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	*[~~http~~://www.theosophy.ph/~~encyclo~~/~~index.php?title=Svabhavat#~~ Svabhavat] at ~~Theosopedia~~		*[https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/svabhavat Svabhavat] at Theosophy World
	*[https://universaltheosophy.com/research/hpb-svabhavat Research: Svabhavat in the Writings of H. P. Blavatsky] by Jon Fergus		*[https://universaltheosophy.com/research/hpb-svabhavat Research: Svabhavat in the Writings of H. P. Blavatsky] by Jon Fergus
	*[http://prajnaquest.fr/blog/svabhavat-swabhavat-or-svabhava/ Svâbhâvat, Swâbhâvat or Svâbhâva] by Jacques Mahnich		*[http://prajnaquest.fr/blog/svabhavat-swabhavat-or-svabhava/ Svâbhâvat, Swâbhâvat or Svâbhâva] by Jacques Mahnich

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	<blockquote>Everyone knows that Buddhism does not recognize either one god or many gods. Yet the Arhat, for whom every atom of dust is as much replete with Svabhavat (plastic substance, eternal and intelligent, though impersonal) as he himself, and who strives to assimilate that Svabhavat by identifying himself with the All, in order to attain Nirvâna, must travel the same painful road of renunciation, of good works and of altruism, and must lead the same saintly life, though less egotistical in its motive, as the beatified Christian.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XI (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 127.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>Everyone knows that Buddhism does not recognize either one god or many gods. Yet the Arhat, for whom every atom of dust is as much replete with Svabhavat (plastic substance, eternal and intelligent, though impersonal) as he himself, and who strives to assimilate that Svabhavat by identifying himself with the All, in order to attain Nirvâna, must travel the same painful road of renunciation, of good works and of altruism, and must lead the same saintly life, though less egotistical in its motive, as the beatified Christian.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XI (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 127.</ref></blockquote>

	In [[Stanzas of Dzyan#Stanza III\|Stanza III.12]] it is ~~Svābhāvat~~ who sends [[Fohat]] "to harden the atoms".<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 85.</ref></blockquote>		In [[Stanzas of Dzyan#Stanza III\|Stanza III.12]] it is Svabhāvāt who sends [[Fohat]] "to harden the atoms".<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 85.</ref></blockquote>

	There is a reference that interprets Svabhāva as the manifestation of the universal [[Akasha]] on our earth:		There is a reference that interprets Svabhāva as the manifestation of the universal [[Akasha]] on our earth:

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	[[H. P. Blavatsky]] explains the etymology of the term "~~svabhāvat~~" as follows:		[[H. P. Blavatsky]] explains the etymology of the term "svabhāvāt" as follows:

	<blockquote>The name comes from Subhâva and is composed of three words--su, good, perfect, fair, handsome; sva, self; and bhâva being, or state of being.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 314.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>The name comes from Subhâva and is composed of three words--su, good, perfect, fair, handsome; sva, self; and bhâva being, or state of being.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 314.</ref></blockquote>

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	*[https://universaltheosophy.com/research/hpb-svabhavat Research: Svabhavat in the Writings of H. P. Blavatsky] by Jon Fergus		*[https://universaltheosophy.com/research/hpb-svabhavat Research: Svabhavat in the Writings of H. P. Blavatsky] by Jon Fergus
	*[http://prajnaquest.fr/blog/svabhavat-swabhavat-or-svabhava/ Svâbhâvat, Swâbhâvat or Svâbhâva] by Jacques Mahnich		*[http://prajnaquest.fr/blog/svabhavat-swabhavat-or-svabhava/ Svâbhâvat, Swâbhâvat or Svâbhâva] by Jacques Mahnich
			*[http://prajnaquest.fr/blog/dolpopa-on-svabhava# Dolpopa on Svabhāva] by David Reigle
	*[http://prajnaquest.fr/blog/the-meaning-of-svabhava/ The Meaning of Svabhāva] by David Reigle		*[http://prajnaquest.fr/blog/the-meaning-of-svabhava/ The Meaning of Svabhāva] by David Reigle
	*[http://prajnaquest.fr/blog/prehistoric-svabhavavada/ Prehistoric Svabhāvavāda Part 1] and [http://prajnaquest.fr/blog/prehistoric-svabhavavada-part-2/ Part 2] by David Reigle		*[http://prajnaquest.fr/blog/prehistoric-svabhavavada/ Prehistoric Svabhāvavāda Part 1] and [http://prajnaquest.fr/blog/prehistoric-svabhavavada-part-2/ Part 2] by David Reigle

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	<blockquote>You will have first of all to view the eternal Essence, the Swabavat not as a compound element you call spirit-matter, but as the one element for which the English has no name. It is both passive and active, pure Spirit Essence in its absoluteness, and repose, pure matter in its finite and conditioned state.<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 65 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 165.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>You will have first of all to view the eternal Essence, the Swabavat not as a compound element you call spirit-matter, but as the one element for which the English has no name. It is both passive and active, pure Spirit Essence in its absoluteness, and repose, pure matter in its finite and conditioned state.<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 65 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 165.</ref></blockquote>

	[[H. P. Blavatsky]] makes ~~a reference~~ supporting this:		[[H. P. Blavatsky]] makes some remarks supporting this:

			<blockquote>This self-existing Matter (perhaps better, Substance) or Svabhavat, they teach, exists in eternity, and from all eternity, in two forms: in the state of Pravritti, or activity, and in the state of Nirvritti (Nirvana), or passivity. When it is in the state of activity, it is the ever-busy, ever-transforming Nature, or the Spirit of God itself, which animates every atom, and is crystallized in it.<ref>Some Letters of 'H.P.B.'" The Theosophical Quarterly vol. 5, 241.</ref></blockquote>

	<blockquote>The Svabhâvikas, or philosophers of the oldest school of Buddhism (which still exists in Nepaul), speculate only upon the active condition of this “Essence,” which they call Svâbhâvat, and deem it foolish to theorise upon the abstract and “unknowable” power in its passive condition.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 3.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>The Svabhâvikas, or philosophers of the oldest school of Buddhism (which still exists in Nepaul), speculate only upon the active condition of this “Essence,” which they call Svâbhâvat, and deem it foolish to theorise upon the abstract and “unknowable” power in its passive condition.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 3.</ref></blockquote>

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	'''~~Svābhāvat~~''' is a term used by [[H. P. Blavatsky]] in her writings~~, although it~~ is ~~not found in~~ [[Sanskrit]] as ~~a noun in~~ the ~~way she uses it~~, ~~but as~~ ''~~svabhāva~~''.		'''Svabhāvāt''' is a term used by [[H. P. Blavatsky]] in her writings (variously misspelled as ''svābhāvat'' or ''svabhāvat''). This word is the [[Sanskrit]] ablative case of the undeclined term '''''svabhāva''''', which should be the preferred spelling.

			Svabhāva is defined by Blavatsky as "the Eternal and the uncreated Self-existing Substance which produces all."<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Isis Unveiled'' vol. II, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1972), 266.</ref>

	== Spelling of the word ==		== Spelling of the word ==

	[[H. P. Blavatsky]] explains the ~~meaning~~ of the term "~~Svābhāvat~~" as follows:		[[H. P. Blavatsky]] explains the etymology of the term "svabhāvat" as follows:

	<blockquote>The name comes from Subhâva and is composed of three words--su, good, perfect, fair, handsome; sva, self; and bhâva being, or state of being.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 314.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>The name comes from Subhâva and is composed of three words--su, good, perfect, fair, handsome; sva, self; and bhâva being, or state of being.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 314.</ref></blockquote>

	However, ~~she~~ added a final "t" ~~that~~ is not found in [[Sanskrit]] ~~for a noun~~. The origin of Mme. Blavatsky's spelling was explained by David Reigle as follows:		However, the term ''svabhavat'' (with the added final "t") is not commonly found in [[Sanskrit]] writings. The origin of Mme. Blavatsky's spelling was explained by David Reigle as follows:

	<blockquote>After standing for more than 120 years, the problem of the word svābhāvat was solved by Daniel Caldwell, and he did this without knowing Sanskrit. . . . As Daniel found (on Oct. 13, 2009), HPB had copied svābhāvat from [[Max Müller\|F. Max Muller]], who had used it as declined in the ablative case: svabhāvāt. The word itself, undeclined, is svabhāva. This is obviously what HPB intended, especially in its seven occurrences in the stanzas that she published from the [[Book of Dzyan]].<ref>[http://prajnaquest.fr/blog/svabhavat-svabhavat-and-svabhava/# Svābhāvat, svabhāvāt, and svabhāva] at The Book of Dzyan</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>After standing for more than 120 years, the problem of the word svābhāvat was solved by Daniel Caldwell, and he did this without knowing Sanskrit. . . . As Daniel found (on Oct. 13, 2009), HPB had copied svābhāvat from [[Max Müller\|F. Max Muller]], who had used it as declined in the ablative case: svabhāvāt. The word itself, undeclined, is svabhāva. This is obviously what HPB intended, especially in its seven occurrences in the stanzas that she published from the [[Book of Dzyan]].<ref>[http://prajnaquest.fr/blog/svabhavat-svabhavat-and-svabhava/# Svābhāvat, svabhāvāt, and svabhāva] at The Book of Dzyan</ref></blockquote>

	~~Therefore~~, the ~~correct~~ use of this term should be ~~either~~ the undeclined form, '''''svabhāva''''' (~~preferred~~) or the ~~one~~ declined in the ablative case, '''''svabhāvāt'''''~~.<ref>See [https://universaltheosophy.com/research/hpb-svabhavat Research: Svabhavat in the Writings~~ of H. ~~P. Blavatsky] by Jon Fergus</ref>~~		Sanskrit nouns in the ablative often refer to a subject "out of" which or "from" whom something (an action, an object) has arisen or occurred: ''pátram taróḥ pátati'' "the leaf falls from the tree". It is also used for nouns in several other senses, as for actions occurring "because of" or "without" a certain noun, indicating distance or direction. When it appears with a comparative adjective, (''śreṣṭhatamam'', "the best"), the ablative is used to refer to what the adjective is comparing: "better than X".<ref>See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ablative_case#Sanskrit] Ablative case in Wikipedia</ref>

			The preferred use of this term should be the undeclined form, '''''svabhāva''''' ("plastic substance"). The correct spelling of the term, declined in the ablative case, is '''''svabhāvāt''''' ("plastic substance out of which").

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	<blockquote>At the first flutter of renascent life, Svâbhâvat, "the mutable radiance of the Immutable Darkness unconscious in Eternity," passes, at every new rebirth of Kosmos, from an inactive state into one of intense activity; that it differentiates, and then begins its work through that differentiation.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 635.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>At the first flutter of renascent life, Svâbhâvat, "the mutable radiance of the Immutable Darkness unconscious in Eternity," passes, at every new rebirth of Kosmos, from an inactive state into one of intense activity; that it differentiates, and then begins its work through that differentiation.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 635.</ref></blockquote>

	We should not think of ~~Svābhāvat~~ as inert or unconscious substance, because at this level consciousness and matter are not yet separated:		We should not think of Svabhāva as inert or unconscious substance, because at this level consciousness and matter are not yet separated:

	<blockquote>Everyone knows that Buddhism does not recognize either one god or many gods. Yet the Arhat, for whom every atom of dust is as much replete with Svabhavat (plastic substance, eternal and intelligent, though impersonal) as he himself, and who strives to assimilate that Svabhavat by identifying himself with the All, in order to attain Nirvâna, must travel the same painful road of renunciation, of good works and of altruism, and must lead the same saintly life, though less egotistical in its motive, as the beatified Christian.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XI (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 127.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>Everyone knows that Buddhism does not recognize either one god or many gods. Yet the Arhat, for whom every atom of dust is as much replete with Svabhavat (plastic substance, eternal and intelligent, though impersonal) as he himself, and who strives to assimilate that Svabhavat by identifying himself with the All, in order to attain Nirvâna, must travel the same painful road of renunciation, of good works and of altruism, and must lead the same saintly life, though less egotistical in its motive, as the beatified Christian.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XI (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 127.</ref></blockquote>
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	In [[Stanzas of Dzyan#Stanza III\|Stanza III.12]] it is Svābhāvat who sends [[Fohat]] "to harden the atoms".<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 85.</ref></blockquote>		In [[Stanzas of Dzyan#Stanza III\|Stanza III.12]] it is Svābhāvat who sends [[Fohat]] "to harden the atoms".<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 85.</ref></blockquote>

	There is a reference that interprets ~~Svābhāvat~~ as the manifestation of the universal [[Akasha]] on our earth:		There is a reference that interprets Svabhāva as the manifestation of the universal [[Akasha]] on our earth:

	<blockquote>Everything has come out of Akâsa (or Svâbhâvat on our earth) in obedience to a law of motion inherent in it, and after a certain existence passes away.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 635-636.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>Everything has come out of Akâsa (or Svâbhâvat on our earth) in obedience to a law of motion inherent in it, and after a certain existence passes away.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 635-636.</ref></blockquote>

	This corresponds with another passage where Mme Blavatsky identifies ~~Svābhāvat~~ with the [[Anima Mundi]].<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. I (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1988), 293.</ref> In a similar vein, in [[ML65\|Mahatma Letter No 65]] [[Koot Hoomi\|Master KH]] identifying "Swabavat" with the "[[Elements#The One Element\|one element]]", writes:		This corresponds with another passage where Mme Blavatsky identifies Svabhāva with the [[Anima Mundi]].<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. I (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1988), 293.</ref> In a similar vein, in [[ML65\|Mahatma Letter No 65]] [[Koot Hoomi\|Master KH]] identifying "Swabavat" with the "[[Elements#The One Element\|one element]]", writes:

	<blockquote>We recognise but one element in Nature (whether spiritual or physical) outside which there can be no Nature since it is Nature itself, and which as the Akasa pervades our solar system, every atom being part of itself, pervades throughout space and is space in fact.<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 65 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 168.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>We recognise but one element in Nature (whether spiritual or physical) outside which there can be no Nature since it is Nature itself, and which as the Akasa pervades our solar system, every atom being part of itself, pervades throughout space and is space in fact.<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 65 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 168.</ref></blockquote>
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	===Articles===		===Articles===
	*[http://www.theosophy.ph/encyclo/index.php?title=Svabhavat# Svabhavat] at Theosopedia		*[http://www.theosophy.ph/encyclo/index.php?title=Svabhavat# Svabhavat] at Theosopedia
			*[https://universaltheosophy.com/research/hpb-svabhavat Research: Svabhavat in the Writings of H. P. Blavatsky] by Jon Fergus
	*[http://prajnaquest.fr/blog/svabhavat-swabhavat-or-svabhava/ Svâbhâvat, Swâbhâvat or Svâbhâva] by Jacques Mahnich		*[http://prajnaquest.fr/blog/svabhavat-swabhavat-or-svabhava/ Svâbhâvat, Swâbhâvat or Svâbhâva] by Jacques Mahnich
	*[http://prajnaquest.fr/blog/the-meaning-of-svabhava/ The Meaning of Svabhāva] by David Reigle		*[http://prajnaquest.fr/blog/the-meaning-of-svabhava/ The Meaning of Svabhāva] by David Reigle

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	== Spelling of the word ==		== Spelling of the word ==

	[[H. P. Blavatsky]] explains the meaning of the term Svābhāvat as follows:		[[H. P. Blavatsky]] explains the meaning of the term "Svābhāvat" as follows:

	<blockquote>The name comes from Subhâva and is composed of three words--su, good, perfect, fair, handsome; sva, self; and bhâva being, or state of being.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 314.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>The name comes from Subhâva and is composed of three words--su, good, perfect, fair, handsome; sva, self; and bhâva being, or state of being.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 314.</ref></blockquote>
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	However, she added a final "t" that is not found in [[Sanskrit]] for a noun. The origin of Mme. Blavatsky's spelling was explained by David Reigle as follows:		However, she added a final "t" that is not found in [[Sanskrit]] for a noun. The origin of Mme. Blavatsky's spelling was explained by David Reigle as follows:

	<blockquote>After standing for more than 120 years, the problem of the word svābhāvat was solved by Daniel Caldwell, and he did this without knowing Sanskrit. ~~Ironically, it had entered [[The Secret Doctrine (book)\|''The Secret Doctrine'']] because of HPB not knowing Sanskrit~~. As Daniel found (on Oct. 13, 2009), HPB had copied svābhāvat from [[Max Müller\|F. Max Muller]], who had used it as declined in the ablative case: svabhāvāt. The word itself, undeclined, is svabhāva. This is obviously what HPB intended, especially in its seven occurrences in the stanzas that she published from the [[Book of Dzyan]].<ref>[http://prajnaquest.fr/blog/svabhavat-svabhavat-and-svabhava/# Svābhāvat, svabhāvāt, and svabhāva] at The Book of Dzyan</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>After standing for more than 120 years, the problem of the word svābhāvat was solved by Daniel Caldwell, and he did this without knowing Sanskrit. . . . As Daniel found (on Oct. 13, 2009), HPB had copied svābhāvat from [[Max Müller\|F. Max Muller]], who had used it as declined in the ablative case: svabhāvāt. The word itself, undeclined, is svabhāva. This is obviously what HPB intended, especially in its seven occurrences in the stanzas that she published from the [[Book of Dzyan]].<ref>[http://prajnaquest.fr/blog/svabhavat-svabhavat-and-svabhava/# Svābhāvat, svabhāvāt, and svabhāva] at The Book of Dzyan</ref></blockquote>

			Therefore, the correct use of this term should be either the undeclined form, '''''svabhāva''''' (preferred) or the one declined in the ablative case, '''''svabhāvāt'''''.<ref>See [https://universaltheosophy.com/research/hpb-svabhavat Research: Svabhavat in the Writings of H. P. Blavatsky] by Jon Fergus</ref>

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	== See also ==		== See also ==
	*[[Svābhāva (Buddhism)]]		*[[Svābhāva (Buddhism)]]
			*[[Svābhāvika School]]

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