भव
Bhava
Becoming / Existence / Being
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Grammar 語法
masculine noun (a-stem): from bhavati (to become, to be)
Definition 釋義
The tenth link of Dependent Origination — becoming or existence, conditioned by clinging (upādāna) and conditioning birth (jāti). Three planes of becoming: (1) kāma-bhava (sensual-sphere existence); (2) rūpa-bhava (form-sphere existence); (3) arūpa-bhava (formless-sphere existence). Bhava is also used more broadly: bhava-taṇhā is craving for existence, one of the three types of craving identified in the Second Noble Truth. The cessation of becoming — vibhava — is itself a form of taṇhā when it takes the form of craving for annihilation.
Canonical Example 典籍例句
Upādānapaccayā bhavo; bhavapaccayā jāti.
With clinging as condition, becoming [arises]; with becoming as condition, birth [arises].
Source: SN 12.1
At a Glance
- Pali
- Bhava
- IAST
- Bhava
- Devanagari
- भव
- Chinese
- 有
- Difficulty
- intermediate
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