Are impressions or vasanas found in the Pali Canon?
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Vasana (Tendency Continues Life After Life)
Predisposition plays a role in a person's life, past or present. Tendency to proliferate bad habits in promoted by kelisa (mental defilement). Vasana based on morality or good deeds is classified as samma chanda (wholesome wish). This vasana is inherent in the mind-continuum of all beings. Thus in your past kamma actions if you have cultivated greed along with them, your vasana will now be greedy in nature. If you do not reform this bad tendency in this existence, raga carita vasana will continue to dominate you in your future births as well. Dosa, moha, and vitakka characters also, will continue to dominate likewise. If you are endowed with paññā carita now and if you cultivate wisdom continually, this tendency will produce its own result here and hereafter. You will be reborn a person with paññā in forthcoming existences.
Abhidhamma in Daily Life by Ashin Janakabhivamsa
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The dictionaries say the word Vāsanā is from the words 'vasati' and 'vāsa', which are commonly found in the Pali sutas in 'pubbenivasa'. Other related words are "abhinivesa" ("adherences") in SN 12.15; SN 22.3, etc and "vasa" ("abodes") in AN 10.20. Vasana is found in Snp 4.15, to mean clothing (or otherwise lodging).
If "vasana" means "recollection from the past" then obviously the Buddha had recollection from the past. But if "vasana" means "tendencies" or "adherences from the past" then both Buddha and Arahants do not have them.
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