Abhisankhāra: Construction identical with the 2nd link of the paticca - samuppāda, sankhāra, under I, 1 or kammic-constructions.

Abodes: vihāra The 4 Divine abodes: brahma-vihāra The 9 abodes of beings: sattāvāsa

Adhimokkha: ‘determination’, decision, resolve: is one of the mental properties cetasika and belongs to the group of mental constructions sankhāra - khandha. In M. 111, it is mentioned toge …

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 …

[[altruistic joy]]Altruistic Mutual Joy: muditā is one of the 4 sublime & divine abodes brahma-vihāra.

…the case of the first two characteristics it is stated that all constructions sabbe sankhārā are impermanent and subject to suffering, the…

…of the three universal characteristics of existence tilakkhana, which is easily observable and thus obvious. It is from this all-embracing…

Anupubba-vihāra: the 9 ‘successive abodes’, are identical with the 9 anupubba-nirodha see: above. In A. IX, 33 they are called successive attainments anupubba - samāpatti.

Anāgāmī: T he 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. 42-46:

A being, through the disappea …

Appamaññā: The 4 ‘Infinite States’, identical with the 4 brahma-vihāra

Apuññābhisankhāra: see: sankhāra

Ariya-vihāra: Noble dwelling see: vihāra

Asankhāra-parinibbāyī: The one reaching Nibbāna without effort, is one of the five classes of Non-Returners anāgāmī

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\ …

Attā: Self, ego, personality, soul, is in Buddhism a mere conventional expression vohāradesanā, and not a designation for anything really existing; see: paramattha-desanā, anattā, puggala, satta, jīva.

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 …

…refers to the sexual characteristics of the body, and belongs to the group of materiality see: khandha. It is a commentarial term for the…

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 …

Brahma-vihāra: the 4 ‘sublime’ or ‘divine abodes’, also called the 4 Infinite states appamaññā are: loving-kindness mettā Pity karunā, altruistic or sympathetic joy muditā equanimity *up …

Carita: ‘nature, character’. In Vis.M III there are explained six types of men: the greedy-natured rāga-carita the hate-natured…

Catu-mahārājika-deva: a class of divine beings of the sense-sphere; see: deva.

Ceto-vimutti: ‘deliverance of mind’. In the highest sense it signifies the fruition of Arahatship see: ariya-puggala and in particular, the concentration associated with it. It is often linked …

…which is determined by the character of the intention cetanā associated therewith. The Com. explains it as ‘a wish to do’ kattu - kamyatā…

Character: On the 6 kinds of human character, see: carita.

Characteristics: of existence, the. 3: ti-lakkhana

Citta-sankhāra: see: sankhāra

Pity: karunā see: brahma-vihāra.

…- Craving for e.: bhava-tanhā see: tanhā - The 3 characteristics of e.: ti-lakkhana

Food: material: is one of the 4 nutriments āhāra. Foodproduced materiality, see: samutthāna - Refusing all further f., see: dhutānga - Loathsomeness of f. see: āhārepatikkūla - saññā

Forest-dweller: the ascetic practice for the: see: dhutānga

formation = Construction: sankhāra

…knowledge ñāna - vipphara iddhi i.e. the power of inherent insight to remain unhurt in danger; the power of penetrating concentration…

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 …

[[imperturbable karma-formations]]Imperturbable kammic-constructions: āneñjābhisankhāra see: sankhāra

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: …

…i.e. rebirth-producing character, but is a kammically independent function kiriya Tab. I, 72-89. There are further 8 supra-mundane classes…

Joy: somanassa - Altruistic j. = muditā see: brahma-vihāra.

Paccaya: ‘condition’, is something on which something else, the so-called ‘conditioned thing’, is dependent, and without which the latter cannot be. Many are the ways in which one thing, or one o …

…is one of the main characteristics of the Abhidhamma Pitaka, in distinction from most of the Sutta Pitaka, that it does not employ…

Paramī: Pāramitā: ‘perfection’. Ten qualities leading to Buddhahood: 1 perfection in giving or generosity; dāna - pāramī 2 morality sīla - p 3 renunciation nekkhamma - p 4 understan …

…as: ‘Materiality has the characteristic of being oppressed; feeling has the characteristic of being felt, etc.’

Full understanding by…

Paticcasamuppāda: ‘dependent origination’, is the doctrine of the conditionality of all physical and psychical phenomena, a doctrine which, together with that of impersonality anattā, forms the …

…that determines the latent character of a person.

Neither has this rebirth-consciousness transmigrated from the previous existence to this…

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

Phassa: fr. phusati to touch: ‘sense-contact’, contact. The term samphassa is used in compounds, e.g. in the following: ‘;T’here are 6 classes of sense-contact: visual contact cakkhu - *s …

Puggala: ‘individual’, ‘person’, as well as the synonyms: personality, individuality, being satta self attā etc., in short all terms designating a personal entity, hence also: I, you, he, man, …

Puññā-dhārā: ‘streams of merit’. It is said that one produces 4 streams of merit by offering the 4 requisites robes, foodfood, dwelling, medicine to a Bhikkhu who has reached the conditionless de …

Puññābhisankhāra: ‘meritorious kammic-constructions’ of the sense-and fine-material sphere; see: sankhāra I. 1.

…high degree of rapture is characteristic of certain stages in meditative concentration, in insight practice vipassanā as well as in the first…

…condition that feeds it sāharam and is not without it. And what is it? ‘Ignorance’, one has to reply.; - Craving for existence and ignorance…

…of all things’. It has as charactcristic that it effects the balance of consciousness and mental properties; as nature function; rasa that it…

Ti-lakkhana: the ‘3 charactcristies of existence’, or signata, are impermanency anicca, suffcring or misery dukkha see: sacca, dukkhatā…

Āhāra: ‘nutriment’, ‘food’, is used in the concrete sense as material food and as such it belongs to derived materiality see: khandha Summary I. In the figurative sense, as ‘foundation’ or susta …

Āhāra-samutthāna-rūpa: ‘Food-produced materiality’; see: samutthāna

…The space element has the characteristic of delimiting matter or form. Its function is to indicate the boundaries of matter. It is manifested as…

Āneñja: Static imperturbability, denotes the mental state of being(s) in the formless sphere arūpāvacara avacara, see: sankhāra cf. M. 106.

Ānāpāna-sati: Awareness or mindfulness on & by in-and-out-breathing, is one of the most important trainings for reaching mental concentration and the 4 absorptions jhāna. In the Satipatthāna …

Āyūhana: K ammic accumulation, is a name used in the commentarial literature for the advantageous and disadvantageous intentional activities kamma or kammic-constructions sankhāra (see: *paticc …