Translations of Lahutā |
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English | lightness |
Pali | Lahutā |
Glossary of Buddhism |
Lahutā (Pali) is a Buddhist term translated as "lightness", and it is the basis for the following pair of mental factors within the Theravada Abhidharma teachings:
These two mental factors have the characteristic of the subsiding of heaviness (garubhāva) in the mental body and consciousness, respectively.
Bhikkhu Bodhi states:
Nina van Gorkom explains:
The Atthasālinī (I, Book I, Part IV, Chapter I, 30) states: