…white forms.

As preparatory kasina-object for the 1st and 2nd exercise one should choose on one’s own body a small or a large spot,…

…the minds of other beings parassa ceto-pariya-ñāna, of other persons, by penetrating & embracing them with his own mind. He knows the greedy…

Adherence: parāmāsa clinging or attachment.

Adhitthāna, as a doctrinal term, occurs chiefly in two meanings:

1. ‘Foundation’: four ‘foundations or basics’ of an Arahat’s mentality, mentioned and explained in M. 140: the foundatio …

…and that there is no separate ego-entity or stable and same core neither within nor outside this process, he will not be able to understand…

…of impulsion are: the preparation parikamma, access upacāra, adaptation anuloma and change-of-lineage gotrabhū moments. For further…

Aparāpariya-vedanīya-kamma: ‘kamma bearing fruits in later births’; see: kamma.

Ariya-puggala: or simply Ariya: Noble Ones, noble persons:
The 8, Ariya = Noble Ones are those who have realized one of the 8 stages of Nobility, i.e. the 4 supra-mundane paths magga …

…previous deliberation, preparation, or prompting by others; hence: ‘unprepared, unprompted’. This term and its counterpart sasankhārikacitta,…

Attachments: see: parāmāsa

…and not a designation for anything really existing; see: paramattha-desanā, anattā, puggala, satta, jīva.

…hell and above by the paranimmitavasavatti heaven (see: deva ), being therein included, to wit: the groups of existence, the elements,…

…states of mind are inseparably bound up with ignorance. Ignorance or confusion is the most obstinate, dense, deep, subtle, hidden and fearsome…

…the ability of memory, paranormal psychic phenomena, mental and physical growth, kamma and rebirth. etc. An alternative rendering is…

…which is probably of a comparatively later period, the Treasure Store Sutta Nidhikkanda Sutta of the Khuddakapātha, where the following 3 terms…

…properties cetasika inseparably bound up with all consciousness, namely sensorial or mental contact phassa feeling vedanā perception…

Energy: viriya, further see: bojjhanga, bala, pāramī

Gantha: ‘ties’.;There are 4 ties: the bodily tie kāyagantha of covetousness abhijjhā of ill-will vyāpāda, of clinging to rule and ritual sīlabbata-parāmāsa of dogmatical fanaticism *idam …

Grasping: cf. parāmāsa, upādāna.

…they form, by way of preparation, the roads to the power constituting the fruition of the path; Vis.M XII, namely:;concentration of intention…

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

…They are called ‘preparatory’ parikamma-samādhi as they are preparing for the attainment-concentration appanā - samādhi; access…

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

…Enlightened One’; or Separately or Individually = pacceka Enlightened One renderings by ‘Silent’ or ‘Private Buddha’ are not very apt. This…

Pada-parama: ‘one for whom the words are the utmost attainment’.;Whoever, though having learned much, speaking much, knowing many things by…

…also S. I. 25.

The term paramattha in the sense here used, occurs in the first para. of the Kathāvatthu, a work of the Abhidhamma Pitaka see:…

Paramī: Pāramitā: ‘perfection’. Ten qualities leading to Buddhahood: 1 perfection in giving or generosity; dāna - pāramī 2 morality…

Paranimmita-vasavatti-deva: ‘divine beings with power over the productions of others’, constitute a class of divine beings in the sense-sphere…

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

Parikamma-nimitta: ‘preparatory image’; see: nimitta, kasina.

Parikamma: ‘preparatory-moment’: see: javana

Parikamma-samādhi: ‘preparatory concentration’, is the initial and still undeveloped concentration of mind; see: samādhi

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

…basic 7 mental phenomena inseparably associated with every state of consciousness, see: nāma By materiality rūpa is meant the 4 physical…

Patience: or forbearance khanti one of the 10 perfections pāramī, .

Paññā: ‘understanding, knowledge, understanding, insight’, comprises a very wide field. The specific Buddhist knowledge or understanding, however, as part of the Noble 8-fold path magga to deli …

Perfections: the 10: pāramī

[[preparatory concentration]]Preparatory concentration: and preparatory image, etc.: see: samādhi javana

…the ultimate sense paramattha, however, there exist only ever-changing physical and mental phenomena, flashing up and dying every…

…is said to be;the incomparable field of merit in the world; anuttaram, puññakkhettam see: anussati 3. The Arahats, however, having…

…moment to moment, but no separate entity, no personality.

When the commentaries in this connection explain Tathāgata by ‘living being’ satta…