…unshaken, peaceful, and therefore undefiled state of mind, whilst insight vipassanā is the intuitive insight into the impermanence, misery and…

…as a spur to earnest effort: Bhikkhus, I tell you: All constructions are bound to vanish. Strive enthusiasticly! *Vayadhammā sankhārā,…

…is visualized as a mental reflex or image nimitta and, as if it were, as something external. Such an exercise, though appearing quite…

…can be perceived, Bhikkhus, before which ignorance was not, and after which it came to be. But it can be perceived that ignorance has its specific…

…under the name of the ‘threefold higher knowledge’ te - vijjā. They are, however, not a necessary condition for the attainment of sainthood…

…Kathā. They represent, therefore, the aspect of firmness in the spiritual abilities.

According to A. V. 15, the power 1 becomes manifest in the 4…

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 …

…asubha - saññā refers to the contemplation of the 32 parts of the body see: kāya-gatā-sati. The contemplation of the body’s…

Avacara: S phere, realm, level or dimension. The 3 levels of existence are: the sense-level kāmāvacara, the fine-material level rūpāvacara, the formless level arūpāvacara. Which things are …

Asekha: lit.: Learned = not-anymore-learner see: sekha, a disciple perfected in training, one beyond training, an adept. This is a name for the Arahat, the Noble One see: ariya-puggala, sin …

…wit:

1: Personality-belief sakkāya-ditthi, see. ditthi,
2: Skeptical doubt vicikicchā,
3: Clinging upādāna to mere rules…

…

the 4 right efforts see: padhāna,
the 4 roads to power iddhi-pāda,
the 5 spiritual abilities indriya, see: bala,…

Arūpa-jjhāna: Formless mental absorption see: jhāna

Arūpa-khandha: The four formless immaterial groups of sentient existence are: feeling, perception, mental constructions, and consciousn …

…Contemplation, deep reflection, profound consideration:
The 4 fold: see: satipatthāna.
The 18 fold: see: vipassanā.
The 7 fold:…

Appanihita-vimokkha: D esireless mental release see: *vimokkha

_ Appanihitānupassanā: Contemplation of desirelessness see: _vipassanā*

…denote the 5 heinous actions with immediate result ānantarika-kamma, whilst the ‘defilements’ refer to the ’evil views with fixed…

Appamāna-ceto-vimutti: Infinite mental release see: ceto-vimutti

Appamāna-subha: a kind of divine being: see: deva II.

Aparihāna-dhamma: ‘incapable of relapse’, or ‘of falling away’, namely, with regard to deliverance from some or all mental chains of existence see: samyojana. Thus all Noble Disciples are calle …

…knowledge’, gnosis, refers to the perfect knowledge of the Arahat Saint; see: ariya-puggala. The following passage occurs frequently in…

Avoidance: see: Cāritta-sīla - The effort to avoid all evil states, see: padhāna 1.

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 …

…a doctrinal term, occurs chiefly in two meanings:

1. ‘Foundation’: four ‘foundations or basics’ of an Arahat’s mentality, mentioned…

…only by the Buddha, wherefore the Buddha is known as the anattā - vādi or ’Teacher of impersonality ’. Whosoever has not penetrated this…

[[birth process]]Birth process: upapatti-bhava: see: bhava. Further see: patisandhi, jāti

Being: living: satta, further see: puggala. - Belief in eternal personality: bhava-ditthi see: ditthi, sassata-ditthi.

Accumulation: of Kamma see: āyūhana

…thinking and over which therefore one should not speculate. The 4 unthinkables are: the potential range of a Buddha buddha - visaya, the…

Adhicitta-sikkhā ‘training in higher mentality’; see: sikkhā

Adhisīla-sikkhā: ‘training in higher morality’: see: sikkhā

Abhijjhā: ‘covetousness=greediness=acquisitiveness=jealousy & envy’ is a synonym of lobha and tanhā see: mūla and is the 8th link of the disadvantageous courses of action see: kamma-patha I.

Abhinibbatti: a Sutta term for rebirth; see: punabbhava

Access-concentration: see: samādhi

Absorption: see: jhāna