Nyanatiloka Buddhist Dictionary

No new existence waits for me."Cf. D.1, 2f; M. 27, 38, 51, 60, 76; A. IV, 198; X, 99: Pug. 239, etc.proximity: anantara, is one of the 24 conditions (paccaya, q.v.).pubbenivásánussati: 'remembrance of former births', is one of the higher powers (abhiññá,q.v.), and a factor of threefold knowledge (tevijja, q.v.).puggala: 'individual', 'person', as well as the synonyms: personality, individuality, being(satta), self (attá), etc., in short all terms designating a personal entity, hence also: I, you,he, man, god, etc., all these, according to Buddhism, are mere names for certain combinationsof material and mental processes, and apart from them they have no real existence. They areto be considered as mere 'conventional modes of expression' (vohára-vacana), and on thatlevel they may be used, and are so used in the sutta texts, if taken "without misapprehendingthem" (s. quote from D. 9 under paramattha). With such tacit reservations, the term puggalaoccurs quite frequently in the suttas.In the ultimate sense (paramattha, q.v.), however, there exist only ever-changing physical andmental phenomena, flashing up and dying every moment. - Kath., in its first section, discussesthe question whether "in the absolute sense, any personality (puggala) can be found" (s.Guide, pp. 62ff). - See paramattha, anattá.pújá: (1) honour, respect, homage, (2) worship, devotional observances, devotional offerings;also offerings to monks.(1) The Mahá-mangala Sutta (Sn. 259) says that "Honour and respect towards those worthyof it, is conducive to great blessing" (pújá ca pújaniyesu etam mangalam uttamarn). See Dhp.195f.(2) The Buddha did not think much of mere outer worship. "Not thus, Ananda, is theTathágata respected, venerated, esteemed, worshipped and honoured in the highest degree.But, Ananda, whatsoever bhikkhu or bhikkhuni, lay man or lay woman, abides by the Teaching,lives uprightly in the Teaching, walks in the way of the Teaching, it is by him that theTathágata is respected, venerated, esteemed, worshipped and honoured in the highestdegree" (D. 16). - "There are two kinds of worship: in a material way (ámisa-pújá) and through(practice of) the Dhamma (dhamma-pújá). The worship through (practice of) the Dhamma isthe better of the two" (A. II).punabbhava: lit.: re-becoming; 'renewed existence', is a sutta term for 'rebirth', which, inlater literature mostly is called patisandhi (q.v.). The attainment of Sainthood (arahatta),implying the end of future rebirths, is often expressed in the words: "This is the last birth.Now there is no more a renewed existence!" (natthi 'dáni punabbhavo) (M. 26; D. 15; Therag.87, 339; Sn. 502). - The term is often linked with abhinibbatti ('arising')."But how, o brother, does it come to renewed existence and arising in the future (áyatimpunabbhavábhinibbatti)? Because beings, obstructed by ignorance and fettered by craving,find ever fresh delight now here, now there, for this reason there is renewed existence andarising in the future" (M. 43). See also S.XII. 38. Abhinibbatti also stands sometimes alone in