abhaya

"a" +"bhaya"; doing something to stop someone's fear

abhaya dāna

saving the life of a living being

abhijjhā

strong greed

abhiññā

supermundane powers

abhisaṅkhāra

strong saṅkhāra that lead to rebirths and strong vipāka

ādīnava

bad outcome: Assāda, Ādīnava, Nissarana – Introduction

adhimokkha

arising to the top; reaching a high value

adhivāsana

things one gets used to based on sansāric habits; part of gathi

adinnādāna

stealing; taking something without permission

adosa

without hatred

ajjhatta

internal

ākāsa

space (the void in between rūpa)

ākāsānañcāyatana

first arūpa brahma realm

ākiñcaññāyatana

third arūpa brahma realm

akusala

immoral act

āhāra

nutrients (for body or mind)

ahetuka

without good roots

ahirika

shamelessness

akālika

remove defilements or timeless (no birth or death, i.e., Nibbāna)

alobha

without greed

āloka

light, dissociating from “this world”

āmisa

mundane (belonging to 31 realms)

amoha

without delusion; moral mindset

amurta

fine food (drink) of devas

Anāgāmī

Non-Returner (to the human world)

anāgata

future

ānāpāna

7. What is Änapāna?

ānāpānasati

6. Ānāpānasati Bhāvanā (Introduction)

anāriya

not Noble

anatoppa

fear of doing immoral deeds

anatta

not in-control, helpless

ānenjābhi saṅkhāra

Saṅkhāra, Kamma, Kamma Bīja, Kamma Vipāka

anicca

inability to maintain to one’s satisfaction

Aniccatā

tendency to change unexpectedly; characteristic of a rūpa: Rūpa (Material Form) – Table

anidassana

Cannot be seen; can also mean pure as in anidassana viññāṇa

animisa

without pausing for even a moment: Animisa Locana Bodhi Poojā – A Prelude to Acts of Gratitude

aññamañña

depend on each other

anantara

being in storage until retrieval (kamma vipāka)

anumodanā

accept pattidana (transfer of merits or sharing of merits) with joy

anupassanā

discard kileasa by contemplating with anicca, dukkha, anatta: see #6 of 4. What do all these Different Meditation Techniques Mean?

anusaya

defilements arising from latent cravings (āsava) and kilesa

apacāyana

paying respects to those with higher virtues: Puñña Kamma – Dāna, Sīla, Bhāvanā

aparāpariya vedaniya

kamma vipāka that can materialize at any time in future

apāya

common term for four lowest realms

āpo

cohesive element

Appanā samādhi

almost at jhāna: What is Samādhi? – Three Kinds of Mindfulness

appaṇīta

not to liking; dislikes

appaṭigha

cannot be grasped or touched

apuñña

immoral

apuññabhi saṅkhāra

highly immoral saṅkhāra

Arahant

never to be born in any of the 31 realms

ārammaṇa

object of thought

Ariya

Noble person (Sotāpanna or above)

arūpa

without rūpa

asañña

without perception; without saññā

āsava =āsaya

deep-seated craving

āsavakkhaya ñāṇa

Knowledge of removing āsava: The Way to Nibbāna – Removal of Āsavas

āsevana

repeated practice; associate

asobhana

ugly or defiled (used mainly for cetasika)

asura

one of the four apāyā; beings there have large bodies and are inactive

assāda

enjoyment

atīta

past

atta

opposite of anatta or eight

attha

opposite of anatta; perception that one has total control

avici

one of the niraya (hell)

avihiṁsā

non-aggressive

avinibbhoga

consituents not separable, as in a avinibbhoga rūpa kalapa

avyāpāda = abyāpāda

not angry, kind

āyatana

an indriya becomes as āyatana: Sorting out Some Key Pāli Terms - Taṇhā Lobha Dosa Moha etc

āyu

lifetime

avijjā

Ignorance of Tilakkhaṇa

bahiddhā

external

bahijja

external

bala

power

bali

distort

bīja

seed

bhaṅga

dissolution; destruction

bhava

realm of existence

Bhaudhdhayā (Buddhist)

One striving to stop the rebirth process

bhāvanā

meditation, constant contemplation & use

bhavaṅga

life continuum

bhaya

fear

Bhikkhu

Buddhist monk

bodhicitta

a Mahāyāna term denoting "enlightenment-mind"

bojjhaṅga

bodhi aṅga or facilitating factor for Nibbāna

brahma

a being in rūpa or arūpa brahma realms

Buddha

Buddha Gotama

cakkhu

eye or seeing

cakkavāḷa

planetary system like our Solar system

cetanā

intention; but deeper: “Details of Kamma – Intention, Who Is Affected, Kamma Patha.”

cetasika

mental factor

chanda

liking

citta

thought (pure thought)

cittānupassanā

doing anupassana via contemplating on thoughts

citta vīthi

citta come in packets of a discrete number; a single citta does not arise

cutūpapāta ñāṇa

ability to see all previous births

cuti

death

cuti citta

moment of death

dāna

giving

dasa

ten

dasaka

decad; group of 10

dassana

vision; but normally used for "comprehending"

dassanena pahātabba

removing (kilesa) via comprehension of Dhamma

desanā

verbal discourse

deva

a being in 6th-11th realms

Dhamma

Buddha’s teachings, phenomenon, mental object

dhammavicaya (sambojjhaṅga)

investigation of concepts like anicca

dhammānudhamma patipadā

condition for attaining Sotāpanna stage: Four Conditions for Attaining Sotāpanna Magga/Phala

dhammānupassanā

doing anupassana via contemplating on Dhamma

dhātu

element

dhyāna (same as jhāna)

meditative state with rūpa loka or arūpa loka consciousness

ditta

observation

ditthi

view, wrong view unless specified

diṭṭhijukamma

“diṭṭhi”+“uju”+“kamma” or getting rid of wrong views on kamma:Puñña Kamma – Dāna, Sīla, Bhāvanā

domanassa

mental agony, displeasure; not bodily suffering

dosa

hatred

dosakkhaya

dosa + khaya or removal of hate

dugathi

"du" + "gathi" or habits that can lead to bad rebirths

dukha

suffering

dukkha

suffering & it can be stopped from arising

dvāra

door (to the external world)

ehipassiko

a quality of Dhamma, removing defilements in real time: Supreme Qualities of Buddha, Dhamma, Saṅgha

ekaggatā

one-pointedness (of the mind)

gandha

smell, odor

gandhabba

Gandhabba (Manomaya Kāya)

gati

character, habits

ghāṇa

nose or smelling

gotrabhu

change of lineage ("gotra") when getting close to a jhāna

hadaya vatthu

seat of mind (in the gandhabbayā)

hetu

root cause

hiri

shamefulness for doing akusala kamma

iddhi

special powers or knowledges

iddhipāda

means to special (mental) accomplishment

indriya

one of the six sense faculties when used without lobha, dosa, moha

issa (irisiyā in Sinhala)

jealousy

Itthi (sthree in Sinhala)

feminine

jarā

getting old or weak

Jaratā

one of 28 rūpa: Rūpa (Material Form)

jāti

birth of a living being OR birth of anything

javana

those citta with which saṅkhāra committed or kamma vipāka generated: Javana of a Citta – The Root of Mental Power

jhāna (same as dhyana)

meditative state with rūpa loka or arūpa loka consciousness

jivhā

tongue (more accurately jivha indriya) OR taste

jīvita

life: jivita indriya maintains life

Jīvitindriya

one of the 7 universal cetasika: Cetasika (Mental Factors) OR one of the 28 rūpa: Rūpa (Material Form)

kabaḷīkāra

one of the 4 āhāra: Āhāra (Food) in Udayavaya Ñāṇa

kappa (kalpa in Sinhala)

time duration of an entity: kappa of a human is about 100 years; mahā kappa is lifetime of the universe

kalyāṇa mittā (or mitrā in Sinhala)

Noble friend: Four Conditions for Attaining Sotāpanna Magga/Phala

kāmacchanda

greed for things in kamaloka

kāma loka

first 11 realms with five physical senses

kāma rāga

attachment to sense pleasures in kamaloka

kāmāvacara

belonging to kamaloka

kāmesumicchācārā

immoral ways of enjoying sense pleasures: The Five Precepts – What the Buddha Meant by Them

kamma

action, deed

kammanta

actions as in sammā kammanta

kammaṭṭhāna

meditation verses or procedures

kandha

heap, pile, or aggregate

karunā

compassion in the suffering of others

kasiṇa

meditation object in anāriya jhāna (eg. a colored disk)

kāya

pertaining to the body or action

kaya

physical or mental body

kāyānupassanā

doing anupassana via contemplating on the bodily actions

khaṇika samādhi

What is Samādhi? – Three Kinds of Mindfulness

khaya

cutting off or gradually reduce

khaṇa

moment, sub-moment

kriyā

action, deed