bhaAvanA = reflection ?
bhaAvanA = reflection ?
Originally Posted by Arjuna
couldn't bhAvanA be translated to 'feeling'?
satay
Originally Posted by grames
It seems to me that attachment to regulation or restriction is equally as distracting as attachment to whatever that regulation or restriction concerns.
"Without lust for result" comes to mind.
In my opinion, there can be an argument made for extreme indulgence to the point of disinterest as a means for regulation if not restriction!
Balance of the polarities, or if one prefers, unification of the duality .. is the means as or more important than the goal of integration of the multiplicity into the ONE?
Namaste,
ZN
Cologne Sanskrit Lexicon gives:Originally Posted by satay
3 bhAvana 2 mf(%{I})n. (fr. Caus. ; for 1. see 2. %{bhA4} p. 750) causing to be , effecting , producing , displaying , manifesting MBh. Ka1v. BhP. ; promoting or effecting any one's (gen. or comp.) welfare MBh. R. &c. ; imagining , fancying , Asht2a1vS. ; teaching MBh. ; m. a creator , producer , efficient MBh. Ka1v. ; N. of S3iva (= %{dhyAtR}) MBh. ; of Vishn2u A. ; of the 22nd Kalpa (q.v.) ; (%{A}) f. and n. the act of producing or effecting Nir. Sa1h. BhP. ; forming in the mind , conception , apprehension , imagination , supposition , fancy , thought , meditation (%{bhAvanayA} ind , in thought , in imagination ; %{-nAm-bandh} , with loc. , to occupy one's imagination with , direct one's thoughts to) MBh. Ka1v. S3am2k. Veda7ntas. &c. ; (in logic) that cause of memory which arises from direct perception Tarkas. ; application of perfumes &c. (= %{adhivAsana}) L. ; (%{A}) f. demonstration , argument , ascertainment Ya1jn5. ; feeling of devotion , faith in (loc.) Pan5cat. ; reflection , contemplation (5 kinds with Buddhists MWB. 128) ; saturating any powder with fluid , steeping , infusion S3a1rn3gS. ; (in arithm.) finding by combination or composition ; (with Jainas) right conception or notion ; the moral of a fable HParis3. ; N. of an Upanishad ; a crow L. ; water L. ; n. furthering , promoting MBh. ; the fruit of Dillenia Speciosa L. ; (ifc.) nature , essence Ra1matUp.
Technical meaning of bhAvanA (bhAvana) in Tantras is a kinda fusion of meditation, feeling, intention, will, love, devotion and reflection. Exact equivalent in european languages is unknown to me.
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