…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…

…power of spiritual creation manomaya iddhi i.e. the power of letting issue from this body another mentally produced body; the power of…

…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,…

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

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

…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….

…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…

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

…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…

…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…

Aññāmañña-paccaya: M utuality-condition, is one of the 24 conditions paccaya.

…of his Doctrine, The Dhamma, dhammānussati
3: Recollection of his Sangha Community of Noble Disciples, sanghānussati
4: Recollection…

…constructions as impermanent, one leaves behind the perception of permanence.
2: Contemplating them as painful, one leaves behind the…

…subject to ceasing see: Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta, see: S. XLVI, 11. In his last exhortation, before his Parinibbāna, the Buddha reminded his…

…M. 20, five methods of overcoming them are given: by changing the object, thinking of the evil results, paying no attention to them, analyzing them,…

…= yathā - kammūpaga - ñāna or cutūpapāta-ñāna, the pure one, he sees beings vanishing and reappearing, low and noble…

…- p 3 renunciation nekkhamma - p 4 understanding paññā - p 5 energy viriya - p 6 patience or forbearance; khanti 7…

…the mental chains, from the moment of fruition phala onwards, are forever extinct and stilled, such overcoming is called the ’overcoming by…

…It is at this phase that kamma is produced, i.e. advantageous or disadvantageous intention concerning the perception that was the object of the…

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

…are explained six types of men: the greedy-natured rāga-carita the hate-natured dosa-carita the stupid or dull-natured moha-carita…

…the Pāli Canon and commentaries, the designation ‘Bodhisatta’ is given only to Prince Siddhattha before his enlightenment and to his former…

…the 37 bodhipakkhiya-dhammā are enumerated and explained though not called by that name. A detailed explanation of them is given in Vis.M…

…in the penetration of the impermanency anicca, misery dukkha see: sacca and impersonality anattā of all forms of existence. Further…