…as dhammābhisamaya ‘realization of the doctrine’ se e: XIII ābhisamaya - samyutta and Pts.M. ābhisamaya - kathā.

Abhisamācārika-sīla: ’ morality consisting in good behaviour’, relates to the external duties of a Bhikkhu such as towards his senior, etc. abhisamācārika-sīla is a name for those moral rule …

Abhiññā: The 6 ‘higher powers’, or supernormal knowledge’s, consist of 5 mundane lokiya powers attainable through the utmost perfection in mental concentration samādhi and one supra-mundane * …

Access-concentration: see: samādhi

[[acquired image]]Acquired !nimitta samādhi kasina

…cāga and of peace upasama. See also D. 33 and Com.

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2. ‘Determination’, resolution,…

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 …

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.

Anussati: ‘recollection’, reflection, meditation, contemplation. The six recollections often described in the Suttas e.g. A. VI, 10, 25; D. 33 are:

1: Recollection of the Buddha, *buddhānussati …

Appanā-samādhi: Absorption concentration or full concentration from apeti to fix, is the concentration existing during absorption jhāna, whilst the neighbourhood or access-concentration *upa …

Attainment-concentration: appanā-samādhi, see: samādhi

Attainments: The 8 Attainments see: samāpatti

…one-pointedness of mind citt’ekaggatā and calm tranquillity samatha, further see: samatha - vipassanā.

Bala: ‘powers’. Among various groups of powers the following five are most frequently met with in the texts: 1 faith saddhā, 2 energy viriya, 3 awareness or mindfulness sati, 4 concentration …

[[balance of mental faculties]]Balance of mental abilities: indriya samatta.

Behaviour: morality consisting in good: abhisamācārikasīla.

Belief: blind: see: indriya-samatta.

…and insight see: samatha-vipassanā, are very often met with and explained in the Sutta, as well as in the Abhidhamma.

Tranquillity…

Bojjhanga: ‘the 7 factors of enlightenment’, are: awareness or mindfulness sati-sambojjhanga, sati, investigation of the law dhamma-vicaya-sambojjhanga energy viriya-sambojjhanga, *vir …

…eye of a Buddha buddha- c., . the eye of all-round knowledge samanta c.; a frequent appellation of the Buddha.

Cetanā: ‘intention’, will, is one of the seven mental properties cetasika inseparably bound up with all consciousness, namely sensorial or mental contact phassa feeling vedanā perception *sa …

[[cittass’ekaggatā]]Cittass’ekaggatā: ‘one-pointedness of mind’, is a synonym of concentration, or samādhi

Concentration: samādhi - right°, see: sacca IV. 8, magga 8. - wrong°, see: micchā-magga 8.

Contiguity: samanantara-paccaya is one of the 24 conditions paccaya.

Counter-!nimitta kasina samādhi

Ends: ‘attaining two ends simultaneously’; sama - sīsī.

[[equilibrium of mental faculties]]Equilibrium of mental abilities: indriya-samatta.

[[fruits of monk-life]]Fruits of monk-life: sāmañña-phala

Hāna-bhāgiya-sīla: - samādhi b h. b. p aññā morality, concentration or understanding connected with decline. The other three stages are: thiti-bhāgiya-sīla etc. morality, etc. connected …

Iddhi: ‘power’, ‘magical power’. The magical powers constitute one of the 6 kinds of higher spiritual powers abhiññā. One distinguishes many kinds of magical powers: the power of determination * …

…- sankhāra - samannāgata concentration of energy viriya - samādhi… concentration of consciousness citta - samādhi…..

Image: mental: see: nimitta, samādhi, kasina.

Immediacy: an alternative rendering for contiguity-condition, samanatara - paccaya which is one of the 24 conditions paccaya

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: …

Indriya-samatta: ‘equilibrium, balance, or harmony of abilities’, relates to the 5 spiritual abilities: faith, energy, awareness or mindfulness,…

Javana: fr. javati to impel: ‘impulsion’, is the phase of full cognition in the cognitive series, or perceptual process citta-vīthi see. viññāna-kicca occurring at its climax, if the respe …

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

…for the Order of Bhikkhus, or Bhikkhus.

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Ordination in Theravāda Buddhism…

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5. Contiguity: samanantara
6. Co-nascence: sahajāta
7. Mutuality: aññamañña
8. Support: nissaya
   9….

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 …

Pahāna: ‘overcoming’, abandoning. There are 5 kinds of overcoming: 1 overcoming by repression vikkhambhana-pahāna i.e. the temporary suspension of the 5 hindrances nīvarana during the absorpt …

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

Patibhāga-nimitta: s. nimitta, kasina, samādhi.

Phala: lit. ‘fruit’. - 1. result, effect often together with hetu cause; 2. benefit e.g. in Sāmañña-phala Sutta, ‘The Results, or Benefits, of Recluseship’; D. 2.

As ’ path -result’, or ’fru …

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

[[progress of the disciple]]Progress of the disciple: Gradual development of the 8-fold path in the: In many suttas occurs an identical passage that outlines the gradual course of development in …

…however, any absorption is suitable. For details, see: samatha - vipassanā - App..

Thiti-bhāgiya-sīla, Thiti-bhāgiya-samādhi, Thiti-bhāgiya-paññā: ‘static morality, static concentration, static understanding’; see: hāna-bhāgiya-sīla

thought, Thought-conception: s …

…who has taken t. as his vehicle’:…

Ānantariya: Immediacy, is a name for that concentration of mind which is associated with the profound and shocking insight vipassanā that is present in any one of the 4 kinds of supra-mundane p …

…three apply to both calm samatha and insight-meditation, while the fourth refers to pure insight praxis only. With attentive mind he breathes…