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Buddhist Meditation

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1. Ekaggata (jhana)
One-pointedness
Path
Right view
Four Noble Truths

2. 3rd turning of the wheel
Virtues/Precepts
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self
Yogacara-yoga practice
Fear

3. Sanna (aggregate)
Realm after the rupajhanas
Perception
Examining
Calm-abiding

4. 2nd turning of the wheel
Virtues/Precepts
Action
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception
Philosophy- Emptiness

5. Vedana
'Non returner'
Desire
Feelings
Not self

6. 4th turning of the wheel
Right effort
Buddha nature
'One who enters the stream'
Philosophy- Emptiness

7. Sakadagamin

8. Magga (4NT)
'Returning once'
Enlightened one
Path
Mental contents

9. Anagamin

10. Sankhara (aggregate)
Buddha
Volitional formations
Right action
1. Soto 2. Rinzai

11. Samadhi
Physical matter
Joy
Right speech
Concentration

12. Samatha
Rebirth
'One who enters the stream'
Calm-abiding
Yogacara-yoga practice

13. Dhammas
Mental contents
Cessation
Right action
Enlightened one

14. Vipassana
Philosophy- Emptiness
Insight Buddhism
Four foundations of mindfulness
Law

15. Rupa (aggregate)
Physical matter
Right mindfulness
Virtues/Precepts
Philosophy- Emptiness

16. Karma
Happiness
Action
Feeling
Right concentration

17. Paticcasamuppada
Right concentration
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
Concentration
Enlightened one

18. Dharma
Yogacara-yoga practice
Four Noble Truths
Feeling
Law

19. Sukha (jhana)
Happiness
Mental contents
Loom or Warp
Consciousness

20. Bodhisattva
Volitional formations
Right action
Philosophy- Emptiness
Enlightened one

21. Kaya
Concentration
Body
'One who enters the stream'
'Returning once'

22. samma ajiva
Right livelihood
'One who enters the stream'
Perception
Buddha

23. Vicara (jhana)
Path
Mind
Examining
Mental contents

24. Vedana (aggregate)
Consciousness
Insight Buddhism
Feeling
Happiness

25. Schools of Zen
Law
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
Feelings
Suffering

26. Anatta
Desire
Right intention
Right effort
Not self

27. Panna
Body
Right intention
Wisdom
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception

28. samma kammanta
Application
Right effort
Right action
Feeling

29. Samvega
Fear
'One who enters the stream'
Right effort
Right speech

30. Arhat

31. Sila
Happiness
Insight Buddhism
Virtues/Precepts
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising

32. Citta
Wisdom
Yogacara-yoga practice
'Non returner'
Mind

33. Sotpanna

34. Tantra
Cessation
Loom or Warp
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
Concentration

35. Arupajhanas
Realm after the rupajhanas
Mental contents
Yogacara-yoga practice
Fear

36. samma vayama
Right view
Not self
Cessation
Right effort

37. Satipatthana
Right intention
Enlightened one
Right speech
Four foundations of mindfulness

38. Vitakka (jhana)
Insight Buddhism
Application
Joy
Cessation

39. samma ditthi
Consciousness
'Returning once'
Calm-abiding
Right view

40. Samsara
Joy
Law
Rebirth
Right mindfulness

41. samma sati
Feeling
Not self
Right livelihood
Right mindfulness

42. 1st turning of the wheel
Right concentration
Four Noble Truths
'Returning once'
Path

43. Vinnana (aggregate)
Consciousness
Realm after the rupajhanas
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
Enlightened one

44. Siddarttha Gautama
Cessation
Action
Buddha
Virtues/Precepts

45. samma sankappa
'One who enters the stream'
Examining
Concentration
Right intention

46. States of this realm in sequence
One-pointedness
Cessation
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception
Realm after the rupajhanas

47. Dukkha (4NT)
Right action
Cessation
Yogacara-yoga practice
Suffering

48. Piti (jhana)
Happiness
Desire
Consciousness
Joy

49. Tanha (4NT)
Feelings
Fear
Action
Desire

50. samma samadhi
Body
Application
Desire
Right concentration