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 * …

Access-concentration: see: samādhi

[[acquired image]]Acquired !nimitta samādhi kasina

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

Adhimokkha: ‘determination’, decision, resolve: is one of the mental properties cetasika and belongs to the group of mental constructions…

Adhipati-paccaya: ’ Predominance-condition ’ is one of the 24 conditions paccaya, if developed, it is considered as the fourfold road to…

Adhipaññā-dhamma-vipassanā: ‘insight into things based on higher understanding’, is one of the 18 chief kinds of insight see: vipassanā.

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

…resolution, resolve in: adhitthāna - iddhi magical power of determination’ see: iddhi, adhitthāna - pāramī perfection of…

Appanā-samādhi: Absorption concentration or full concentration from apeti to fix, is the concentration existing during absorption jhāna, whilst the neighbourhood or access-concentration *upa …

…filled with determination adhimokkha and, in considering the constructions as impermanent anicca, gains the ability of faith, he, at the…

Attainment-concentration: appanā-samādhi, see: samādhi

Avikkhepa: Undistractedness, is a synonym of concentration samādhi, one-pointedness of mind citt’ekaggatā and calm tranquillity samatha, further see: samatha - vipassanā.

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 …

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 …

Bojjhanga: ‘the 7 factors of enlightenment’, are: awareness or mindfulness sati-sambojjhanga, sati, investigation of the law dhamma-vicaya-sambojjhanga energy viriya-sambojjhanga, *vir …

Cetanā: ‘intention’, will, is one of the seven mental properties cetasika inseparably bound up with all consciousness, namely sensorial or mental contact phassa feeling vedanā perception *sa …

…materiality rūpa.

In adhicitta ‘higher mentality’, it signifies the concentrated, quietened mind, and is one of the 3 trainings see:…

[[cittass’ekaggatā]]Cittass’ekaggatā: ‘one-pointedness of mind’, is a synonym of concentration, or samādhi

Concentration: samādhi - right°, see: sacca IV. 8, magga 8. - wrong°, see: micchā-magga 8.

Counter-!nimitta kasina samādhi

…‘generosity’, is one of the ‘blessings’ see: sampadā ‘foundations’ see: adhitthāna, recollections’ see: anussati, treasures’ see: dhana.

…4 substrata of e.: upadhi - Courses of e.: gati - Wheel of e.: samsāra. - Craving for e.: bhava-tanhā see: tanhā…

…- f. of an Arahat’s mentality: see: adhitthāna

Hāna-bhāgiya-sīla: - samādhi b h. b. p aññā morality, concentration or understanding connected with decline. The other three stages are: thiti-bhāgiya-sīla etc. morality, etc. connected …

…the power of determination adhitthān iddhi i.e. the power of becoming oneself many; the power of transconstruction vikubbana iddhi i.e….

…as predominant factors adhipati see: paccaya, for it is said:;Because the monk, through making intention a predominant factor, reaches…

Image: mental: see: nimitta, samādhi, kasina.

Indriya: ‘abilities’, is a name for 22, partly physical, partly mental, phenomena often treated in the Suttas as well as in the Abhidhamma. They are:

6 Bases āyatana:

1. eye: …

Indriya-samatta: ‘equilibrium, balance, or harmony of abilities’, relates to the 5 spiritual abilities: faith, energy, awareness or mindfulness, concentration and understanding see: indriya 15\ …

…‘Investigation’ vīmamsā is one of the 4 roads to power iddhipāda and one of the 4 predominants adhipati s paccaya 3. - i. of truth:…

Javana: fr. javati to impel: ‘impulsion’, is the phase of full cognition in the cognitive series, or perceptual process citta-vīthi see. viññāna-kicca occurring at its climax, if the respe …

Jhāna: ‘absorption’ meditation refers chiefly to the four meditative absorptions of the fine-material sphere rūpa-jjhāna or rūpāvacara - jjhāna avacara They are achieved through the att …

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3. Predominance: adhipati
4. Proximity: anantara
5. Contiguity: samanantara
6. Co-nascence: sahajāta
   7….

Padhāna: ‘effort.’ The 4 right efforts samma - padhāna forming the 6th stage of the 8-fold path i.e. sammā - vāyāma see: magga are: 1 the effort to avoid samvara-padhāna 2 to overc …

Pahāna: ‘overcoming’, abandoning. There are 5 kinds of overcoming: 1 overcoming by repression vikkhambhana-pahāna i.e. the temporary suspension of the 5 hindrances nīvarana during the absorpt …

…sacca - p 8 resolution adhitthāna - p 9 loving-kindness mettā - p 10 equanimity upekkhā - p. .

These qualities were…

Parikamma-samādhi: ‘preparatory concentration’, is the initial and still undeveloped concentration of mind; see: samādhi

Patibhāga-nimitta: s. nimitta, kasina, samādhi.

…by sensorial reaction’, and adhivacana - samphassa verbal or conceptual, i.e. mental contact’.

phassa does not signify physical impact, but…

Predominance: and pre-nascence: adhipati, purejāta, are 2 of the 24 conditions paccaya.

[[preparatory concentration]]Preparatory concentration: and preparatory image, etc.: see: samādhi javana

[[progress of the disciple]]Progress of the disciple: Gradual development of the 8-fold path in the: In many suttas occurs an identical passage that outlines the gradual course of development in …

Thiti-bhāgiya-sīla, Thiti-bhāgiya-samādhi, Thiti-bhāgiya-paññā: ‘static morality, static concentration, static understanding’; see: hāna-bhāgiya-sīla

thought, Thought-conception: s …

Ānantariya: Immediacy, is a name for that concentration of mind which is associated with the profound and shocking insight vipassanā that is present in any one of the 4 kinds of supra-mundane p …

Ārammanādhipati, Predominance Conditional Relation. see: paccaya