Glossary Pali
the negative, unpleasant, or disadvantageous side of anything. The opposite side is Asāda, the positive, pleasant or advantageous side.
ones who return to their world, after their death
unhealthy and unwholesome things/states
deathless element
non-returners, ones who do not return to their world that they left behind after death and the breaking up of the body
fruition of non-returning
Mindfulness focused on breathing. Meditation practice of complete mindfulness of the breath (air) and breathing.
non-being, the negation of Atta, (there is no permanent being anywhere in the world of manifestations). Without a permanent or real self.
impermanence, including changes and transformation.
complete emancipation without further ground or fuel for grasping and clinging
dormant tendencies
clouds of ignorance and complete absence of realizing the Four Noble Truths
dormant attachment to existence
pernicious, wrong view as a dormant tendency
enjoyment of sensual pleasures as a dormant passion
egoism as a dormant I-conceit
irritation/annoyance as a dormant feeling/emotion
doubt/indecisiveness as a dormant fetter/shackle
totally awakened/liberated, the highest noble one
fruition of arahantship
instructed person, the Buddha’s followers
The Noble Path
the Noble Person, awakened or enlightened beings
formless meditative absorption
attachment to the formless jhāna(s)s or states of infinite consciousness
the positive, pleasant or advantageous side of anything.
the uncreated (which has not been born, has no decay and does not change, such as Nirvana).
spiritual infectious diseases
meditative energy produced by Samadhi and Jhana.
Has two meanings. On the one hand it is the impermanent being (like our personality). And on the other it refers to a permanent entity (as the equivalent of the Sanskrit term Paramātman).
ignorance or the clouds of unknowing
the Blessed One (one of the Buddha’s titles)
existences
monk in the Buddha’s Order
nun in the Buddha’s Order
the factors of enlightenment
integrated, holy life
complete liberation through the highest samadhi mind
positive: the loving will to do.
negative: self-gratification
mental stability acquired through love and wish to do
the mind (including the thinking heart)
perversion/distortion of thought
giving
the teachings of the Buddha, the Four Noble Truths
element
point of view
perversion of point of view
destructiveness, anger, hate, rage, resentment
suffering, physical and mental pain, all forms of suffering, and that which is breakable (breakability)
having just one seed or further ground for grasping (one more birth before reaching full enlightenment), due to the eradication of the three samyojanas
stability of mind
levitation power
the way to success
the supernatural power of levitation
meditative absorption
temporary and ever changing being
an age or eon, also kappa
sensual pleasures
fond of sensual pleasures
those who consume sensual pleasures
self-gratification of sensual pleasures
compassion and heartfelt empathy for those with troubles
aggregates
extinction of contaminations / intoxications. The one who has extinguished the contaminations / intoxications
one who still wanders in the realms of existence for a few births, and then will be able to become totally liberated and to put an end to suffering
healthy, wholesome things/states
egoism, I-conceit
intellect
unconditional, universal love and well wishes for all beings without discrimination (including friendship and kindness)
delusion, deception, and illusion
sympathetic joy for the success of the others
name and Form, the psychophysical constituents
perception of variety
enjoyment of pleasurable things
attachment to pleasure
this is not me
This is not mine
the tendency
extinction of all the sankhāra(s) or conditioned things
extinction of passionate fires. The lucidly realized truth regarding non-self and supreme void (emptiness of nāma-rūpa – the psychophysical constituents), also nibbāna
renunciation of pleasures
hindrances, wisdom-deteriorating impediments
the path to enlightenment and the end of suffering (dukkha), composed of right understanding, right thought or intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right perseverance, right mindfulness, and right samadhi (stabilized mind)
discernment and profound vision (insight)
a suddenly appearing or born being with no parents
invincible perseverance
complete liberation through perfect wisdom
the supreme Being
complete emancipation and extinction with no remainder
irritation or annoyance
the monastic rules for training
affection and/or more emotional love
joy, fullness of heart
affection and human warmth
term synonymous with permanent attā (being)
“thick, dense” or uninstructed people
sensual excitement
the body (one of the five aggregates)
meditative absorption with form
excessive enjoyment of jhānas with form
the noble one who has eradicated all the three samyojana(s) and who has reduced and lessened rāga (sensual excitement), dosa (destructiveness), and moha (delusion, deception, and illusion)
fruition of once-returning
existence of a self
pernicious, wrong view on the existence of self
stabilized mind
a recluse (a calm and radiant ordained person)
mental calmness and developed mind through samadhi. The calm meditation system
created things
right livelihood
right understanding
right action
invincible perseverance
right stability of mind, focused concentration
right thought
right mindfulness
right speech
right perseverance
the wheel of continuous birth, death, and rebirth
fetters or shackles
mental formations. The internal, conditioning activities and all the conditioned, created things (a subtle creation)
perception (one of the five aggregates)
perversion of perceptions
one of the Buddha’s most significant disciples, his right hand monk in making known the dharma and vinaya
mindfulness
the four foundations of mindfulness
one who will be reborn for up to seven births, and then will be able to put an end to suffering
ethics, precepts, moral guidance
attachment to superstitious practices (rites, ceremonies, rituals)
a stream-enterer, one who will never fall back into the lower existences, but who will move forward toward full enlightenment and the realization of nirvana
fruition of stream-entry
pure abodes of existence
physical wellbeing, psychic joy, happiness
emptiness, the fertile void, supreme void
a good wise person
Buddha's discourses
craving/thirst
the Buddha, literally the one who has gone thus (beyond any description)
psychic inertia, clumsiness, numbness
restlessness or excessive efforts put into the practice
attachment
a subtle attachment and substratum/fuel for rebirth
ways and means
heart and mind filled with equanimity, equilibrium, and rectitude, the sense of composure
sensations, feelings (one of the five aggregates)
examining factor
doubt or indecisiveness
special and supreme knowledge, beyond the reach of the average human
liberation / immeasurable freedom
monastic discipline, guidelines for action and speech
consciousness (one of the five aggregates)
perversion / distortion
Insight Meditation, Seeing things as they truly are, the Development of Wisdom
freedom from sensual excitement
working energy (perseverance / effort)
discursive thought as regards pleasure, destructiveness, and violence on the akusala – unhealthy, unwholesome side while on the kusala – healthy, wholesome side it refers to the opposites to those three aspects of thinking, embracing freedom from sensual pleasures, mettā – unconditional, universal love and well wishes for all beings, and non-violence
solitude/quietude
letting go once and for all
destructive thought