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abhidhamma
the higher teachings of Buddhism, teachings on ultimate realities
abhijja covetousness
abhinna supernormal
powers
abhisankhara
kammic activity giving preponderance in the conditioning of rebirth
adhimana over-estimating
conceit
adhimokkha
determination or resolution
adhipatis "forerunners"
of the arising of the ariyan eightfold Path:
adosa non aversion
adukkhamasukha
neutral feeling
ahetuka cittas
not accompanied by "beautiful roots" or unwholesome roots
ahetuka kiriyacitta
inoperative citta without root
ahetuka-ditthi
The view that here are no causes (in happening)
ahirika shamelessness
ajiva-duccarita
virati abstinence from wrong livelihood
akiriya-ditthi
The view that there h no such thing as kamma
akusala unwholesome,
unskilful
akusala citta
unwholesome consciousness
akusala kamma
a bad deed
alobha non
attachtnent, generosity
amoha wisdom
or understanding
an-annatannassami
‘t’indriya I-shall-come-to-know-the-unknown " faculty, arising at the moment
of the magga-citta of the sotapanna
anagami no
returner, person who has reached the third stage of enlightenment, he has
no aversion (dosa)
Ananda the
chief attendant of the Buddha
anantarika kamma
heinous crimes
anatta not
self
annasamana citasikas
Anna means "other" and samana means "common", the same. The anansamanas
which arise together are of the same jati as the citta they accompany and
they all change, become "other", as they accompany a citta of a different
jati. Akusala is "other" than kusala and kusala is "other" than akusala.
annatavindriya
The final knower faculty arising at the moment of the phala-citta of
the arahat annindirya The faculty of final knowledge, which arises at the
moment of the phala-citta, fruition-consciousness, of the sotapanna, and
also accompanies the magga-citta and the phala-citta of the sakadagami
and of the anagami and the magga-citta of the atahat
anottappa recklessness
anumodhana
thanksgiving, appreciation of someone else's kusala
anusayas latent
tendency or proclivity
arahat noble
person who has attained the fourth and last stage of enlightenment
aramana citta
object which is known by consciousness
ariyan noble
person who has attained enlightenment
arupa-brahma
plane of arupa citta
arupa-brahma plane
plane of existence attained as a result of arupa-jhana. There are no sense
impressions, no rupa experienced in this realm.
Arupa-jhana
immaterial absorption
Arupavacara
citta arupa jhana citta, consciousness of immaterial jhana
asanna-santa plane
plane where there is only rupa, not nama
asankharika
not induced, either by oneself or by someone else
asankhata dhamma
unconditioned reality, nibbana
asappurisa
a bad man
asavas influxes
or intoxicants, group of defilements
asura demon,
being of one of the unhappy planes of existence
atita-bhavanga
past life-continuum, arising and falling away shortly before the start
of a process of cittas experiencing an object through one of the sense-doors
attavadupadana
clinging to personality belief
Atthasalini The
Expositor, a commentary to the first book of the Abhidhamma Pitaka
avihimsa the
thought of non-harming
avijja ignorance
avijjasava
the canker of ignorance
avijjogha the
flood of ignorance
avyapada the
thought of non-malevolence
ayoniso manasikara
unwise attention to an object
balas powers,
strengths
bhanga khana
dissolution moment of citta
bhava-tanha
craving for existence
bhavana mental
development, comprising the development of calm and the development of
insight
bhavanga calana
vibrating bhavanga arising shortly before a process of cittas experiencing
an object through one of the six doors
bhavanga-citta
life-continuum
bhavangupaccheda
arrest bhavanga, last bhavanga-citta before a process of cittas starts
bhavogha the
flood of desire for rebirth
bhikkhu monk
bhikkhuni nun
bhumi existence
ot plane of citta
bodhisatta
a being destined to become a Buddha
bojjhangas
factors of enlightenment,
Brahma heavenly
being born in the Brahma world, as a result of the attainment of jhana
brahma-viharas
the four divine abidings, meditation subjects which are: loving kindness,
compassion, sympathetic joy, equanimity
brahmavihara-upekkha
equanimity, one of the "divine abidings" .
Buddha a fully
enlightened person who has discovered the truth all by himself, without
the aid of a teacher
Buddhaghosa
the greatest of Commentators on the Tipitaka, author of the visuddhimagga
in 5 A.D
cakkhu eye
cakkhu-dhatu
eye element
cakkhu-dvara
eyedoor
cakkhu-samphassa
eye contact
cakkhu-vatthu eye-base
cakkhu-vinnana
seeing-consciousness
cakkhauppasada-rupa
eye-sense
cetana volition
cetasika mental
factor arising with consciousness
chanda "wish
to do"
citta consciousness,
the reality which knows or cognizes an object
citta-kammannata
wieldiness of citta
citta-lahuta
lightness of citta
citta-muduta
pliancy of citta
citta-pagunnata
proficiency of citta
citta-passaddhi
tranquillity of mind
citta-ujukata
uprightness of citta
cuti dying
cuti-citta
dying-consciousness
dana generosity,
giving
deva heavenly
being
dhamma reality,
truth, the teachings
dhamma-vicaya
investigation of Dhamma
Dhammasangani
the first book of the Abhidhamma Pitaka
dhammavicaya
investigation of the Dhamma
ditthasava
canker of wrong view
ditthi wrong
view, distorted view of realities
ditthigata
sampayutta accompanied by wrong view
ditthigata-vippayutta
attachment which is dissociated from wrong view
ditthogha the
flood of wrong view
ditthupadana
clinging to wrong view
domanassa unpleasant
feeling
dosa aversion
or ill will
dosa-mula-citta
citta (consciousness) rooted in aversion
dukkkha suffering,
unsatisfactoriness of conditioned realities
dukkha vedana
painful feeling or unpleasant feeling
dvara doorway
through which an object is experienced, the five sense-doors or the mind
door ,
dvi-panca-vinnana
the five pairs of sense-cognitions, which are seeing, hearing, smelling,
tasting and body-consciousness. Of each pair one is kusala vipaka and one
akusala vipaka
ekaggata concentration,
one-pointedness, a cetasika which has the function to focus on one object
ganthas bonds,
a group of defilements
gotrabhu change
of lineage, the last citta of the sense-sphere before jhana, absorption,
is attained, or enlightenment is attained
hasituppada-citta
smile producing consciousness of an arahat
hetu root,
which conditions citta to be "beautiful" or unwholesome
hiri moral
shame
hiriyati scruples
idam-saccabhinivesa
kayagantha
the bodily tie of dogmatism
idam-saccabhinivesa
the tie of dogmatism
iddhipadas
four "Roads to Success"
indriya faculty.
Some are rupas such as the sense organs, some are namas such as feeling.
Five'spiritual faculties' are wholesome faculties which should be cultivated,
namely: confidence, energy, awareness, concentration and wisdom.
issa envy
jati birth,
nature, class (of cittas)
javana impulsion,
running through the object
javana-citta
cittas which 'run through the object', kusala citta or akusala citta in
the case of non-arahats jhana absorption which can be attained through
the development of calm jhana factors cetasikas which have to be cultivated
for the attainment of jhana: vitakka, vicara, piti, sukha, samadhi
jhana-cittas
absorption consciousness attained through the development of calm
jivitindriya
Iife-faculty or vitality
kalyana-mitta
good friend in Dhamma
kama-sobhana cittas
beautiful cittas of the sense sphere
kama-tanha
sensuous craving
kama-vitakka
thought of sense-pleasures
kamavacara cittas
cittas of the sense sphere
kamavacara sobhana
cittas beautiful cittas of the sense sphere
kamma intention
or volition; deed motivated by volition
kamma patha
course of action performed through body, speech or mind which can be wholesome
or unwholesome
kamogha the
flood of sensuous desire
kamupadana
sensuous clinging
karuna compassion
kaya body.
It can also stand for the 'mental body', the cetasikas
kaya-duccarita
virati abstinence from wrong action
kaya-ujukata
uprightness of cetasika
kaya-vinnana
body-consciousness
khandhas aggregates
of conditioned realities classified as five groups: physical phenomena,
feelings, perception or remembrance, activities or formations (cetasikas
other than feeling or perception), consciousness.
khanti patience
kilesa defilements
kiriya citta
inoperative citta, neither cause nor result
kukkucca regret
or worry
kusala kamma
a good deed
kusala wholesome,
skilfuI
kusala citta wholesome
consciousness
lakkhanam characteristic,
specific or generic attribute
lobha attachment,
greed
lobha-mula-citta
consciousness rooted in attachment
lokiya citta
citta which is mundane, not experiencing nibbana
lokuttara citta
supramundane citta which experiences nibbana
lokuttara dhammas
the unconditioned dhamma which is nibbana and the cittas which experience
nibbana
macchariya
stinginess
magga path
(eightfold Path)
magga-citta
path consciousness, supramundane citta which experiences nibbana and eradicates
defilements.
maha kiriyacitta
inoperative sense-sphere citta of the arahat, accompanied by "beautiful"
roots.
maha vipakacitta
citta of the sense sphere which is result, accompanied by "beautiful"
roots.
maha-satipatthana,
four applications of mindfulness, see satipatthana
maha-vipassana
"principal insight"
manasikara attention
mano-dvaravajjana-citta
mind-door-adverting-consciousness
mara the evil
one
metta loving
kindness
miccha-ditthi
wrong view
miccha-samadhi
wrong concentration
middha torpor
or languor
moha ignorance
moha—mula-citta
citta rooted in ignorance
mudita sympathetic
joy
nama kkhandha
group of all mental phenomena
nama mental
phenomena,including those which are conditioned and also the unconditioned
nama which is nibbana.
nama-rupa pariccheda-nana
first stage of insight, insight knowledge of the distinction between mental
phenomena and physical phenomena natthika ditthi wrong view of annihilation,
assumption that there is no result of kamma.
nana wisdom,
insight
nekkhamma thought
of renunciation
nibbana unconditioned
reality, the reality which does not arise and fall away. The destruction
of lust, hatred and delusion. The deathless. The end of suffering.
nimitta mental
image of a meditation subject
nimitta mental
image one can acquire of a meditation subject in tranquil meditation
nivarana hindrances,
a group of defilements
oghas group
of defilements, the floods
ottappa fear
of blame
paccaya-pariggaha-nana
discerning the Conditions of Nama and Rupa
paccayas conditions
paccupatthana
manifestation, appearance or effect
padatthanam
proximate cause
paticca sammuppada
'Dependent Origination', the conditional origination of phenomena
Patthana Conditional
Relations, one of the seven books of the Abhidhamma
patisandhi citta
rebirth consciousness
patisandhi
rebirth
pakinnaka the
particulars
Pali the language
of the Buddhist teachings
pancadvaravajjana-citta
five-sense-door-adverting-consciousness
pancavinnana
(or dvi-pancavinnana) the sense cognitions (seeing etc.) of which there
are five pairs
panna wisdom
or understanding
pannatti concepts,
conventional terms
paramattha dhamma
truth in the absolute sense: mental and physical phenomena, each with their
own characteristic.
Paramattha Manjusa
a commentary to the Visuddhimagga
pasada-rupas
rupas which are capable of receiving sense-objects such as visible object,
sound, taste, etc.
passaddhi calm
patisantharo
courtesy
peta ghost
phal-citta
fruition consciousness experiencing nibbana. It is result of magga-citta,
path-consciosness.
phassa contact
piti joy, rapture
punna-kiriya-vatthus
"ten bases of meritorious deeds"
puthujjana
"worldling", a person who has not attained enlightenment
raga greed
rasa function
or achievement
rupa physical
phenomena, realities which do not experience anything
rupa-brahma plane
or rupa-bhumi fine material realm of existence attained as a result
of rupa-jhana
rupa-jhana
fine material absorption, developed with a meditation subject which is
still dependant on materiality.
rupa-jivitindriya
a kind of rupa produced by kamma and it maintains the life of the other
rupas it arises together with
rupa-khandha
aggregate or group of all physical phenomena (rupas)
rupavacara cittas
rupa-jhanacittas, consciousness of the fine-material sphere
sabbacitta-sadharana
the seven cetasikas which have to arise with every citta
saddha confidence
sahetuka accompanied
by roots
sakadagami
once-returner, a noble person who has attained the second stage of enlightenment
sakkaya ditthi
wrong view of personality, wrong view about the khandhas
samadhi concentration
or one-pointedness, ekaggata cetasika
samadhi-bhavana
the development of concentration
samanna lakkhana
general characteristic common to all conditioned realities
samatha the
development of calm
sarnbojjhanga
seven factors of enlightenment
samma right
samma-ditthi
right understanding
samma-samadhi
right concentration
samma-sambuddha
a universal Buddha, a fully enlightened person who has discovered the truth
all by himself, without the aid of a teacher and who can proclaim the Truth
to other beings
samma-sankappa
right thinking of the eightfold Path
samma-sati
right mindfulness
samma-vayama
right mindfulness of the eightfold Path
sampaticchana-citta
receiving-consciousness
sampajanna
discritninarion, compmhension
sampayutta
associated with
sampayutta dhammas
associated dhammas, citta and cetasika which arise together
Sangha community
of monks and nuns. As one of the triple Gems it means the community of
those people who have attained enlightenment.
sankhata dhammas
conditioned dhammas
sanna memory,
rememberance or "perception"
sanna-kkhandha
memory classified as one of the five khandhas
santirana-citta
investigating-consciousness
sankhara-kkhandha
all cetasikas (mental factors) except feeling and memory
sankharadhamma
conditioned realities
samsara the
cycle of birth and death
sappurisa good
man
Sariputta The
First chief disciple of the Buddha
sasankharika
prompted, induced, instigated, either by oneself or someone else
sati awareness,
non-forgetfulness, awareness of reality by direct experience
satipatthana sutta
Middle Length Sayings 1, number 10, also Digha Nikaya, dialogues 11, no.
22;
satipatthana
applicatioms of mindfulness. It can mean the cetasika sati which is aware
of realities or the objects of mindfulness which are classified as four
applications of mindfulness: Body, Feeling Citta, Dhamma. Or it can mean
the development of direct understanding of realities through awareness.
samyojanas
The Fetters, a group of defilements
sila morality
in action or speech, virtue
silabbata-paramasa
wrong practice
silabbatupadana
wrong practice, which is clinging to certain rules ("rites and rituals")
in one's practice
sobhana (citta
and cetasika) beautiful, accompanied by beautiful roots
sobhana hetus
beautiful roots
sobhana kiriyacittas
kiriyacittas accompanied by sobhana (beautiful) roots
somanassa happy
feeling
sotapanna person
who has attained the first stage of enlightenment, and who has eradicated
wrong view of realities
sukha happy,
pleasant
sutta part
of the scriptures containing dialogues at different places on different
occasions.
suttanta a
sutta text
tadarammana-cittas
registering-consciousness
taruna vipassana
"tender insight"
Tathagata literally
"thus gone", epithet of the Buddha
tatramajjhattata
equanimity or evenmindedness
Theravada Buddhism
'Doctrine of the Elders', the oldest tradition of Buddhism
thina sloth
titthi khana
the moment of its presence, or static moment of citta
Tipitaka the
teachings of the Buddha
uddhacca restlessness
uddhambhagiya-samyojana
five higher fetters which tie beings to the higher planes of existance
the rupa-brahma planes and the arupa-brahma planes
ujupatipanno
the straight, true and proper way pacara access or proximatory consciousness,
the second javana-citta in the process in which absorption or enlightenment
is attained
upadana clinging
upadanakkhandhas
khandhas of clinging
upekkha indifferent
feeling. It can stand for evenmindedness or equanimity and then it
is not feeling
Uposatha Uposatha
days are days of fasting or vigil; uposatha is observed on the days of
full-moon and new-moon, and sometimes also on the days of the first and
last moon-quarter. In Buddhist countries there is a tradition for lay-followers
to visit temples and to observe eight precepts on these days uppada khana
the arising moment of citta
vaci-duccarita
virati abstinence from wrong speech
vatthu base,
physical base of citta
vedana feeling
vedana-kkhandha
group of all feelings
Vibhanga "Book
of Analysis", one of the seven books of the Abhidhamma
Vibhava-tanha
craving for non-existence
vicara sustained
thinking or discursive thinking
vicikiccha
doubt
vihimsa-vitakka
thought of harming
vinaya Book
of Discipline for the monks
vinnana consciousness,
citta
vinnana-kkhandha
all cittas (consciousness)
vipakacitta citta
which is the result of a wholesome deed (kusala kamma) or an unwholesome
deed (akusala kamma). It can arise as rebirth-consciousness, or during
life as the experience of pleasant or unpleasant objects through the senses,
such as seeing, hearing, etc.
vipallasas
perversions. Three kinds: sanna perversion of perception, citta of thought,
ditthi of views.
vipassana nana
moment of insight knowledge
vipassana wisdom
which sees realities as they are
viriya energy
visankara dhamma
unconditioned dhamma (reality)
Visuddhimagga
an encyclopaedia of the Buddha's teaching, written by Buddhaghosa in the
fifth century A.D
vitakka applied
thinking
vyapada ill-will
vyapada-vitakka
thought of malevolence
yoghas The
yokes, a group of defilements
yoniso manasikara
wise attention to the object
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