…In the 3rd and 4th exercises the Bhikkhu by an external kasina-object gains the mental reflexes and absorption see: As objects of the…

…by penetrating & embracing them with his own mind. He knows the greedy mind as greedy and the not-greedy one as not greedy; knows the hating…

[[ability to acquire insight]]Ability to acquire insight: cf. ugghatitaññū, vipacitaññū

…over the world loka - cintā, especially over an absolute first beginning of it, and whether it is infinite in space and time see: A. IV,…

Adaptability: of body, mental properties and consciousness: kammaññatā, cf. khandha materiality and Tab. II.

Adherent: upāsaka disciple.

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

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

Advertence: Directing of mind to the object: āvajjana is one of the functions of consciousness viññāna-kicca. Cf. manasikāra

Ahetuka-citta: see: hetu

…disadvantageous factors associated with all kammically disadvantageous states of consciousness, the two others being restlessness uddhacca and…

…see: cetanā and all consciousness and mental properties associated therewith, which are accompanied either by greed lobha, hate dosa or…

…mental properties associated with all disadvantageous intentions: These are four; 1: Lack of moral shame ahirika, 2: Lack of fear of…

…It is the only really specific Buddhist doctrine, with which the entire structure of the Buddhist teaching stands or falls. All the remaining…

…It is from this all-embracing fact of impermanence that the other two universal characteristics, suffering dukkha and no-self anattā, are…

Anuloma-citta: ‘adaptation-moment of consciousness’, denotes the third of the 4 moments of impulsion javana flashing up immediately before…

…the sphere of Infinite consciousness viññānañcāyatana, the perception of the sphere of Infinite space is extinguished. Having entered the…

…such and such latent tendencies exist, and which latent tendencies, and with regard to what, and in which sphere of existence. Thereafter it gives…

…liberal, open-handed, rejoicing in giving, ready to give anything asked for, glad to give and share with others.

6: The Noble…

…Non-Returner is a Noble Disciple Ariya-puggala on the 3rd stage of Nobility. There are 5 classes of Non-Returners, as it is said e.g. Pug….

…Thus all Noble Disciples are called, i.e. all those who have attained any of the 4 noble paths to Nobility see: ariya-puggala. With…

…set of 6 conditions, conducive to the welfare of the Community of Bhikkhus, the Sangha. Identical texts at A. VII, 20-25. To be distinguished…

…path, and which in certain circumstances may repeat for innumerable times during the life-time.

I: Through the path of Stream-winning…

…and clearly comprehending, of such a Bhikkhu it is said that he is firmly established in the ancient lineage of Noble Usage known as the most lofty…

…are: feeling, perception, mental constructions, and consciousness; see: khandha

…signifying a ’state of consciousness arisen spontaneously, i. e. without previous deliberation, preparation, or prompting by others; hence:…

…beings known as the unconscious ones. As soon, however, as in those beings consciousness arises, those beings will vanish from that world. Now,…

…see: sekha, a disciple perfected in training, one beyond training, an adept. This is a name for the Arahat, the Noble One see:…

…have vanished in a Noble Disciple, there is still in him, with regard to the five groups of clinging, a slight remaining measure of the conceit ’I…

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

Asubha:* Impurity, loathsomeness, foulness, disgust….

Assāsa-passāsa: In-and-out-breathing, are bodily constructions kāya - sankhāra, while directed thought and sustained thinking vitakka and vicāra are called verbal constructions *vacī\ …

Atta-saññā: Atta- citta & atta- ditthi: perception, thought, & view of an ego, self or soul is one of the 4 perversions vipallāsa.

…level arūpāvacara? Consciousness and mental properties arising within the interval bounded beneath by the beings reborn in the level of…

…appears also an element of harmlessness avihesā - dhātu, in the sense of an irreducible elementary quality of Noble thought, speech &…

…list of five hindrances. It is however immanent in them all, yet especially dominant in doubt & uncertainty vicikicchā.

…Undistractedness, is a synonym of concentration samādhi, one-pointedness of mind citt’ekaggatā and calm tranquillity samatha, further…

…the mental properties associated therewith, or they are 2: Kammically independent & inert functions kiriya - citta, i.e. neither kammic nor…

Avīci: is the name of one of the most frightful hells niraya.

Bhavanga-santāna: ‘continuity of subconsciousness’; see: santāna

…crossing it become fully conscious. This so-called ‘subconscious life-stream’ or undercurrent of life is that by which might be explained the…

…A fully ordained disciple of the Buddha is called a Bhikkhu. Mendicant Bhikkhu may be suggested as the closest equivalent for Bhikkhu,…

…Of these, the first 3 exercises may produce 3 absorptions, the last one the 4th absorption only.

4 immaterial spheres…

…3. Nibbāna, 4 omniscience of the Buddha: sabbaññutā - ñāna. As to 2, the commentaries quote Cula-Nidesa where bodhi is…

…to Arahatship; nor is there any record in the Pāli scriptures of a disciple declaring it as his aspiration. - See bodhi.

…feeling vedanā mind citta and mental-objects dhammā strenuous, clearly-conscious, mindful, after subduing worldly greed and grief, at…

…the Most High, the Invincible One, the Omniscient One, the Ruler, the Lord, the Creator, the Maker, the Perfect One, the Preserver, the…

…is one of the seven ‘precious possessions’ ratana of a righteous World Emperor cakkavatti ‘He who owns the Wheel,’ cf. D. 26, and…

Cakkhu-viññāna: ‘visual-consciousness’ see: viññāna.

…mental constructions, consciousness, see: khandha are found there, the materiality group being absent. Cf. *pañca-vokāra-bhava,…

…bound up with all consciousness, namely sensorial or mental contact phassa feeling vedanā perception saññā intention cetanā,…

…philosophical 3 aspects: consciousness, mental properties and materiality citta, cetasika, rūpa Thus, of these 3 aspects, the mental properties…

…the concentration associated with it. It is often linked with the ‘deliverance through understanding’ paññā-vimutti,, e.g. in the ten…

Cetokhila: ‘mental obduracies’, are 5 things which stiffen and hinder the mind from making right exertion, namely: doubt about the Master, about…

…the intention cetanā associated therewith. The Com. explains it as ‘a wish to do’ kattu - kamyatā - chanda If intensified, it acts also…

Cintā-maya-paññā: ‘Wisdom or knowledge based on thinking’, see: paññā

[[citt’ekaggatā]]Citt’ekaggatā: = cittass’ekaggatā

[[citta-ja (citta-samutthāna)-rūpa]]Citta-ja citta-samutthāna-rūpa: ‘mind-produced materiality’; see: samutthāna

Citta-kammaññatā: °lahutā, °mudutā, °paguññatā, °passaddhi, °ujukatā see: Tab. II.

…changes so rapidly as consciousness. Scarcely anything may be found that could be compared with this so rapidly changing consciousness.; App….

…all phenomena into consciousness citta mental properties cetasika and materiality rūpa.

In adhicitta ‘higher mentality’, it…

Citta-samutthāna-rūpa: ‘mind-produced materiality’; see: samutthāna.

Citta-sankhāra: see: sankhāra

Citta-santāna: ‘consciousness-continuity’; see: santāna

Citta-vipallāsa: ‘perversion of mind’; see: vipallāsa

Citta-visuddhi: ‘purification of mind’, is the 2nd of the 7 stages of purification visuddhi II,..

Citta-vīthi: ‘process of consciousness’; see: viññāna-kicca

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

Cittānupassanā: ‘contemplation of consciousness’, is one of the 4 foundations of awareness or mindfulness satipatthāna

[[clarity of consciousness]]Clarity of consciousness: sampajañña

…viññāna** see: khandha citta mano q v - Moment of °: citta-kkhana Contemplation of °: cittānupassanā: satipatthāna - Materiality…

Continuity: of body, subconsciousness, consciousness or groups of existence: santāna.

Cuti-citta: ‘death-consciousness’, lit. ‘departing consciousness’, is one of the 14 functions of consciousness viññāna-kicca.

…the existence of the unconscious beings asañña-satta as they possess only the materiality-group. Cf. catu-vokāra-bhava…

[[ekāsanik’anga]]Ekāsanik’anga: the exercise of eating at one sitting, is one of the ascetic practices; see: dhutānga

Elasticity: of materiality, mental properties or consciousness: mudutā see: khandha Materiality I.B. and Tab. II.

visual-consciousness: cakkhu-viññāna see: dhātu, khandha

…of kamma: kiriya - citta, see…

[[functions of consciousness]]Functions of consciousness: viññāna-kicca.

…of dogmatical fanaticism idamsaccābhinivesa D. 33. -;These things are ties, since they tie this mental and material body; Vis.M XXII,…

…of the Noble Ones, the circle of the Noble Ones, and obtains the designation of a Noble One, such a being is called a Matured One.; By this…

[[greedy consciousness]]Greedy consciousness: see: Tab, I, III. 22-29.

…base vatthu of consciousness In the canonical texts, however, even in the Abhidhamma Pitaka, no such base is ever localized, a fact which…

…lit. ‘consciousness producing mirth’ smile, is found in the Abhidhammattha Sangaha as a name for the joyful mind-consciousness…

[[hate-rooted consciousness]]Hate-rooted consciousness: see: Tab. I. 30, 31.

Hearer: disciple: sāvaka

…the classification of consciousness, as sa - hetuka and a - hetuka with and without concomitant root-conditions; b for a division of…

…kammically advantageous consciousness see: Tab. II.

To be ashamed of what one ought to be ashamed of, to be ashamed of performing evil and…

Homelessness: going into pabbajjā Cf. Progress of the disciple.

…iddhi producing the same result. The magical powers are treated in detail in Vis.M XII; Pts.M., Vibh. - App.. They are not a…

…concentration of consciousness citta - samādhi.. and concentration of investigation vimamsa - samādhi accompanied by effort of…

…understanding with deficient faith leads to cunning. In the same way, great energy with weak concentration leads to restlessness, whilst…

Inducement: an alternative rendering for decisive-support condition, upanissaya is one of the 24 conditions paccaya.

[[Infinite consciousness]]Infinite consciousness: and b. space, Sphere of: see: jhāna 5, 6.

[[inoperative consciousness]]Inoperative consciousness: kammically; see: kiriyacitta.

[[inseparable mental factors]]Inseparable mental properties: the 7 i. m. f.: in all consciousness: see: cetanā phassa nāma.

[[investigating function]]Investigating function: of consciousness: santīrana see: viññāna-kicca

…a contemplation and an exercise in awareness or mindfulness.

While going, standing, sitting or lying down, the Bhikkhu knows ‘I go’, ‘I stand’,…

…is a kammically disadvantageous akusala mental property, which is occasionally associated with hate-rooted consciousness see: Tab. I. 30, 31….

…respective process of consciousness. There are normally 7 impulse moments. In mundane consciousness lokiya, any of the 17 kammically…

…the idea ‘Infinite is consciousness’, he reaches the sphere of Infinite consciousness viññānañcāyatana and abides therein.

…

…mental constructions, consciousness; see: khandha the acquiring of their sensitive organs: this is called birth; D. 22. For its conditioning by…

Jīva: life, vital principle, individual soul. ‘Soul life and body are identical’ and ‘Soul and body are different’, these two frequently quoted…

…The latter is one of the mental properties inseparably associated with all consciousness; cf. nāma, cetanā, phassa.

Materiality: produced through consciousness, kamma, etc.; see: samutthāna - Sensitive c.: pasāda-rūpa

…in severing all family and social ties to live the pure life of a monk, in order to realize the goal of final deliverance pointed out by the…

…to the monk, i.e. robes, food, dwelling, and medicine; sīla 4.

…7 moments of impulse consciousness javana - citta one after the other, flash up while reviewing the path. After they again have sunk into…

…energy viriya, consciousness citta and investigation vīmamsā In one and the same state of consciousness, however, only one of these…

…He has, however, not the capacity to proclaim the Teaching effectively to others, and therefore does not become a ‘Teacher of Gods and Men’, a…

…travelling, relatives, association with lay folk, gifts, pupils, repairs in the monastery, sickness, study, magical power. The latter, however,…

…1971, Buddhist Publication Society, suggests that the term refers to man’s;tendency towards proliferation in the realm of concepts; and proposes a…

…sutta-distinction of ‘explicit or direct meaning’ nītattha and ‘implicit meaning to be inferred’ neyyattha Further, the Buddha repeatedly…

…train themselves in renunciation nekkhamma 4: In order to understand clearly what is beneficial and injurious to beings, they purify their…

…In the ‘progress of the disciple’, 3 stages may be distinguished: theory, practice, realization, i.e. 1 learning the wording of the doctrine…

…in the discernment of the specific characteristics of such and such phenomena, as: ’Materiality has the characteristic of being oppressed; feeling…

…tranquillity of mental properties kāya-passaddhi and tranquillity of consciousness citta - passaddhi Cf. bojjhanga further Tab. II.

…conditioned through consciousness; i.e. consciousness viññāna is for mentality nāma a condition by way of conascence sahajāta…

…is one of the latent tendencies anusaya.

2. ‘Sense-reaction’. Applied to five-sense cognition, p.: occurs in the following…

…of insight vipassanā. Further cf. the 16th exercise of anapana-sati.

…and functional consciousness. When anyone reflects on that meaning any knowledge of his, falling within the category concerned with…

…blind, deaf, mentally deficient, etc. Rebirth-consciousness = Tab. I, No. 41

2. dvihetu or duhetu - patisandhika a ’being…

…the ‘exercise of the bowl-eater’, is one of the 13 ascetic purification-exercises dhutānga, consisting in the vow of using…

…that moral merit, especially that acquired through giving food, can be transferred to others, apparently for the reason that one’s own good…

…and in the world of unconscious beings asaññā - satta only the one materiality group. Cf eka-vokāra-bhava and catu - pañca -…

…is a name for the disciplinary rules of the Bhikkhu or layman prescribed by the Buddha, as distinguished from natural or genuine morality…

…a very wide field. The specific Buddhist knowledge or understanding, however, as part of the Noble 8-fold path magga to deliverance, is…

…142, the understanding associated with the fruition of Nobility arahatta - phala In Pug. 31 and similarly in M. 70, it is said:;A Bhikkhu may…

…of supra-mundane consciousness which flash forth immediately after the moment of path -consciousness see: ariya-puggala and which, till…

…intention and consciousness see Abh. St., p. 47ff.

Being a key function in the mind’s contact with the world of objects and being a…

[[pindapātik’anga]]Pindapātik’anga: The ‘practice of going for food’, is one of the 13 ascetic purification-exercises see: dhutānga

Proficiency: of mental properties and consciousness: pāguññatā

…-progress, see: visuddhi VI. - p.: of the disciple, see: foll.

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

…paramattha With such tacit reservations, the term puggala occurs quite frequently in the suttas.

In the ultimate sense paramattha,…

…as above, 4 reverence apaciti 5 service veyyāvacca 6 transference of merit pattānuppadāna 7 rejoicing in others’ merit abbhānumodana…

…see: anussati 3. The Arahats, however, having transcended all life-affirming and rebirth-producing actions, are said to be;beyond merit and…

…foodfood, dwelling, medicine to a Bhikkhu who has reached the conditionless deliverance of mind; further by being filled with unshakable faith…

…pāguññatā and of consciousness citta - pāguññatā are 2 mental phenomena associated with all advantageous consciousness. Cf. Tab. II.

…for purity of mind citta of view ditthi of deliverance vimutti Cf. A. IV, 194. - Another 9 factors are enumerated in D. 34, namely…

…regard to the Bhikkhus’ Disciplinary Code, sense restraint, purity of livelihood, morality with regard to the Bhikkhus’ 4 requisites; for details,…

Pātimokkha: ‘Disciplinary Code’, is the name of the code of monk’s rules, which on all full-moon and new moon days is recited before the…

…‘morality consisting in restraint with regard to the Disciplinary Code’ pātimokkha see: prec.. For details, see: sīla.

Pīta-kasina: ’yellow- kasina is one of the kasina-exercises; see: kasina

…As such it may be associated with advantageous as well as with disadvantageous and neutral states of consciousness.

A high degree of rapture…

…those worthy of it, is conducive to great blessing; pūjā ca pūjaniyesu etam mangalam uttamarn See Dhp. 195f.

2: The Buddha did not think much…

…sinking into the subconscious. It does not occur with the consciousness of the absorptions nor with supra-mundane consciousness, but only with…

…for existence has its specific condition. I say, o Bhikkhus, that also craving for existence has its condition that feeds it sāharam and is…

…on;The Meaning of the Word ‘Tathāgata’is included in The All-Embracing Net of Views Brahmajāla Sutta, tr. Bhikkhu Bodhi BPS.

…effects the balance of consciousness and mental properties; as nature function; rasa that it prevents excessiveness and deficiency, or that it…

[[te-cīvarik’anga]]Te-cīvarik’anga: ‘practice of the three-rober’, is one of the ascetical means for purificaton dhutānga.

Tejo-kasina: ‘fire-kasina’, is one of the 10 kasina exercises; see: kasina.

Latent tendencies: anusaya

Thinking: understanding based on: cintāmayapaññā see: paññā.

…the 3rd of the 5 hindrances nīvarana. They may or may not, be associated with greedy consciousness see: Tab. 23. 25, 27, 29 and II.

…sankhāra and consciousness viññāna permanent or impermanent? - Impermanent, o Venerable One.

But that which is impermanent, is it…

…’ The Three Baskets’, is the name for the 3 main divisions of the Pāli Canon: the Basket of Discipline Vinaya Pitaka, the Basket of Discourses…

…the Community of Noble Disciples and those who live in accordance with the Law. - The contemplations of the 3 Jewels belong to the 10…

…is the community of the disciples, who have realized or are striving to realize the law of deliverance.

The 3-fold Refuge in Pāli, by the…

…or bad action, or are associated with the corresponding action. 2 is the doctrine of Makkhali Gosāla; see: ditthi

According to the above 3…

Ācinnaka-kamma: habitual kamma; see: kamma

…- sañcetanā, 4: consciousness viññāna.

1: Material food feeds the 8-fold materiality having nutrient essence as its 8th factor i.e….

Ākāsa-kasina: ‘space-kasina exercise’; see: kasina

…to D. 33, it is conducive to the development of ‘knowledge and vision’ see: visuddhi VI + VII, and it is said to be helpful to the…

…to hell, namely: the parricide, etc. About the 5th see A. X., 35, 38. With regard to the first crime, it is said in D. 2 that if King Ajātasattu…

…of supra-mundane path consciousness see: ariya-puggala, and which therefore is the cause of the immediately following fruition phala…

…and the advantage of renunciation. When the Blessed One perceived that the listener’s mind was prepared, pliant, free from obstacles, elevated…

…Third Tetrad:

9: Experiencing the mind & mood citta I will breathe in, thus he trains himself; clearly perceiving the mind & mood I will…

…for the sense-perceptions, and without them no sense-perception or sense-consciousness seeing, hearing, etc. can ever arise. Cf. āyatana…

Ārammanupanissaya: Decisive Support Conditional Relation. see: paccaya

Āraññikanga: The training of living in the forest, is one of the ascetic purification-exercises dhutānga.

…through absence of clinging anupādāya āsavehi cittāni vimuccimsū’ti.

…stage in the process of consciousness see: viññāna-kicca. If an object of the 5 physical senses is observed, it is called ’five-door…

…

• mind-base, or consciousness and idea or mental-object
  manāyatana dhammāyatana

By the visual organ…

…the food over to the recipient is called kamma-making or kamma-becoming kamma-bhava see. Vis.M XVII, IX, X. Or, the intentions during the…