Abandonment: contemplation of: patinissaggānupassanā is one of the 18 chief kinds of insight; see: vipassanā further ānāpānasati 16.

Abhabbāgamana: ‘incapable of progressing’. Those beings who are obstructed by their evil actions kamma see. kamma, by their defilements kilesa, by the result of their evil actions see: *vipāka …

…by the Stream-winner sotāpanna see: ariya-puggala. In the Com. the term is represented by ‘penetration’ pativedha. Frequently occurring…

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 * …

Akiriya-ditthi: The false view or opinion of the inefficacy of action: That neither moral good nor moral evil action have any delayed consequences for anyone. This wrong view w as taught by Pūran …

…Stream-entry sotāpatti see: ariya-puggala, is often expressed in terms of impermanence: Whatever is subject to origination, is…

…see: nirodha-samāpatti, as it is said in A. IX, 31 and D. 33:

In him who has entered the 1st absorption, the sensual-perception…

…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 …

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 …

Aparihāniya-dhamma: ‘conditions of welfare’ lit. of non-decline, for a nation. Seven such conditions are mentioned in the Mahā-Parinibbāna Sutta D. 16. They are followed by five sets of 7, and …

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

Apāya: The 4 ‘lower worlds’. are: the animal world, ghost world, demon-world, hell. See Vis.M XIII, 92f.

…of Stream-winning sotāpatti- phala.

A3. The one realizing the path of Once-return sakadāgāmi- magga.
A4….

…of Stream-Entry sotāpatti. Even when the five lower mental chains have vanished in a Noble Disciple, there is still in him, with regard…

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

Attainments: The 8 Attainments see: samāpatti

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 …

…of Stream-Winning sotāpatti - phala up to the path of Nobility arahatta - magga. See Dhs. PTS 362-364, 505, 553; Indriya…

…of the Stream-winner sotāpannassa angāni, 2 in the 4 right efforts see: padhāna, 3 in the 4 foundations of awareness or mindfulness…

Bhāvanā: ‘mental development’ lit. ‘calling into existence, producing’ is what in English is generally but rather vaguely called ‘meditation’. One has to distinguish 2 kinds: development of tranqu …

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

Bodhi: from verbal root budhi to awaken, to understand: awakening, enlightenment, supreme knowledge. Through Bodhi one awakens from the slumber or stupor inflicted upon the mind by the defilemen …

…the 8 moral precepts sikkhāpada, takes as the third precept the vow of chastity, i.e. full abstention from sexual relations. The highest aim…

Breathing: awareness or mindfulness of in-and-out-breathing ānāpānasati.

Cutūpapāta-ñāna: the ‘knowledge of the vanishing and reappearing’ of beings is identical with the divine eye; see: abhiññā.

Eka-bījī: ‘germinating only once more’, is the name for one of the 3 kinds of Stream-winners: see: sotāpanna.

[[foolish babble]]Foolish babble: sampha - ppalāpa see: kamma, kamma -pat ha I; cf. tiracchāna - kathā.

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 …

Gati: lit. ‘going’: ‘course of existence’, destiny, destination.;There are 5 courses of existence: hell, animal kingdom, ghost realm, human world, divine world; D. 33; A. XI, 68. Of these, the fir …

[[germinating once more]]Germinating once more: eka - bījī is the name of one of the 3 kinds of sotāpanna

…worldling and that of a sotāpanna see: ariya-puggala - Gotrabhū is mentioned in this sense, i.e. as 9th ariya-puggala, in A. IX, 10; X,…

Groups: of existence, see: khandha material groups, see: rūpa-kalāpa materiality-group, see: rūpa-kāya mind-group, see: nāma-kāya

Ill-will: vyāpāda is a synonym of dosa see: mūla and patigha and is one of the 10 mental chains samyojana, 5 hindrances nīvarana and 10 disadvantageous courses of action see: *kamma \ …

In-and-out-breathing: watching over: ānāpāna-sati

…21 on reaching the Sotāpatti-Fruition sotāpatti - phala 22 at attaining the Arahat-Fruition arahatta - phala For the three…

Investigation: full understanding through: tīranapariññā see: pariññā - ‘Investigation’ vīmamsā is one of the 4 roads to power iddhipāda and one of the 4 predominants adhipati s *paccay …

Jīvita-navaka-kalāpa: ninefold vital group; see: rūpa-kalāpa.

Paccaya: ‘condition’, is something on which something else, the so-called ‘conditioned thing’, is dependent, and without which the latter cannot be. Many are the ways in which one thing, or one o …

Pacceka-buddha: an ‘Solitarily Enlightened One’; or Separately or Individually = pacceka Enlightened One renderings by ‘Silent’ or ‘Private Buddha’ are not very apt. This is a term for an Araha …

Papañca: Sanskrit prapañca In doctrinal usage, it signifies the expansion, differentiation, ‘diffuseness’ or ‘manifoldness’ of the world; and it may also refer to the ‘phenomenal world’ in gener …

Paramī: Pāramitā: ‘perfection’. Ten qualities leading to Buddhahood: 1 perfection in giving or generosity; dāna - pāramī 2 morality sīla - p 3 renunciation nekkhamma - p 4 understan …

Paticcasamuppāda: ‘dependent origination’, is the doctrine of the conditionality of all physical and psychical phenomena, a doctrine which, together with that of impersonality anattā, forms the …

Patigha: - 1. In an ethical sense, it means: ‘repugnance’, grudge, resentment, anger, and is a synonym of vyāpāda, ill-will’ see: nīvarana and dosa ‘hate’ see: mūla It is one of the late …

Patinissaggānupassanā: ’contemplation on relinquishment ’, is one of the 18 kinds of insight vipassanā. Further cf. the 16th exercise of anapana-sati.

Patisandhi: lit. ‘reunion, relinking’, i.e. rebirth, is one of the 14 functions of consciousness viññāna-kicca. It is a kamma-resultant type of consciousness and arises at the moment of concep …

Pañca-sīla: s. sikkhāpada

…If thus repeated, they are called the ’attainment of fruition phalasamāpatti which is explained in detail in Vis.M XXIII.

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

Postures: the 4 bodily: iriyāpatha

Puggala: ‘individual’, ‘person’, as well as the synonyms: personality, individuality, being satta self attā etc., in short all terms designating a personal entity, hence also: I, you, he, man, …

Puñña-kiriya-vatthu: ‘bases of meritorious action’. In the suttas, 3 are mentioned consisting of giving generosity; dāna - maya - p of morality sīla - maya - p and of mental de …

…apuñña = demerit. pāpa = ‘bad’, ‘evil’. The value of meritorious action is often stressed, e.g., in the Treasure Store Sutta see: Khp….

…rules binding upon all Buddhists; see: sikkhāpada

Pātihāriya: ‘miracle’, marvel. Three marvels are ascribed to the Buddha: the marvel of magic iddhi - p the marvel of mind-reading ādesanā - p and the marvel of instruction anusāsanī \ …

Thinking: understanding based on: cintāmayapaññā see: paññā.

Tiracchāna-yoni: ‘animal womb’; birth as animal. The animal kingdom belongs to the sense-world see: loka is one of the 4 lower worlds see: apāya and one of the 3 woeful courses of existence …

Training: the 3-fold: sikkhā - The steps of: sikkhāpada

…7 times at most’ see: sotāpanna and after only seven times more wandering through this round of rebirths amongst men and divine beings, he…

…essence; see: rūpa-kalāpa. 2: Sensorial and mental contact is a condition for the 3 kinds of feeling pleasant, painful and indifferent;…

…of the Stream-enterer sotāpanna & the other Nobles is generated by the insight into the impermanence, misery and impersonality of all…

Ānāpāna-sati: Awareness or mindfulness on & by in-and-out-breathing, is one of the most important trainings for reaching mental concentration and the 4 absorptions jhāna. In the Satipatthāna …