Upādāna उपादान is a Sanskrit and Pali word that means "fuel, material cause, substrate that is the source and means for keeping an active process energized"...

senses), Sparśa (sensory stimulation), Vedanā (feeling), Taṇhā (craving), Upādāna (grasping), Bhava (becoming), Jāti (birth), and Jarāmaraṇa (old age, death...

found on Earth. However, the pleasures of this realm lead to attachment (upādāna), lack of spiritual pursuits, and therefore no nirvana.: 37  Nonetheless...

metaphysical substance which is the "primal material cause of the universe (upadana)." Prakasatmans (13th c.) defense of vivarta to explain the origin of the...

The binding of a virus to its target cell Moh, a vice in Sikh religion Upādāna, a cause of suffering in Buddhism This disambiguation page lists articles...

just three factors: craving (tanha), basis (upadhi, possibly related to upadana), and suffering (dukkha). In SN 12.59 and its counterpart SA 284, there...

tongue, body, and mind) Sparśa contact Vedanā sensation Taṇhā thirst Upādāna grasping Bhava coming to be Jāti birth Jarāmaraṇa old age and death – corpse...

unconscious, Atman is conscious. Maya is the literal, Brahman is the figurative Upādāna – the principle, the cause. Maya is born, changes, evolves, dies with time...

toward liberation from defilements (kleshas) and clinging and craving (upādāna), also called awakening, which results in the attainment of Nirvana, and...

The twelve nidānas describe the further process: craving and clinging (upādāna) lead to bhava (becoming) and jāti (birth). In the orthodox interpretation...