UPADANA
\jˌuːpɐdˈɑːnə], \jˌuːpɐdˈɑːnə], \j_ˌuː_p_ɐ_d_ˈɑː_n_ə]\
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In Buddhist theology, the attachment to existence, which, with Karma, work, is the source from which all beings have assumed their present form. According to this theology, the business of man is to uproot this upadana, and so attain a perfect calm in which he ceases to be conscious of being, this calm being called Nirvana.
By Henry Percy Smith
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