Brett,

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Rupert Gethin,

�Bhavanga and Rebirth According to the Abhidharma.� In *The Buddhist Forum*,
vol. 3 1991-1993 (Papers in honour and appreciation of Professor David
Seyfort Ruegg�s contri�bution to Indological, Buddhist and Tibetan Studies),
ed. Tadeusz Skorupski & Ulrich Pagel. London, School of Oriental and African
Studies, 1994:11-35.

With metta,

Piya Tan

On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 1:21 AM, Brett Morris <brettmorris73@...>wrote:

>
>
> I would be interested to hear what anyone has to say about a few questions
> on
> bhava'nga.
> 1. The etymology seems to be bhava + a'nga = a constituent part of
> becoming/existence. Can anyone shed some more light on this?
>
> 2. As far as I understand there are only a couple of places bhava'nga is
> mentioned in the Abhidhamma, and it is discussed much greater in the
> commentaries where the 'bhava'nga theory' is developed as we have it today.
> Is
> this accurate? Does anyone have references to the places it is used in the
> Abhidhamma?
>
> 3. Is anyone aware of the approximate time the bhava'nga theory really
> started
> developing in the way the Theravaada tradition understands it now?
>
> Many thanks and metta,
> Brett
>
>
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