…SN.i.30. Dhp ˚ṃ garukaroti DN.iii.84. Opp. Dhamme agārava AN.iii.247 AN.iii.340; AN.iv.84: the slanderers of the Dh. receive the worst…

…11. jāti - paccayā jarāmaranam etc.:;Through rebirth are conditioned old age and death sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief and despair. Thus…

…and mental properties are arising by giving preponderance to one of these 4 things, then this phenomenon is for the other phenomena a…

…supernormal powers, particularly as regards influencing people, partly helpful, partly harmful. They are sometimes called devatā SN.i.205…

…- jjhāna avacara They are achieved through the attainment of full or attainment -, or ecstatic concentration appanā see:…

…Mnd.12; Pv-a.55; compar. ˚tara MN.i.244, nt. n. abalaṃ weakness SN.i.222. 2. an army military force Mhvs.25, Mhvs.57; Snp-a.357. See…

…The news that a B. has appeared upon earth is a cause of the greatest rejoicing: opportunity to see him is eagerly sought (Vin.ii.155; SN.i.210;…

…and her father Timbarū are among their number. DN.ii.264

They wait on such devas as Sakka, and the males among them form the masculine…

…In a similar way, the impulse moments before reaching the divine ear are described in Vis.M XIII, 1. - Cf. Kamma - App..

…and Moggallāna are declared to be the ideal disciples, whose example others should try to follow.SN.ii.235 AN.i.88 In the…

…that has life, all are devoid of power, strength and energy; all are under the compulsion of the individual nature to which they are…

are giving; are making a gift; are yielding; are applying.

…(Sankicca). Many women Arahants are mentioned by name in the oldest texts. About 400 men Arahants are known. Most of them were bhikkhus, but…

…are born in the Ābhassarā realm and they are then called the highest of the devas, yet even they change their condition. AN.v.60 In lists of…

…level tread; 2. on his soles are marks of wheels with spokes, felloes and hubs; 3. his heels project; 4. his digits are long; 5. his hands and feet…

…mental properties which are bound up with the simultaneously arising consciousness citta = viññāna and conditioned by its presence….

…Yam III see: Guide, p 98f. are
the 12 terms are subjected to a logical investigation The six internal bases form the 5th link of dependent…

…many studies of Māra by various scholars, already existing, it might be worth while here, too, to attempt a theory of Māra in Buddhism, based…

…however, only the verses are regarded as canonical. Apart from the latter, the 10 pāramī are mentioned in only two other canonical works…

…the formless level arūpāvacara. Which things are of the sense-level kāmāvacara? Whatever things exist within the interval bounded…

…of whom eight are laymen, are declared after their death to have reached the third stage (as above) during life but they are not called…

…kāma - saññā are extinguished. Having entered the 2nd absorption, thought-conception and discursive thinking vitakka - vicāra…

…in luxury and idleness. They are, on the contrary, spoken of SN.ii.267f. as sleeping on straw couches, being strenuous and diligent and zealous in…

…ang’ ādayo viya) They are also called the paribhoga-bhaṇḍāni or “insignia” of the Buddha Mil.330.

• -kosalla…

…moment when the Four Truths (ariya-saccāni) are grasped SN.v.423 Bodhi is used to express the lofty knowledge of an ascetic (Bodhi-paribbājaka…

…In the joyous one rapture arises. With heart enraptured, his whole being becomes stilled. Stilled within his being, he feels happiness; and the…

…see separate article. -cārin leading a holy or pure life, chaste, pious Vin.ii.236; Vin.iii.44; SN.i.5,…

…pointing thus to a clearly marked dialectical development of Pali. Among these formations are Diminutives in ˚ka usually; the Gerund &…

…see separate article. -cārin leading a holy or pure life, chaste, pious Vin.ii.236; Vin.iii.44; SN.i.5,…

…together. One phenomenon arises, another vanishes, yet all are linked together, one after the other, without interruption. In this way one…

…belief’. which in A. III, 61 are declared as leading to inactivity, are: 1 the belief that all happiness and woe are produced through former kamma…

…for immaterial existence arūpa - tanhā D. 33

There are 18 ‘thought-channels of craving’ tanhā - vicarita induced internally, and…

…Ja.ii.43. Aggiṃ paricarati (cp. ˚paricāriyā) to serve the sacred fire Vin.i.31 (jaṭilā aggī paricaritukāmā); AN.v.263,…

…apt. This is a term for an Arahat see: ariya-puggala who has realized Nibbāna without having heard the Buddha’s doctrine from others. He…

…or subtle, lofty or low, far or near, of all these things one should understand, according to reality and true understanding: ’This does not…

…but the 5 mental abilities are sharp in him and by reason thereof he reaches quickly the immediacy to the cessation of all…

…dwelling in the city of Kuraraghara in the Papāta Pabbata. SN.iii.9 SN.iii.12 SN.iv.115–16 AN.v.46 He experienced great difficulty in…

…that form only in the commentaries, but are implied in a sutta-distinction of ‘explicit or direct meaning’ nītattha and ’implicit meaning to be…

…of things is the arising, passing and changing of things, or the disappearance of things that have emerged & become into being. The…

…Gandhāra and Kamboja. The first fourteen are included in the Majjhimadesa, the two last being in Uttarāpatha.

Twelve countries are mentioned in…

…divine and human, whether far or near.

3: He knows the minds of other beings parassa ceto-pariya-ñāna, of other persons, by…

…paribbājakas, Varadhara and Sakuludāyi. The Buddha visits them and talks about the four factors of Dhamma (dhammapadāni) which are…

…phala 22 at attaining the Arahat-Fruition arahatta - phala For the three last, see: ariya-puggala

The abilities, excepting 7 and 8,…

…various magical powers,… hears with the divine ear divine and human sounds,… perceives with his mind the mind of other beings… remembers many…

…followers. When the Buddha heard of the quarrels, he remarked that it was only to be expected. MN.ii.243f. DN.iii.117 DN.iii.210

Nigaṇṭha…

…paññā.

Their particular aspect, distinguishing them from the corresponding 5 spiritual abilities indriya, is that they are…

…all living substances, are bent this way and that by their fate, by the necessary conditions of the class to which they belong, by their…

…associated therewith, which are accompanied either by greed lobha, hate dosa or confusion moha or derivatives thereof. All these mental…

…Tr., pp. 247f..

The commentaries e.g. to M., Buddhavamsa, Cariyapitaka generally give a 4-fold explanation of the word bodhi: 1. the tree of…

…For br. with the meaning “arahant” see also: Vin.i.3; Vin.ii.156 (br. parinibbuta); Thag.140, Thag.221 (brahma-bandhu pure āsiṃ, idāni kho…

…and playing a prominent part in Buddhist folk lore. They are gifted with miraculous powers and great strength. Generally speaking, they are…

…five disciples, who after hearing it attained to perfect Nobility Arahatta.

The contemplation of no-self anattānupassanā leads to the…

…fie! stop! alas! (etc. see are)

1. (abs.) enough: nâlaṃ thutuṃ it is not enough to praise Snp.217; te pi na honti me alaṃ…

…on the banks of which lived various Paribbājakas, including Sarabha, AN.i.185 AN.ii.29 AN.ii.176 and the Paribbājakārāma of Udumbarika the…

…grief, at such a time his awareness or mindfulness is present and undisturbed; and whenever his awareness or mindfulness is present and…

…between gaṇabhojanaṃ, parampara-bhojanaṃ, atirittabhojanaṃ, anatirittabhojanaṃ mentioned at Kv.ii.552; see Vin.iv.71 Vin.iv.77. All…

…of fruition phala onwards, are forever extinct and stilled, such overcoming is called the ‘overcoming by tranquillization’.

…

…to him that suffering arises from various causes—bile, phlegm, wind, bodily humour, change of season, stress of untoward happenings, sudden…

…with a lattice work of spears and a rampart of bows till they were distributed among the various claimants by Doṇa. DN.ii.166 The Mallas, both…

…world; see: deva II. There are, Bhikkhus, divine beings known as the unconscious ones. As soon, however, as in those beings consciousness arises,…

…. Only those can take part and share the privileges who have spent the earlier rain-retreat within that sīmā and have participated in the…

…evil, disadvantageous states: this is called lack of moral shame Pug. 59. Not to fear what one should feared… this is called lack of Fear of…

…In-and-out-breathing, are bodily constructions kāya - sankhāra, while directed thought and sustained thinking vitakka and vicāra…

…as guardians of the four quarters: Dhataraṭṭha of the East, Virūḷhaka of the South, Virūpakkha of the West, and Vessarana of the North….

…37 bodhipakkhiya-dhammā are enumerated and explained though not called by that name. A detailed explanation of them is given in Vis.M XXII. In…

…the 9 ‘successive abodes’, are identical with the 9 anupubba-nirodha see: above. In A. IX, 33 they are called successive attainments anupubba…

…and “mine” with regard to the body. The same questions, receiving the same answers, are elsewhere attributed to Rāhula….

…cuti, which are only particular manifestations of subconsciousness. In Vis.M XIV it is said:

As soon as rebirth-consciousness in the embryo…

…noble persons:
The 8, Ariya = Noble Ones are those who have realized one of the 8 stages of Nobility, i.e. the 4 supra-mundane paths…

…and mental properties. They are either 1: Mere kamma-results vipāka, as e.g. all the sense perceptions and the mental properties associated…

…states of mind are inseparably bound up with ignorance. Ignorance or confusion is the most obstinate, dense, deep, subtle, hidden and…

…and ritual sīlabbata-parāmāsa of dogmatical fanaticism idamsaccābhinivesa D. 33. -;These things are ties, since they tie this mental…

…of morality sīla - parisuddhi - padhāniyanga for purity of mind citta of view ditthi of deliverance vimutti Cf. A. IV, 194. -…

…The Dānaveghasas carried bows in their hands. The Kālakañjakas were of fearsome shape, DN.ii.259 and were considered the lowest among…

…lies beyond these boundaries. They are: in the east, Kajaṅgala and Mahāsālā; in the south east, the river Salalavatī; in the south,…

…AN.ii.127 AN.ii.129

They are filled and pervaded with happiness and are serenely blissful; they experience only sublime happiness, unlike the…

…concerning them. The rules are divided into two parts: one for the monks and the other for the nuns.

The rules were recited at the gatherings of…

…frequently in the commentaries. All are fanciful interpretations of the idea of what a bhikkhu is or should be, and these qualities were sought…

…while, till Upananda should arrive, after his visits to various households. Vin.iv.98 And, again, of food being sent to the monastery with express…

…rivers of India, and they are used in various similes and metaphors. These rivers are: Gaṅgā, Yamunā, Aciravatī, Sarabhū and Mahī….

…and scraps of food and coarse robes. Uttara, who was one of his retainers, spoke sarcastically of Pāyāsi’s generosity, and on being…

…poetry in general, also as archaic in prose, whereas bhav˚ forms are older. On compounds with prepositions, as regards inflection, see Geiger,…

…is external) are the outward sense-objects in the same meaning as bāhirāni āyatanāni are distinguished fr ajjhattikāni āyatanāni (see…

…town was the Mahāvana, a large, natural forest. Near by were other forests, such as Gosiṅgalasāla. AN.v.134

Among important suttas preached…

…MN.i.17, MN.i.280 (sottiyo ariyo arahaṃ); SN.i.225 (˚ānaṃ upavādaka); SN.ii.123 (id.); SN.iv.53 (˚assa vinayo), SN.iv.95 (id.) AN.i.256…

…for crime and death, are regarded as his messengers, sent among men as a warning to abstain from ill and do good. Yama questions beings…

…virtue; Lat. arma = E. arms (i.e. weapon) artus fixed, tight, also limb, ars = art. For further connections see…

…nine stages of this process are the same as those mentioned under ˚vihāra & are enumerated as such at DN.iii.266, DN.iii.290; AN.iv.409,…

…the stage of mastery with regard to small and large objects. By means of the blue- kasina one succeeds in causing blue forms to appear, in…

…by expository sentences or paragraphs, are found at DN.i.89 sq. (trsl. Dial. i.89 sq.); MN.i.34 (see Buddh. Suttas, 210 sq.); AN.i.255,…

…‘answering questions’.;There are, o Bhikkhus, 4 ways of answering questions: there are questions requiring a direct answer; questions requiring an…

…he seems to have been held particularly in esteem, together with Nandiya and Kimbila. A yakkha named Dīgha tells the Buddha how the Vajjians are…

…not likely to be found in an Arahant’s character: see DN.iii.133 & DN.iii.235 (where the five first only are given as a set).

a + bhavya. The…

…things, all those are said to be incapable of progressing Pug. 13. According to Commentary the ‘evil actions’ denote the 5 heinous…

…and mental processes, and apart from them they have no real existence. They are to be considered as mere ‘conventional modes of expression’…

…by the Buddha for his sarcastic remark to Ānanda, that Ānanda had failed to benefit by his close association with the Master. The Buddha…

…hundred years of human life are equal to one day of the Tusita world and four thousand years, so reckoned, is the term of life of a deva born in…

cemetery ground; a place where corpses are deposited.

…kho*, (s)su, ssa); who are you who…?; sometimes expressing indignation: who does he think he is to …? who are you to…?; ka followed by…