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Buddhist Meditation

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1. Sankhara (aggregate)
Mental contents
Buddha nature
'Returning once'
Volitional formations

2. Vicara (jhana)
Right view
Philosophy- Emptiness
Examining
Realm after the rupajhanas

3. Dhammas
Cessation
Insight Buddhism
Feelings
Mental contents

4. Samsara
Joy
Happiness
Loom or Warp
Rebirth

5. 1st turning of the wheel
Law
Action
Four Noble Truths
Fear

6. Sotpanna

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7. Karma
Action
Right action
Volitional formations
Four Noble Truths

8. samma ajiva
Right livelihood
Right mindfulness
Path
1. Soto 2. Rinzai

9. samma sati
One-pointedness
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception
Right mindfulness
'One who has reached Nirvana'

10. samma ditthi
Feelings
Right view
'One who has reached Nirvana'
Physical matter

11. Ekaggata (jhana)
One-pointedness
Desire
Insight Buddhism
Right mindfulness

12. Samatha
Desire
Rebirth
Mind
Calm-abiding

13. 4th turning of the wheel
Right speech
Buddha nature
Right mindfulness
Examining

14. Samvega
Fear
Not self
Enlightened one
Happiness

15. 3rd turning of the wheel
Application
Concentration
Joy
Yogacara-yoga practice

16. Tantra
Concentration
Consciousness
Loom or Warp
Virtues/Precepts

17. Vedana
Body
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
Feelings
Examining

18. 2nd turning of the wheel
Right intention
Consciousness
Right effort
Philosophy- Emptiness

19. Dukkha (4NT)
Suffering
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
Right effort
Body

20. Vinnana (aggregate)
Consciousness
Right concentration
Suffering
Insight Buddhism

21. Satipatthana
Law
Four foundations of mindfulness
'Non returner'
Enlightened one

22. Citta
'One who has reached Nirvana'
Not self
Mind
Examining

23. Three marks of existence
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self
Joy
Four foundations of mindfulness
Consciousness

24. Rupa (aggregate)
Insight Buddhism
Physical matter
Right livelihood
Four Noble Truths

25. Panna
Wisdom
Law
Action
Rebirth

26. Tanha (4NT)
Realm after the rupajhanas
Desire
Right speech
Joy

27. Siddarttha Gautama
Rebirth
Physical matter
Buddha
Not self

28. Piti (jhana)
Joy
Mental contents
Enlightened one
Right intention

29. Magga (4NT)
Not self
Path
Examining
'Returning once'

30. Paticcasamuppada
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
Four foundations of mindfulness
Enlightened one
Volitional formations

31. samma samadhi
Right concentration
Feeling
Four Noble Truths
Physical matter

32. Sakadagamin

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33. Anatta
Not self
Mental contents
Calm-abiding
'Returning once'

34. samma sankappa
Right mindfulness
Realm after the rupajhanas
Right intention
One-pointedness

35. samma kammanta
Right action
Right view
Joy
Law

36. Kaya
Body
Application
Concentration
Path

37. Dharma
Law
Right concentration
Right speech
Path

38. Arhat

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39. States of this realm in sequence
Right livelihood
'Non returner'
Joy
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception

40. Arupajhanas
Right action
Realm after the rupajhanas
Cessation
Not self

41. Anagamin

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42. samma vayama
Wisdom
Buddha
Right effort
'Returning once'

43. Bodhisattva
Examining
Right effort
'One who enters the stream'
Enlightened one

44. samma vaca
Right speech
'One who enters the stream'
Application
Insight Buddhism

45. Vipassana
Buddha nature
Concentration
Insight Buddhism
Right view

46. Schools of Zen
Happiness
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
Right speech
Body

47. Sukha (jhana)
Law
Happiness
'Returning once'
Loom or Warp

48. Nirodha (4NT)
Buddha
Perception
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
Cessation

49. Vedana (aggregate)
Examining
Feeling
Suffering
Buddha nature

50. Vitakka (jhana)
Fear
Application
Right concentration
1. Soto 2. Rinzai