…Dh. (by heart); see above C4. combined w. Vinayadhara Vin.i.127, Vin.i.337; Vin.ii.8; AN.i.117, & bahussuta (ibid) Snp.58 (cp. Snp-a.110)
…

…a great river, in this case the Yamuna.

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…then the Buddha’s sickness vanished. SN.v.81

Bhāvanā: ‘mental development’ lit. ‘calling into existence, producing’ is what in English is generally but rather vaguely called ‘meditation’. One has to distinguish 2 kinds: development of tranqu …

Anicca: Impermanent, transient or, as abstract noun, aniccatā impermanence or change is the first of the three universal characteristics of existence tilakkhana, which is easily observable and …

Avijjā: I gnorance, nescience, the blindness of not knowing, is synonymous with confusion moha (see mūla ), is the primary & deepest root of all evil and suffering in the world, veiling man’s …

Abhibhāyatana: the 8 ‘stages of mastery’, are powers to be obtained by means of the kasina-exercises see: kasina. In the Com. to M. 77, where āyatana is explained by ‘means’ kārana it is sa …

…Ja.v.393; nom. neut. seyyo often used as a noun, meaning good, happiness, well-being Vin.i.33; DN.i.184; DN.ii.330;…

Abhiññā: The 6 ‘higher powers’, or supernormal knowledge’s, consist of 5 mundane lokiya powers attainable through the utmost perfection in mental concentration samādhi and one supra-mundane * …

Bala: ‘powers’. Among various groups of powers the following five are most frequently met with in the texts: 1 faith saddhā, 2 energy viriya, 3 awareness or mindfulness sati, 4 concentration …

Akusala-sādhārana-cetasika: Universal, general or primary disadvantageous mental properties associated with all disadvantageous intentions: These are four; 1: Lack of moral shame ahirika, 2: L …

Association: sampayutta-paccaya is one of the 24 conditional relations paccaya. *

Asubha:* Impurity, loathsomeness, foulness, disgust. - In Vis.M VI, it is the cemetery contemplations * …

1. the eye; the organ of sight; the faculty of seeing.
2. insight, knowledge, understanding.
3. the eye of the world (as the means of a persons seeing); power of seeing; vision; (perhaps: light)

seeing the destruction of (re-) birth, or, seeing the destruction of birth and death.

seeing security; seeing peace

seeing security; seeing peace

Bodhipakkhiya-dhammā: The 37 ‘things pertaining to enlightenment’, or ‘requisites of enlightenment’ comprise the entire doctrines of the Buddha. They are:

the 4 foundations of awarenes …

who has seen; who goes to see, attends; seeing.

Asekha: lit.: Learned = not-anymore-learner see: sekha, a disciple perfected in training, one beyond training, an adept. This is a name for the Arahat, the Noble One see: ariya-puggala, sin …

Ariya-puggala: or simply Ariya: Noble Ones, 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 magga …

Avacara: S phere, realm, level or dimension. The 3 levels of existence are: the sense-level kāmāvacara, the fine-material level rūpāvacara, the formless level arūpāvacara. Which things are …

A hall in the Mahāvana near Vesāli. The Buddha stayed there on several occasions, and in the books are found records of various eminent persons who visited him there and of his conversations with them …

seeing the destruction of (re-) birth, or, seeing the destruction of birth and death.

who has seen; who goes to see, attends; seeing.

Vakkali

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of never relinquishing energy, whether ill or happy, while meditating in the forest. Thag.350–354 The Buddha declared him foremost among those of implicit …

Aparihāna-dhamma: ‘incapable of relapse’, or ‘of falling away’, namely, with regard to deliverance from some or all mental chains of existence see: samyojana. Thus all Noble Disciples are calle …

Kaccāna¹

See Mahā-Kaccāna, Pakudha-Kaccāna, Pubba-Kaccāna, Sambula-Kaccāna, Sabhiya-Kaccāna, etc. See also Kaccāyana.

Kaccāna or Kaccāyana is the name of a family, the Kaccānagotta. …

Abhabbāgamana: ‘incapable of progressing’. Those beings who are obstructed by their evil actions kamma see. kamma, by their defilements kilesa, by the result of their evil actions see: *vipāka …

Avyāpāda: Hatelessness, non-ill-will, good-will, amity, goodness; is one of the three kinds of right motivation (see: sacca IV. 2), or advantageous thoughts vitakka and is the 9th of the 10 …

Avoidance: see: Cāritta-sīla - The effort to avoid all evil states, see: padhāna 1.

Anupassanā: Contemplation, deep reflection, profound consideration:
The 4 fold: see: satipatthāna.
The 18 fold: see: vipassanā.
The 7 fold: The seven contemplations:
1: Contemplating c …

[[birth process]]Birth process: upapatti-bhava: see: bhava. Further see: patisandhi, jāti

Adhitthāna, as a doctrinal term, occurs chiefly in two meanings:

1. ‘Foundation’: four ‘foundations or basics’ of an Arahat’s mentality, mentioned and explained in M. 140: the foundatio …

Aññā: ‘highest knowledge’, gnosis, refers to the perfect knowledge of the Arahat Saint; see: ariya-puggala. The following passage occurs frequently in the Suttas, when a Bhikkhu indicates his a …

Arūpa-jjhāna: Formless mental absorption see: jhāna

Arūpa-khandha: The four formless immaterial groups of sentient existence are: feeling, perception, mental constructions, and consciousn …

Anattā: No-self, egolessness, soullessness, impersonality, absence of identity, is the last of the 3 universal characteristics of existence ti-lakkhana. This anattā doctrine, which only is t …

Appanihita-vimokkha: D esireless mental release see: *vimokkha

_ Appanihitānupassanā: Contemplation of desirelessness see: _vipassanā*

Appamāna-ceto-vimutti: Infinite mental release see: ceto-vimutti

Appamāna-subha: a kind of divine being: see: deva II.

Being: living: satta, further see: puggala. - Belief in eternal personality: bhava-ditthi see: ditthi, sassata-ditthi.

In the old Pāḷi literature the name Dakkhiṇāpatha would seem to indicate only a remote settlement or colony on the banks of the upper Godāvarī. Thus, we are told that Bāvarī had his hermitage in Dakkh …

Akuppā-ceto-vimutti: Unshakeable release of mind; see ceto-vimutti

Ahosi-kamma: ‘ineffective kamma’; see: kamma.

seeing the danger, realizing the bad consequences

seeing the danger, realizing the bad consequences

[[alcohol prohibition]]Alcohol restriction: see: surāmeraya - majja - ppamādatthānā. The 5th training rule.

seeing the danger

seeing with knowledge; having insight and understanding.

seeing with knowledge; having insight and understanding.

the seeing that is knowledge or understanding; insight and knowledge.

Ahimsā: see: avihimsā

Ahetu-patisandhika: see: patisandhi

A village in the Māgadha country, three gāvuta from Rājagaha. Between it and Rājagaha is the river Sappinī, which rises in the Gijjhakūṭa. Vin.i.109 Once the Buddha went from Benares to Andhakavinda w …

Adhicitta-sikkhā ‘training in higher mentality’; see: sikkhā

Accumulation: of Kamma see: āyūhana

Access-concentration: see: samādhi

Absorption: see: jhāna

Abhinibbatti: a Sutta term for rebirth; see: punabbhava

Abhijjhā: ‘covetousness=greediness=acquisitiveness=jealousy & envy’ is a synonym of lobha and tanhā see: mūla and is the 8th link of the disadvantageous courses of action see: kamma-patha I.

Adhisīla-sikkhā: ‘training in higher morality’: see: sikkhā

seeing the danger, realizing the bad consequences

seeking shelter; seeing the nest

seeking shelter; seeing the nest

Acinteyya: lit. ‘That which cannot not be thought of’, the unthinkable, unimaginable, inconceivable, incomprehensible, impenetrable, that which transcends the limits of thinking and over which the …

see āharati)

Ahetuka-citta: see: hetu

seeing the danger, realizing the bad consequences

(from upasaṅkamati) one who approaches, goes to; one who goes to see; visits.

Animitta-ceto-vimutti: see: ceto-vimutti

(from upasaṅkamati) one who approaches, goes to; one who goes to see; visits.

of unlimited sight, seeing everything

(we) will see.

will see.

like an eye, seeing, full of insight, possessing vision.

the faculty of (having) complete insight (see *aññatāvin*

seeing absolutelyl the only seer ( of Brahmā or Tathāgata)

seeing the goal or what is beneficial

…and a rag-robe-man. SN.ii.281

The Aṅguttara Nikāya AN.iv.166f. contains a discourse in which the Buddha discusses Nanda’s claim to have…

seeing the goal or what is beneficial

seeing what belongs to the noble ones, what is noble

seeing without obstruction; with unobstructed sight

seeing without obstruction; with unobstructed sight

see anupariyāti)