Buddhist Dictionary by Tỳ-khưu Nyanatiloka

BUDDHIST DICTIONARY -G- gantha: ‘ties’. “There are 4 ties: the bodily tie (kāyagantha) of covetousness (abhijjhā), of ill-will (byāpāda), of

BUDDHIST DICTIONARY -F- factors, mental: s. cetasika. – F. of absorption, s. jhāna – F. of enlightenment, s. bojjhaṅga. faculties:

BUDDHIST DICTIONARY -E- earnestness: appamāda (q.v.). earth-element: s. dhātu (I). eating, knowing the measure in bhojane mattaññutā (q.v.). effort, the

BUDDHIST DICTIONARY -D- dāna: ‘almsgiving’, liberality, offering. “He who gives alms, bestows a fourfold blessing: he helps to long life,

BUDDHIST DICTIONARY -C- cāga: ‘liberality’, is one of the ‘blessings’ (s. sampadā), ‘foundations’ (s. adhiṭṭhāna), ‘recollections’ (s. anussati), ‘treasures’ (s.

BUDDHIST DICTIONARY -B- bahula-kamma: ‘habitual kamma’: s. kamma. bala: ‘powers’. Among various groups of powers the following five are most

BUDDHIST DICTIONARY -A- abandonmet, contemplation of; paṭinissaggānupassanā, is one of the 18 chief kinds of insight; s. vipassanā, further ānāpānasati