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Buddhist Meditation

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1. samma samadhi
Right concentration
Right mindfulness
Path
'Returning once'

2. Vedana (aggregate)
Mind
Wisdom
Realm after the rupajhanas
Feeling

3. Satipatthana
Suffering
Feeling
Four foundations of mindfulness
Fear

4. Samatha
Enlightened one
Feelings
Calm-abiding
Action

5. Vedana
Cessation
Right view
Feelings
Consciousness

6. Citta
'Returning once'
Consciousness
Perception
Mind

7. Vicara (jhana)
Buddha
One-pointedness
Examining
Four foundations of mindfulness

8. 1st turning of the wheel
Rebirth
Suffering
Cessation
Four Noble Truths

9. samma sankappa
Right intention
Right action
Suffering
Rebirth

10. Dukkha (4NT)
Path
Calm-abiding
Suffering
Right mindfulness

11. Tanha (4NT)
Desire
Not self
Right mindfulness
Virtues/Precepts

12. Rupa (aggregate)
Right speech
Physical matter
Body
Volitional formations

13. Piti (jhana)
Wisdom
Law
Joy
Happiness

14. Dhammas
Feeling
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception
Feelings
Mental contents

15. samma sati
'Returning once'
'One who has reached Nirvana'
Right mindfulness
Philosophy- Emptiness

16. samma vayama
Wisdom
Right effort
Feelings
Rebirth

17. Nirodha (4NT)
Application
Suffering
Right view
Cessation

18. Samsara
Calm-abiding
Happiness
Rebirth
Law

19. Magga (4NT)
Buddha nature
Cessation
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self
Path

20. samma vaca
Application
Right speech
'Non returner'
Right mindfulness

21. Samvega
'One who enters the stream'
Fear
Insight Buddhism
Mind

22. Kaya
Action
Happiness
Body
'Non returner'

23. Sukha (jhana)
Happiness
Rebirth
Buddha nature
Virtues/Precepts

24. Karma
Right intention
Action
Perception
Right view

25. Vinnana (aggregate)
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
Suffering
One-pointedness
Consciousness

26. Sotpanna

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27. Sankhara (aggregate)
Examining
'Non returner'
Insight Buddhism
Volitional formations

28. 3rd turning of the wheel
Right mindfulness
Yogacara-yoga practice
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self
Right effort

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

30. samma kammanta
Examining
Perception
Right action
Consciousness

31. States of this realm in sequence
Realm after the rupajhanas
Action
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception

32. Dharma
Perception
Four Noble Truths
Physical matter
Law

33. Tantra
Philosophy- Emptiness
Loom or Warp
'Non returner'
1. Soto 2. Rinzai

34. Anagamin

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35. Schools of Zen
Right view
Right mindfulness
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
Fear

36. Arupajhanas
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
Joy
One-pointedness

37. Sila
Insight Buddhism
Virtues/Precepts
Joy
Calm-abiding

38. Sanna (aggregate)
Realm after the rupajhanas
Perception
Action
1. Soto 2. Rinzai

39. samma ditthi
Physical matter
Realm after the rupajhanas
Right view
Body

40. Vitakka (jhana)
Four foundations of mindfulness
Application
Wisdom
Not self

41. samma ajiva
Consciousness
Right livelihood
Not self
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self

42. Arhat

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43. Three marks of existence
'One who enters the stream'
Right livelihood
Suffering
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self

44. Sakadagamin

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45. 4th turning of the wheel
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
Buddha nature
Philosophy- Emptiness
'One who enters the stream'

46. Vipassana
Insight Buddhism
Path
Right effort
Buddha

47. Ekaggata (jhana)
Right livelihood
One-pointedness
Right action
Right view

48. Samadhi
Mind
Concentration
Buddha
Enlightened one

49. Siddarttha Gautama
Right action
Examining
Buddha
Suffering

50. Paticcasamuppada
Right action
One-pointedness
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
Path