Subhâva
(Sk.)
Being; the self‐forming substance, or that “substance which gives substance to itself ”. (See the Ekasloha Shâstra of Nâgârjuna.) Explained paradoxically, as “the nature which has no nature of its own ”, and again as that which is with, and without, action. (See Svabhâvat.) This is the Spirit within Substance, the ideal cause of the potencies acting on the work of formative evolution (not “creation” in the sense usually attached to the word); which potencies become in turn the real causes. In the words used in the Vedânta and Vyâya Philosophies: nimitta, the efficient, and upâdâna, the material, causes are contained in Subhâva co‐eternally. Says a Sanskrit Sloka: “ Worthiest of ascetics, through its potency [ that of the “efficient” cause] every created thing comes by its proper nature”. (TG).
See also: Svabhavat
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Shortly: Being; the self‐forming substance, or that “substance which gives substance to itself ”. (See the ...