G – Buddhist Dictionary

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gantha: ‘ties’. “There are 4 ties: the bodily tie (kāyaganthaof covetousness (abhijjhā), of ill-will (byāpāda), of clinging to rule and ritual (sīlabbata-parāmāsa), of dogmatical fanaticism (idaṃsaccābhinivesa)” (D. 33). – “These things are ties, since they tie this mental and material body” (Vis.M. XXII, 54).

garuka kamma: weighty kamma; s. kamma.

gati (lit. ‘going’): ‘course of existence’, destiny, destination. “There are 5 courses of existence: hell, animal kingdom, ghost realm, human world, heavenly world” (D. 33; A. XI, 68). Of these, the first 3 count as woeful courses (duggati, s. apāya), the latter 2 as happy courses (sugati).

gems, the 3: ti-ratana (q.v.).

generation, the 4 modes of: yoni (q.v.).

germinating once more: ekabījī, is the name of one of the 3 kinds of Sotāpanna (q.v.).

ghosts: cf. petayakkha; s. loka.

giving: dāna (q.v.).

gladness: somanassa (q.v.). – Indulging in g., s. manopavicāra.

gnosis: s. indriya (21).

gotrabhū: lit. ‘who has entered the lineage (of the Noble Ones)’, i.e. the Matured One.

  1. ‘Maturity-Moment’ (gotrabhū-citta)is the last of the 4 impulsive moments (javanaq.v.; cf. viññāṇa-kicca)immediately preceding the entering into an absorption (jhānaq.v.) or into one of the supermundane paths (s. ariya-puggala, A.). Cf. visuddhi VII.
  2. The ‘Matured One’. “He who is endowed with those things, immediately upon which follows the entrance into the noble path(ariya-magga), this person is called a ‘Matured One’.” (Pug 10). In the Com. to this passage it is said: “He who through perceiving Nibbāna, leaves behind the whole multitude of worldlings(puthujjanaq.v.), the family of worldlings, the circle of worldlings, the designation of a worldling and enters into the multitude of the Noble Ones, the family of the Noble Ones, the circle of the Noble Ones, and obtains the designation of a Noble One, such a being is called a Matured One.” By this state of consciousness is meant the lightning-like transitional stage between the state of a worldling and that of a Sotāpanna; s. ariya-puggala. – Gotrabhū is mentioned in this sense, i.e. as 9th ariyapuggala (q.v.), in A. IX, 10; X, 16.

gotrabhū-ñāṇa: ‘Maturity-knowledge’; s. prec. and visuddhi (VII)

gradual instruction: ānupubbīkathā  (q.v.).

grasping: cf. parāmāsaupādāna.

great man, the 8 thoughts of a: mahāpurisa-vitakka (q.v.).

greed: lobha (q.v.).

greedy consciousness: s. Tab, I, III. (22-29).

greedy-natured: rāgacaritas. carita.

grief: domanassa (q.v.) – Indulging in g. s. manopavicāra.

groups: of existence, s. khandhacorporeal groups, s. rūpa-kalāpacorporeality-group, s. rūpa-kāya; mind-group, s. nāma-kāya.

growth, bodily: rūpassa upacaya: s. khandha I.

grudge: s. paṭigha.

gustatory organ: s. āyatana.

 

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