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Buddhist Meditation

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1. samma vayama
Joy
Loom or Warp
Feeling
Right effort

2. Sakadagamin
Right action
Right view
Buddha nature
'Returning once'

3. 4th turning of the wheel
Wisdom
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
Mental contents
Buddha nature

4. samma ajiva
Desire
Right livelihood
One-pointedness
Joy

5. Tanha (4NT)
Right livelihood
Volitional formations
Desire
Enlightened one

6. Vedana
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception
One-pointedness
Joy
Feelings

7. samma sankappa
Mental contents
Right intention
One-pointedness
1. Soto 2. Rinzai

8. Satipatthana
Mental contents
Four foundations of mindfulness
Right intention
Right action

9. Bodhisattva
Buddha
Enlightened one
Happiness
'One who enters the stream'

10. Sankhara (aggregate)
Loom or Warp
Volitional formations
Law
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising

11. Samsara
Rebirth
Enlightened one
Calm-abiding
Consciousness

12. Tantra
One-pointedness
Joy
Loom or Warp
Desire

13. Paticcasamuppada
'Returning once'
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
Desire
Right speech

14. Arhat
One-pointedness
'One who enters the stream'
Not self
'One who has reached Nirvana'

15. Magga (4NT)
Loom or Warp
Buddha nature
Path
Calm-abiding

16. Sanna (aggregate)
Perception
Right intention
Right view
Desire

17. Vinnana (aggregate)
Philosophy- Emptiness
Realm after the rupajhanas
Right view
Consciousness

18. Ekaggata (jhana)
Right intention
Virtues/Precepts
One-pointedness
'One who enters the stream'

19. Three marks of existence
Consciousness
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
Mind
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self

20. Vedana (aggregate)
Law
Feeling
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception
Concentration

21. Kaya
Body
Enlightened one
Perception
Right effort

22. Samadhi
Joy
Calm-abiding
Concentration
Buddha nature

23. Sila
Four foundations of mindfulness
Right livelihood
Virtues/Precepts
Right speech

24. Piti (jhana)
Desire
Joy
Path
Enlightened one

25. 3rd turning of the wheel
Yogacara-yoga practice
Physical matter
Right action
Right view

26. Arupajhanas
Application
Realm after the rupajhanas
'One who has reached Nirvana'
Virtues/Precepts

27. Dharma
Physical matter
Right intention
Enlightened one
Law

28. Rupa (aggregate)
Physical matter
'Non returner'
Right intention
Suffering

29. Vipassana
Four foundations of mindfulness
Insight Buddhism
Feelings
Philosophy- Emptiness

30. Panna
Right action
Volitional formations
Wisdom
'One who enters the stream'

31. Anagamin
Desire
Happiness
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
'Non returner'

32. States of this realm in sequence
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception
'One who enters the stream'
Law
Feeling

33. samma kammanta
'Non returner'
Right action
'Returning once'
Cessation

34. Dukkha (4NT)
Right intention
Concentration
Suffering
Insight Buddhism

35. Siddarttha Gautama
Cessation
Buddha
Feeling
Insight Buddhism

36. Anatta
Not self
Right action
Four Noble Truths
Enlightened one

37. 1st turning of the wheel
One-pointedness
Four Noble Truths
Concentration
Right speech

38. Citta
Mind
'Returning once'
Wisdom
Right effort

39. Sotpanna
Examining
Buddha
Right action
'One who enters the stream'

40. 2nd turning of the wheel
'Returning once'
Buddha nature
Buddha
Philosophy- Emptiness

41. samma ditthi
'Non returner'
Right view
Perception
Buddha

42. Samvega
Buddha nature
Perception
Fear
Philosophy- Emptiness

43. Sukha (jhana)
Right livelihood
Right concentration
Suffering
Happiness

44. Dhammas
Fear
Mental contents
Calm-abiding
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self

45. Vicara (jhana)
Examining
Feelings
Wisdom
Desire

46. Schools of Zen
Happiness
Mind
Not self
1. Soto 2. Rinzai

47. Vitakka (jhana)
Yogacara-yoga practice
Fear
Application
Feeling

48. samma vaca
Right speech
Consciousness
Realm after the rupajhanas
Application

49. samma sati
Right mindfulness
Virtues/Precepts
Joy
'Returning once'

50. Samatha
Calm-abiding
Not self
Action
Loom or Warp

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