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upādāna {pi}


Pāḷi; √ upādāna
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alt. sp.: IPA: upɑːd̪ɑːn̪ə, Velthuis: upaadaana, readable: upaadaana, simple: upadana
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khmer: ឧបាទាន
thai: อุปาทาน
sinhal.: උපාදාන
burm.: ဥပါဒါန
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[dic] upādāna (upadana)

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ATI Glossary

upādāna: Clinging; attachment; sustenance for becoming and birth — attachment to sensuality, to views, to precepts and practices, and to theories of the self.

 

Buddhist Dictionary

by late Ven. Nyanalokita Thera:

upādāna: 'clinging', according to Visuddhi Magga XVII, is an intensified degree of craving (see taṇhā). The 4 kinds of clinging are: sensuous clinging (kāmupādāna), clinging to views (diṭṭhupādāna), clinging to mere rules and ritual (sīlabbatupādāna), clinging to the personaljty-belief (atta-vādupādāna).

(1) “What now is the sensuous clinging? Whatever with regard to sensuous objects there exists of sensuous lust, sensuous desire, sensuous attachment, sensuous passion, sensuous deludedness, sensuous fetters: this is called sensuous clinging.

(2) “What is the clinging to views? 'Alms and offerings are useless; there is no fruit and result for good and bad deeds: all such view and wrong conceptions are called the clinging to views.

(3) “What is the clinging to mere rules and ritual? The holding firmly to the view that through mere rules and ritual one may reach purification: this is called the clinging to mere rules and ritual.

(4) “What is the clinging to the personality-belief? The 20 kinds of ego-views with regard to the groups of existence (see sakkāya-diṭṭhi): these are called the clinging to the personality-belief” Dhammasaṅgaṇi 1214-17

This traditional fourfold division of clinging is not quite satisfactory. Besides kamupādāna we should expect either rūpupādāna and arūpupādāna, or simply bhavupādāna.

Though the Anāgāmī is entirely free from the traditional 4 kinds of upādāna, he is not freed from rebirth, as he still possesses bhavupādāna.

The Commentary to Visuddhi Magga XVII, in trying to get out of this dilemma, explains kāmupādāna as including here all the remaining kinds of clinging.

“Clinging' is the common rendering for upādāna, though 'grasping' would come closer to the literal meaning of it, which is 'uptake'; see Three Cardinal Discourses (Wheel 17), p.19.

 

PTS Dictionary

by the Pali Text Society:

 

Glossary Thanissaro

Upādāna: The act of clinging to something to take sustenance from it. The activities that, when clung to, constitute suffering are the five khandhas. The clinging itself takes four forms: to sensuality, to habits & practices, to views, and to theories about the self.

 

Illustrated Glossary of Pāli Terms

by Ven. Varado Maha Thera:

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Glossary various Teacher

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See also

Suttas and Dhammadesanā

upādāna: Clinging. See also Khandha; paṭicca-samuppāda (dependent co-arising).

 

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