…materiality see: khandha Summary I; Dhs. 638 and to a sixfold classification of elements see: dhātu M. 112, 115, 140. It is also an object of…

…to mind-and-body dic3_n.htm#nāma-rūpa nāma-rūpa is described in D. 15, and its influence on feeling and wrong views, in D. 1 at the end….

…‘adherence’, attachment, ‘misapprehension’, is according to Vis.M XXII a name for wrong views; in that sense it occurs in Dhs. 1174 ff. -…

…of m’. appamāna d. of m. from the conditions of existence, or signless of m.’ animittā d. of m. from the appendages’ ākincañña c.…

…In fact, the entire Abhidhamma Pitaka, as a whole, treats really of nothing but just these two doctrines: phenomenality - implying impersonality…

…of practice in Vis.M VIII, 145ff. - For a comprehensive anthology of canonical and commentarial texts, see: Mindfulness of Breathing, by…

…meditation samatha - kammatthāna see. bhāvanā Often also the 4 immaterial spheres arūpāyatana are called absorptions of the…

…penetrating concentration samādhivippharā iddhi producing the same result. The magical powers are treated in detail in Vis.M XII; Pts.M.,…

…of investigation vimamsa - samādhi accompanied by effort of will.; As such, they are supra-mundane lokuttara i.e. connected with…

…necessities of life. For a commentarial exposition, see Atthasālini Tr. I, p. 63f: II, pp. 475ff.

khīnāsava = one whose fermentations are…

…are no-self sabbe dhammā anattā M. 35, Dhp. 279. This is for emphasizing that the common false view of an abiding, same, constant,…

…phala.

Summed up, there are 4 noble individuals ariya-puggala:
1: The Stream-winner Sotāpanna,
2: The…

…through their counteracting may master and suppress their adverse opposite states, and by means of higher knowledge they may master the objects of…

…of a Buddha is called sammā-sambodhi ‘perfect enlightenment’. The faith saddhā of a lay follower of the Buddha is described as he…

…materiality see: khandha Summary I. In the figurative sense, as ‘foundation’ or sustaining condition, it is one of the 24 conditions paccaya and…

…causes or creators of the kamma that lead to unhappy and happy destinies Vis.M XVII, 38.

As ignorance still exists though in a very refined way…

…of the law dhamma - patisambhidā, of language nirutti - patisambhidā of ready wit patibhāna - patisambhidā.

As an…

…A. VIII, 30 has:,This Dhamma is for one who delights in non-diffuseness the unworldly, Nibbāna; it is not for him who delights in worldliness…