84000 Glossary of Terms

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འཕོ་བ། | Glossary of Terms

  • འཕོ་བ།

  • ’pho ba
  • saṅkrānti
  • Term
Publications: 1
  • transmigration
  • འཕོ་བ།
  • ’pho ba
  • saṅkrānti
Definition in this text:

The causal process of the transference of a mindstream from one life to the next. The Bhava­saṅkrānti­sūtra asserts that there is no phenomenon that actually transmigrates from one life to the next, but rebirth occurs through the causal power of actions (karma). See introduction at UT22084-063-007-25. The term may also refer to the yogic or tantric practice of deliberately ejecting consciousness from the body, but this practice is not related to the context of this sūtra.