Dear Rett

Rett:
I'll keep an eye out for other examples could confirm
or deny this guess.

Thanks a lot. Please let me know when you find them.

Rett:
Do you have examples of sabhaava just meaning 'thing'?
I've always understood it as primarily meaning
'essential characteristic'.

T:
Sorry. maybe reality is better than thing.
PED (681) lists three meanings for sabhaava:

1. state (of mind), nature, condition Miln 90, 212,
360; PvA 39 (ummattaka°), 98 (santa°), 219.
2. character, disposition, behaviour PvA 13, 35
(ullumpana°), 220 (lokiya°)
3. truth, reality, sincerity

Does't essential characteristic just fall into the
send meaning? And, sabhaava could means reality or
state?

I try to find an example, but not sure whether it's a
good one.

In Min 90 it reads,
sabhaavabhaasita.m atthi dhammaraajassa saasane.

For which, Horner's translation is
There is speech with the essence in the Teaching of
the King under Dhamma.

So, sabhaava here seems to mean reality not
characteristic?

metta

Tzung Kuen










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