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Buddhist Meditation

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1. Dukkha (4NT)
Yogacara-yoga practice
Realm after the rupajhanas
Suffering
Joy

2. 3rd turning of the wheel
Insight Buddhism
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
Yogacara-yoga practice
Realm after the rupajhanas

3. Vinnana (aggregate)
Application
Consciousness
Realm after the rupajhanas
Right mindfulness

4. Kaya
Right intention
Body
'Non returner'
Desire

5. 2nd turning of the wheel
Action
Philosophy- Emptiness
'Returning once'
Concentration

6. Karma
Physical matter
Insight Buddhism
Action
Body

7. samma sati
'Non returner'
Philosophy- Emptiness
Right mindfulness
'One who has reached Nirvana'

8. 1st turning of the wheel
Right concentration
Physical matter
Four Noble Truths
Body

9. samma ditthi
Happiness
Right intention
Loom or Warp
Right view

10. Citta
Right effort
Perception
Virtues/Precepts
Mind

11. samma vaca
'One who enters the stream'
Right intention
Law
Right speech

12. Nirodha (4NT)
Enlightened one
Cessation
Feelings
'Returning once'

13. Sotpanna

14. Vedana
Feeling
Path
Examining
Feelings

15. samma vayama
Rebirth
Enlightened one
Right effort
Feelings

16. Vitakka (jhana)
'One who enters the stream'
Application
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception
Four foundations of mindfulness

17. Ekaggata (jhana)
Physical matter
One-pointedness
Right intention
Right view

18. Satipatthana
Four foundations of mindfulness
Suffering
Realm after the rupajhanas
Law

19. Vicara (jhana)
'One who enters the stream'
'One who has reached Nirvana'
Examining
Suffering

20. Samatha
Calm-abiding
Concentration
'One who has reached Nirvana'
Virtues/Precepts

21. Siddarttha Gautama
Body
Buddha
Feeling
Law

22. Anatta
Right livelihood
One-pointedness
Not self
Desire

23. samma ajiva
Calm-abiding
Enlightened one
'One who has reached Nirvana'
Right livelihood

24. Tanha (4NT)
Philosophy- Emptiness
Loom or Warp
Desire
Happiness

25. Sakadagamin

26. Bodhisattva
Body
Not self
Realm after the rupajhanas
Enlightened one

27. Vedana (aggregate)
Perception
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self
Right speech
Feeling

28. Rupa (aggregate)
Realm after the rupajhanas
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
Physical matter
Joy

29. Magga (4NT)
Path
Suffering
One-pointedness
Cessation

30. Tantra
Right livelihood
Feelings
Loom or Warp
Mind

31. Arhat

32. Samvega
Four Noble Truths
Desire
Fear
Right view

33. Anagamin

34. Dharma
Philosophy- Emptiness
'One who has reached Nirvana'
Four Noble Truths
Law

35. samma samadhi
Buddha
Right concentration
Right view
Not self

36. Arupajhanas
Cessation
Enlightened one
Yogacara-yoga practice
Realm after the rupajhanas

37. Sukha (jhana)
Happiness
Mental contents
Right concentration
Rebirth

38. Sila
Path
Volitional formations
Not self
Virtues/Precepts

39. Piti (jhana)
'One who has reached Nirvana'
'One who enters the stream'
Joy
One-pointedness

40. Samsara
Loom or Warp
Consciousness
Rebirth
Feelings

41. Paticcasamuppada
Feelings
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
Application
Volitional formations

42. Vipassana
Insight Buddhism
Right speech
Right mindfulness
Enlightened one

43. 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
Right livelihood
Four Noble Truths
Right speech

44. Sanna (aggregate)
Right livelihood
Action
Examining
Perception

45. Samadhi
Concentration
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
Insight Buddhism
Fear

46. samma sankappa
Right intention
Yogacara-yoga practice
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self
Examining

47. Dhammas
Feeling
Mental contents
Concentration
Right view

48. Sankhara (aggregate)
Buddha
Consciousness
Volitional formations
Not self

49. 4th turning of the wheel
Perception
Right livelihood
Buddha nature
Four foundations of mindfulness

50. Panna
Enlightened one
Wisdom
'One who enters the stream'
Right action