The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (17 page)

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(P
li, ‘condition of being incapable’). A characteristic of the
Arhat
in Buddhism, who is regarded as incapable of certain kinds of moral transgression.
bh
sa-caitanya
(Skt., ‘reflection’ + ‘consciousness’). The way in which, in Hinduism, absolute consciousness (
cit
) is reflected in human awareness. The world-entangled self (
j
va
) takes this reflection to be the reality and thus fails to break through to the true realization of
Brahman
, and of the true self (
tman
) as Brahman.
Abhava
(Skt.). In Hinduism, the non-reality or non-existence of manifest appearances, hence (by the realization that this is so) release (
mok
a
) from entanglement in them. In Buddhism, abhava reinforces
N
g
rjuna's
argument for
nyat
.

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