Bhava

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Translations of
भव
Englishbeing, worldly existence, becoming, birth, be, production, origin;[1] habitual or emotional tendencies.[2]
Sanskritभव
(IAST: bhava)
Paliभव
(bhava)
Vietnamesehữu
Glossary of Buddhism
Translations of
भाव
Englishfeeling, emotion, mood, becoming
Sanskritभाव
(IAST: bhāva)
Paliभाव
(bhāva)
Burmeseဘာဝ
(MLCTS: bàwa̰)
Khmerភព (phob) or ភាវៈ (phiaveak)
Monဘာဝ
([həwɛ̀ʔ])
Sinhalaභව or භවය
Thaiภวะ (RTGS: phawa) or
ภาวะ (RTGS: phawa)
Glossary of Buddhism

The Sanskrit word bhava (भव) means being, worldly existence, becoming, birth, be, production, origin,[1] but also habitual or emotional tendencies.[2]

In

twelve links of Pratītyasamutpāda.[3] It is the link between the defilements, and repeated birth, that is, reincarnation.[4]
In Thai Buddhism, bhava is also interpreted as habitual or emotional tendencies which leads to the arising of the sense of self, as a mental phenomenon.

In Buddhism

In Buddhism, bhava (not bhāva, condition, nature) means being, worldly existence, becoming, birth, be, production, origin[1] experience,[4] in the sense of rebirths and redeaths, because a being is so conditioned and propelled by the karmic accumulations;[4] but also habitual or emotional tendencies.[2]

The term bhāva (भाव) is rooted in the term bhava (भव), and also has a double meaning, as emotion, sentiment, state of body or mind, disposition and character,[5] and in some context also means becoming, being, existing, occurring, appearance while connoting the condition thereof.[6]

 
The 12 Nidānas:
  
Ignorance
↓
Formations
↓
Consciousness
↓
Name & Form
↓
Six Sense Bases
↓
Contact
↓
Feeling
↓
Craving
↓
Clinging
↓
Becoming
↓
Birth
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Old Age & Death
 

Bhava is the tenth of the

jāti, birth. Birth is usually interpreted as rebirth in one of the realms of existence, namely heaven, demi-god, human, animal, hungry ghost or hell realms (bhavacakra) of Buddhist cosmology.[4]
In Thai Buddhism, bhava is also interpreted as the habitual or emotional tendencies which leads to the arising of the sense of self, as a mental phenomenon.

In the

Buddha didactically reminds various followers of experiences they shared with him in a past life, the hearers are said not to remember them due to bhava, i.e. to having been reborn.[7]

In Hinduism

Bhava appears in the sense of becoming, being, existing, occurring, appearance in the Vedanga literature Srauta Sutras, the Upanishads such as the

Gunas) are understood and surpassed." We should learn to have a witness to every encounter, or our moments, like an “attitude.". This is having a little distance between events and ourselves, a little distance affords us surrendering to a higher reality, so that we are above our ego. We place our ego aside, reacting less and our thought is ahead of ego. Sutra 1.13 of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: “Tatra sthitau –yatnaḥ abhyāsaḥ”. "Abhyasa [or] practice is the effort to fix one's own self in a given attitude." When we practice and follow Dharma, Jana, and Vairagya then we have a self-reliance, positivity represented by confidence, will power and energy levels.[9] "Practice makes a man perfect."[8]

In Ramakrishna Mission

According to Swami Shivananda, there are three kinds of bhava – sattvic, rajasic and tamasic. Which predominates in a person depends on their own nature, but sattvic bhava is Divine bhava or pure bhava (Suddha bhava).[10] Swami Nikhilananda classifies bhava as follows:[11]

  • śāntabhāva, the calm, peaceful, gentle or saintly attitude
  • dāsyabhāva, the attitude of devotion
  • sakhyabhāva, the attitude of a friend
  • vātsalyabhāva, the attitude of a mother towards her child
  • madhurabhāva (or kantabhava), the attitude of a woman in love
  • tanmayabhava, the attitude that the Lord is present everywhere

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Monier Monier-Williams (1898), Sanskrit English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, Archive: भव Archived 13 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, bhava
  2. ^ a b c What is Habitual Tendencies? Archived 17 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine by Bhante Vimalaramsi and Sister Khanti-Khema
  3. ISBN 978-0-89281-553-1
    .
  4. ^
    ISBN 978-81-208-1144-7
    .
  5. ^ भव Archived 7 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Sanskrit English Dictionary, Koeln University, Germany
  6. ^ a b Monier Monier-Williams (1899), Sanskrit English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, Archive: भाव Archived 13 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, bhAva
  7. ^ Caroline A.F. Rhys Davids, Stories of the Buddha (Being Selections from the Jātakas), 1989, Dover Publications, Introduction, pp. xix, also see pp. 2,6,11,etc.
  8. ^ a b "Bhavas & Yoga". theyogainstitute.org. 23 July 2017. Archived from the original on 29 June 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  9. ^ Maharaj, Swami Krishnananda. "The Study and Practice of Yoga – Swami Krishnananda". swami-krishnananda.org. Archived from the original on 29 June 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  10. ^ "Bhava Culture". www.sivanandaonline.org. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  11. ISBN 0-911206-04-3
    pp. 450–453.
Preceded by
Upādāna
Twelve Nidānas

Bhava 		Succeeded by
Jāti
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