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upādāna
upādāna (Skt.; Pāli). Clinging or grasping, an intensified form of craving (tṛṣṇā). It is said to have four forms: (1) clinging to pleasurable sensual experiences (kāma); (2) clinging to views and theories (dṛṣṭi); (3) clinging to rules and rituals (śīlavrata-parāmārśa); clinging to belief in a soul or self (ātma-vāda). In the series of twelve links in the doctrine of Dependent Origination (pratītya-samutpāda), upādāna is preceded by craving (tṛṣṇā) and succeeded by becoming (bhava), illustrating the connection between desire and rebirth. The same point is made in references to the five aggregates as objects of grasping when they are referred to as the ‘aggregates of attachment’ (upādāna-skandha).
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DAMIEN KEOWN. "upādāna." A Dictionary of Buddhism. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. DAMIEN KEOWN. "upādāna." A Dictionary of Buddhism. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O108-updna.html DAMIEN KEOWN. "upādāna." A Dictionary of Buddhism. 2004. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O108-updna.html |
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upādāna-skandha
upādāna-skandha (Skt.). The ‘aggregates of attachment’, or the five aggregates (skandha) seen as the source or the object of grasping (upādāna). The final part of the first Noble Truth (see Four Noble Truths) states that ‘the five aggregates of attachment are suffering’ (duḥkha). This means both that suffering is intrinsic to embodied existence, and that such existence itself leads to grasping after pleasurable sensations, generating an endless cycle of suffering in saṃsāra.
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DAMIEN KEOWN. "upādāna-skandha." A Dictionary of Buddhism. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. DAMIEN KEOWN. "upādāna-skandha." A Dictionary of Buddhism. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O108-updnaskandha.html DAMIEN KEOWN. "upādāna-skandha." A Dictionary of Buddhism. 2004. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O108-updnaskandha.html |
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Upādāna
Upādāna (Pāli, Skt.; lit., ‘that which fuels a process’ or ‘keeps it going’). Grasping, clinging, attachment; according to Buddhism the mark of human behaviour generally. There are four types: grasping after sense objects, speculative philosophies (diṭṭhi-vāda), rules and rituals (see SĪLABBATA-PARĀMĀSA), and theories of a soul (atta-vāda).
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JOHN BOWKER. "Upādāna." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN BOWKER. "Upādāna." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Updna.html JOHN BOWKER. "Upādāna." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Updna.html |
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