ABBREVIATIONS
Abbreviations AN Aṅguttara Nikāya Dhp Dhammapada DN Dīgha Nikāya Khp Khuddakapāṭha MN Majjhima Nikāya Mv Mahāvagga Nd I Mahāniddesa SN
Read moreAbbreviations AN Aṅguttara Nikāya Dhp Dhammapada DN Dīgha Nikāya Khp Khuddakapāṭha MN Majjhima Nikāya Mv Mahāvagga Nd I Mahāniddesa SN
Read moreGlossary Arahant: A “worthy one” or “pure one;” a person whose mind is free of defilement and thus is not destined
Read moreStudy Aid : Papañca as a Cause of Conflict Three passages—§§62–64—map the causal processes that give rise to papañca and
Read more8 : Overcoming Objectification §59. As he was sitting there, Ven. Rādha said to the Blessed One: “‘A being,’ lord. ‘A
Read more7 : Overcoming Sensuality §50. “Now, craving is dependent on feeling, seeking is dependent on craving, acquisition is dependent on seeking,
Read more6 : Developing Goodwill §46. “There is the case, headman, where a Tathāgata appears in the world, worthy & rightly self-awakened,
Read more5 : Building Endurance §40. “And what are the effluents [āsava] to be abandoned by tolerating? There is the case where a monk,
Read more4 : Contemplations for Overcoming Anger §35. “Having killed what do you sleep in ease? Having killed what do you not
Read more3 : Overcoming the Causes of Violence §21. “There are these four ways of going off course. Which four? One goes
Read more2 : The Practice of Restraint §9. I have heard that on one occasion the Blessed One was staying near Sāvatthī
Read more1 : The Drawbacks of Violence §2. All tremble at the rod, all are fearful of death. Drawing the parallel to
Read moreNon-violence A STUDY GUIDE BASED ON EARLY BUDDHIST TEACHINGS compiled by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu Copyright copyright 2018 ṭhānissaro bhikkhu This work
Read moreAbbreviations AN Aṅguttara Nikāya Cv Cullavagga Dhp Dhammapada DN Dīgha Nikāya Iti Itivuttaka MN Majjhima Nikāya Mv Mahāvagga SN Saṁyutta
Read moreGlossary Ajaan (Thai): Teacher; mentor. Pāli form: Ācariya. Arahant: A “worthy one” or “pure one;” a person whose mind is free of defilement
Read moreThe Names for Nibbāna As a young man, the Buddha had a vision of the world: All beings were like
Read moreThe Limits of Description Not-self Revisited The Buddha once divided his teachings into two categories: those whose meaning has been
Read moreHow Pointy is One-pointedness? A Pāli sutta, MN 44, defines concentration as cittass’ek’aggatā, which is often translated as “one-pointedness of mind”: cittassa = “of the
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