O – Buddhist Dictionary
-O- obduracies, the 5 mental: ceto-khila (q.v.). obhāsa: ‘effulgence of light’, aura, appearing at times during deep insight (vipassanā), may become a ‘defilement of insight’ (vipassanūpakkilesa); cf. visuddhi, V.
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N – Buddhist Dictionary
-N- nāma: (lit. ‘name’): ‘mind’, mentality. This term is generally used as a collective name for the 4 mental groups (arūpino khandha), viz. feeling (vedanā), perception (saññā), mental
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M – Buddhist Dictionary
-M- macchariya: ‘stinginess’, avarice. “There are 5 kinds of stinginess, o monks; regarding the dwelling place, regarding families, regarding gain, regarding
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L – Buddhist Dictionary
-L- lahutā: ‘lightness’, or ‘agility’, may be of 3 kinds: of corporeality (rūpassa lahutā; s. khandha, I ), of mental factors (kāya-lahutā), and of consciousness (citta-lahutā). Cf. Tab. II. lakkhaṇa: ‘characteristics’.
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K – Buddhist Dictionary
-K- kabalinkārāhāra: lit. ‘food formed into balls’, i.e. food formed into mouthfuls for eating (according to Indian custom); it denotes ‘material
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-J- janaka-kamma: ‘regenerative kamma’; s. kamma. jarā: ‘old age, decay’, is one of the 3 divine messengers (s. deva-dūta, q.v.). For its conditioning by
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-I- iddhi: ‘power’, ‘magical power’. The magical powers constitute one of the 6 kinds of higher spiritual powers (abhiññā, q.v.). One distinguishes many
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-H- habitual kamma: bahula-kamma: s. kamma. hadaya-vatthu: ‘heart as physical base’ of mental life. The heart, according to the commentaries as well as to
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-G- gantha: ‘ties’. “There are 4 ties: the bodily tie (kāyagantha) of covetousness (abhijjhā), of ill-will (byāpāda), of clinging to rule and ritual (sīlabbata-parāmāsa), of dogmatical fanaticism (idaṃsaccābhinivesa)” (D. 33). –
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-F- factors, mental: s. cetasika. – F. of absorption, s. jhāna – F. of enlightenment, s. bojjhaṅga. faculties: indriya (q.v.); see also paccaya 16. fading away: s. virāga. faith: saddhā (q.v.). faith-devotee and faith-liberated one: s. ariyapuggala (B). faithful-natured: saddhā-carita; s. carita. fatalism: s. diṭṭhi. favour, 4 ways of
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-E- earnestness: appamāda (q.v.). earth-element: s. dhātu (I). eating, knowing the measure in bhojane mattaññutā (q.v.). effort, the 4 right e.: samma-ppadhāna; s. padhāna. Right e. s. sacca (IV 6), magga (6) . – 5 elements of e.: padhāniyaṅga (q.v.). ego-entity: attā(q.v.). ego-belief: s. diṭṭhi, sakkāya-diṭṭhi, vipallāsa. ego-idea,
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-D- dāna: ‘almsgiving’, liberality, offering. “He who gives alms, bestows a fourfold blessing: he helps to long life, good appearance, happiness
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-C- cāga: ‘liberality’, is one of the ‘blessings’ (s. sampadā), ‘foundations’ (s. adhiṭṭhāna), ‘recollections’ (s. anussati), ‘treasures’ (s. dhana ). cakka: ‘wheel’, is one of the seven ‘precious possessions’ (ratana) of a
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-B- bahula-kamma: ‘habitual kamma’: s. kamma. bala: ‘powers’. Among various groups of powers the following five are most frequently met with in
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-A- abandonment, contemplation of; paṭinissaggānupassanā, is one of the 18 chief kinds of insight; s. vipassanā, further ānāpānasati (16). abbhokāsikaṅga: ‘living in the open air’, is
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ABBREVIATIONS A. Aṅguttara Nikāya (figures refer to number of book (nipāta) and Sutta) Abh. Abhidhamma Piṭaka (Canon) Abh. S. Abhidhammatthasaṅgaha Abh. St. Abhidhamma
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Buddhist Dictionary Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrines by NYANATILOKA MAHATHERA Fourth Revised Edition, edited by Nyanaponika Mahathera Buddhist Publication
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