THE THREE KINDS OF INTRINSIC NATURE (SABHĀVA-DHAMMA) AND ITS COMMON CHARACTERISTIC MARKS (SĀMAÑÑA-LAKKHAṆA) IN THERAVADA BUDDHISM

Authors

  • Sumana Research Scholar, Samrat Ashok Subharti School of Buddhist Studies Swami Vivekanand Subharti University Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Dr. Yeshpal Assistant Professor, Department of Languages Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, Meerut, Delhi, UP, India

Keywords:

sabhāva-dhamma, Anicca-lakkhaṇa, Dukkha-lakkhaṇa

Abstract

The analyzing the nature of any ultimate reality, there may be some concerned word sabhāva or sabhāva-dhamma (the intrinsic nature, own character, or individual essence) included in this account of consideration and acquiring to explain specific concepts in terms of the way of practice, particularly the course of developing vipassanā-bhāvana (insight meditation). However, rarely found in the Piṭakas, it is extensively used for explanatory purposes in the Visuddhimagga, leading commentaries, and sub-commentaries. 

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Published

2022-08-03

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 8 (2022): GJIRJ

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