Ahetuka-ditthi: View or opinion of uncausedness or randomness of existence & phenomena; see: ditthi

…The false view or opinion of the inefficacy of action: That neither moral good nor moral evil action have any delayed consequences for…

…behind the perception of happiness.
3: Contemplating them as not self, one leaves behind the perception of ownership.
4: Becoming…

Anupubba-nirodha: The 9 ‘successive ceasings’, are the 8 ceasings reached through the 8 absorptions jhāna and the ceasing of feeling and perception’ see: nirodha-samāpatti, as it is said in …

…tendency to speculative opinion ditthi,
4: The latent tendency to skeptical doubt vicikicchā,
5: The latent tendency to conceit & pride…

…independent of craving & opinion, leading to concentration.

5: The Noble Disciple further recollects his own generosity cāga…

Appicchatā: Having only few wishes, contentedness, is one of the indispensable virtues of the monk; cf. A. X. 181-190, and ariya-vamsa

…The sevenfold grouping of the Noble Disciples is as follows:

1: The faith-devotee saddhānusārī,
2: The…

Asura: D emons, goblin, evil spirit or titan inhabiting one of the lower worlds apāya.

…life-time is living in happiness of the absorptions, all these things are of the fine-material level. Which things are of the formless level…

…from the corresponding 5 spiritual abilities indriya, is that they are unshakable by their opposites: 1 the power of faith is unshakable by…

…in the arising and developing of the kamma-produced and therefore morally neutral mental and bodily phenomena of existence. Cf. Tab. -…

…loving-kindness, Pity, altruistic joy, equanimity mettā, karunā, muditā, upekkhā. Of these, the first 3 exercises may…

…kinds of enlightenment and aspire either to become a Buddha, a Pacceka-Buddha, or an Arahat-disciple. This conception of a choice between three…

…see: bala,

the 5 spiritual powers bala,
the 7 factors of enlightenment bojjhanga,
the Noble 8-fold path see:…

…the Pāli scriptures of a disciple declaring it as his aspiration. - See bodhi.

…he has gained and is developing the link to Awakening ‘energy’ viriya…

4: Whenever in him, while firm in energy, arises…

…loving-kindness mettā Pity karunā, altruistic or sympathetic joy muditā equanimity upekkhā.

The stereotype text on the development…

…There are 4 such ‘auspicious wheels’ or ‘blessings’: living in a suitable locality, company of good people, meritorious acts done in the…

…dosa-carita the stupid or dull-natured moha-carita the faithful-natured saddhā - carita the intelligent-natured buddhi -…

…things, for eating and sleeping, and leading the monk’s life for the sake of divine rebirth. For details, see: A. V, 205; X, 14; D. 33; M. 16….

…i.e. loving-kindness, Pity, altruistic joy and equanimity see: *brahma-vihāra; d. of m. from the appendages stands for the sphere of…

…do I know that changes so rapidly as consciousness. Scarcely anything may be found that could be compared with this so rapidly changing…

Pity: karunā see: brahma-vihāra.

Contentment: appicchatā is one of the ascetic virtues. Cf. A. X, 181-90.

[[counteractive karma]]Counteractive kamma: upapīlaka-kamma see: kamma.

Enthusiasm: pīti

[[few wishes]]Few wishes: see: appicchatā.

Grasping: cf. parāmāsa, upādāna.

…even in the Abhidhamma Pitaka, no such base is ever localized, a fact which seems to have first been discovered by Shwe Zan Aung Compendium of…

Happiness: feeling of h.: see: sukha - The idea of h. of the world, see: vipallāsa.

…of the 6 kinds of higher spiritual powers abhiññā. One distinguishes many kinds of magical powers: the power of determination adhitthān…

…tatramajjhattatā i.e. ‘keeping everywhere the middle’, the equipoise of mind, also called upekkhā which belongs to the group of mental…

…relates to the 5 spiritual abilities: faith, energy, awareness or mindfulness, concentration and understanding see: indriya 15-19. Of…

Interest: pīti, cf. Tab. II.

…the attaining of the higher spiritual powers abhiññā.

In the Abhidhamma, generally a fivefold instead of a fourfold division of the…

…pacchājāta

12. Repitition: āsevana
13. Kamma: kamma
14. Kamma-result: vipāka
15. Nutriment: āhāra
    16….

…they have to utter an aspiration before a Perfect Buddha.

Canonical references are few; Pug. 29 defin.; A. II, 56; in M. 116, names of many…

Padhāna: ‘effort.’ The 4 right efforts samma - padhāna forming the 6th stage of the 8-fold path i.e. sammā - vāyāma see: magga are: 1 the effort to avoid samvara-padhāna 2 to overc …

…the idea of happiness by experience of Danger dic3_d.htm#dukkha.

3: If through the knowledge of the noble path see:…

…with lay folk, gifts, pupils, repairs in the monastery, sickness, study, magical power. The latter, however, may become an obstacle only in…

…the ‘vow to wear only robes made from picked-up rags’, is one of the ascetic rules of purification;…

…see M. 18 Madhupindika Sutta:;Whatever man conceives vitakketi that he differentiates papañceti and what he differentiates, by…

…from most of the Sutta Pitaka, that it does not employ conventional language, but deals only with ultimates, or realities in the highest sense…

…is said that through developing the 4 sublime states loving-kindness, Pity, altruistic joy, equanimity; see: brahma-vihāra one may reach…

…first book of the Abhidhamma Pitaka; the latter or synthetical method, in Patthāna, the last book of the Abhidhamma Pitaka. For a synopsis of these…

…physical sense-objects as impinging or making an impact on the sense-organs. All other materiality is appatigha non-reacting and…

…ñānamoli proposes: perspicuity in expression and knowledge.

1. The analytical knowledge of the meaning attha - p is the…

[[patta-pindik’anga]]Patta-pindik’anga: the ‘exercise of the bowl-eater’, is one of the 13 ascetic purification-exercises dhutānga,…

Peta: Sanskrit preta lit. ‘departed spirit’, ghost; see: loka

[[picked-up rags]]Picked-up rags: wearing robes made from: see: dhutānga.

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

Powers: the 5 spiritual: see: bala - For the 6 higher p., see: abhiññna For the 10 p. of a Buddha, see: dasabala - For the 4…

…his heart an unblemished happiness; how in all his actions he is ever mindful and clearly conscious; and how, being equipped with this lofty…

…point, for the higher spiritual powers abhiññā, or for insight vipassanā, leading to the supra-mundane paths see: ariya-puggala…

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

…rendered also by joy, happiness; interest it is one of the mental properties or properties cetasika and belongs to the group of mental…

…or ‘thus come’, is an epithet of the Buddha used by him when speaking of himself.

To the often asked questions, whether the Tathāgata still…

…is called the ‘keeping in the middle of all things’. It has as charactcristic that it effects the balance of consciousness and mental…

…is the name for the 3 main divisions of the Pāli Canon: the Basket of Discipline Vinaya Pitaka, the Basket of Discourses Sutta Pitaka and the…

…1 the belief that all happiness and woe are produced through former kamma prenatal actions; see: kamma; 2 that everything is uncaused; 3 that…

…a pleasurable happiness I will breathe in, thus he trains himself; Experiencing a pleasurable happiness I will breathe out, thus he…

Āpo-dhātu: Water-element, macroscopic fluidity, microscopic cohesion; see: dhātu

…ditthāsava, Ex: ‘My opinion is best’
4: The mental fermentation of ignorance avijjāsava. Ex: ‘Suffering exists not’
A list of three,…

…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…