavira theory of the bhavanga. Philosophically speaking, Richard King notes that Sautrāntikas defended...
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canonical reference to an important answer to this question: bhavanga, or 'life-continuum'. Bhavanga, literally, "the limb on which existence occurs" is 'that...
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states that viññāṇa-sota is "a rare expression which seems to equate with bhavanga, the (mainly) commentarial term for the 'life-continuum' (Ñāṇamoli)." The...
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by them. The Theravada school identifies the "luminous mind" with the bhavanga, a concept first proposed in the Theravāda Abhidhamma. The later schools...
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moment of passive past bhavanga The bhavanga begins to vibrate due to the impact of the object on the sense door. The bhavanga is interrupted in one moment...
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To make the mind still and bring it down to its basic resting level (bhavanga): Isn't this the essence of becoming and birth?" "That's what samadhi is...
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introducing the concept of mind as a factor of existence. This "life-stream" (Bhavanga-sota) is an undercurrent forming the condition of being. The continuity...
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Mindstream (citta-saṃtāna) — the moment-to-moment continuity of consciousness Bhavanga — the most fundamental aspect of mind in Theravada Luminous mind (pabhassara...
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also holds that there is a subconscious stream of awareness termed the Bhavanga. Another set of unconscious mental factors responsible for influencing...
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Kundalakesa Bhaisajyaguru Bhaja Caves Bhante Bhava Bhavacakra Bhavana Bhavanga Bhāvaviveka Bhikkhu Bhikkhu Analayo Bhikkhu Bodhi Bhikkhuni Bhumchu Bhumi...
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Evil Beyond the Pleasure Principle Bhagavad Gita Bhakti Bhartrhari Bhava Bhavanga Bhāvaviveka Bhedabheda Bhikhu Parekh, Baron Parekh Bhumi (Buddhism) Bias...
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