BUDDHIST DICTIONARY

-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). –

-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

-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,

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

-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

-B- bahula-kamma: ‘habitual kamma’: s. kamma. bala: ‘powers’. Among various groups of powers the following five are most frequently met with in

-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

ABBREVIATIONS A.   Aṅguttara Nikāya (figures refer to number of book (nipāta) and Sutta) Abh.    Abhidhamma Piṭaka (Canon) Abh. S.    Abhidhammatthasaṅgaha Abh. St.    Abhidhamma

Buddhist Dictionary Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrines by NYANATILOKA MAHATHERA Fourth Revised Edition, edited by Nyanaponika Mahathera Buddhist Publication