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Āvāsa (Pāli) is aBuddhist term, referring to "a site occupied by monks during the rainy season retreat."[1] It also refers to the "fermentation" of "sensuality, views, becoming, and ignorance," which keep one caught in samsara.[2]
Etymology[edit]
Literally: effluent, fermentation.[2]
In the Pali canon, avasa defines the four qualityes "sensuality, views, becoming, and ignorance--that flow out of the mind and create the flood of the round of death and birth."[2]
References[edit]
TO DO[edit]
1. Reference of Wings of Awakening.
2. Find other references hopefully in other traditions.