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 * …

Cakkhu: ‘eye’ see: āyatana The foll. 5 kinds of ‘eyes’ are mentioned and explained in CNid. PTS, p. 235; the first 3 also in It. 52: 1. the physical eye mamsa cakkhu. the divine eye *dibba- …

Ceto-pariya-ñāna: ‘penetrating knowledge of the mind of others’, is one of the 6 higher powers abhiññā 3.

Chal-abhiñño: an Arahat who is a ‘possessor of the 6 higher powers’ see: abhiññā.

Chal-abhiññā: the 6 ‘higher powers’; see: abhiññā

Cutūpapāta-ñāna: the ‘knowledge of the vanishing and reappearing’ of beings is identical with the divine eye; see: abhiññā.

Iddhi: ‘power’, ‘magical power’. The magical powers constitute one of the 6 kinds of higher spiritual powers abhiññā. One distinguishes many kinds of magical powers: the power of determination * …

Iddhi-pāda: ‘roads to power’ or success are the 4 following qualities,,for as guides, they indicate the road to power connected therewith; and because they form, by way of preparation, the roads …

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 …

[[parassa ceto-pariya-ñāna]]Parassa ceto-pariya-ñāna: ‘penetration of the mind of others’, is one of the higher powers abhiññā.

Patipadā: 1. ‘Road’, ’ Path ’; for instance in dukkhanirodha - gāminī - patipadā ‘the road leading to the ceasing of suffering’ = 4th Noble Truth; majjhima - patipadā ‘the Middle Way’ …

Penetration: s. pativedha pariyatti - For the power of penetrating vipphāra knowledge and concentration, see: iddhi - For morality combined with penetration nibbedha see: *hāna-bhāgiy …

Pubbenivāsānussati: ‘remembrance of former births’, is one of the higher powers abhiññā, and a factor of threefold knowledge tevijja.

Pādaka-jjhāna: ‘foundation-forming absorption’, is an absorption used as a foundation, or starting point, for the higher spiritual powers abhiññā, or for insight vipassanā, leading to the su …

Te-vijja: ‘one endowed with the threefold higher knowledge’. In Brahmanism means ‘knower of the 3 Vedas’ tri - vidyā in Buddhism means one who has realised 3 kinds of knowledge, to wit: reme …

Āloka-saññā: Perception of light. The recurring canonical passage reads: Here the Bhikkhu contemplates the perception of light. He fixes his-mind to the experience of the daylight; as at day-ti …