Re: bhavata.nhaa vs. ta.nhaa for bhava

op 12-07-2002 12:57 schreef Jim Anderson op jimanderson_on@...:

Before Dan raised the subject of
> bhavata.nhaa I hardly knew anything about it other than that it meant
> something like 'craving for existence'. What I had come up with was only
> just a beginning and there certainly needs to be more investigating,

  Dear Jim, thank you for your reply. I wait for your comments when you are
home. Dan brought something on and now he is fleeing to his blockhut,
hopefully with Warder.

Meanwhile, I looked again and something may be clearer:
Sabbe pi te-bhuumaka dhamma (Also all dhammas of
> the
>> three planes)
rajaniiy' a.t.thena ta.nhaa-vatthukaa ti,
are bases of craving because they are delightful

sabbe ta.nhaa
>> kaama-ta.nhaaya pariyaadiyitvaa  tato
> niiharitvaa itaraa dve ta.nhaa daassesi.

having eliminated all craving with regard to sensuous clinging, he teaches
two other kinds of craving after having deduced them therefrom.
ta.nhaaya can be abl, loc, instr, gen and dat, but I thought: with regard to
is convenient.
But now the meaning is still not very clear. Questions remain, I shall wait.
Wishing you a happy homecoming,
Nina