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Buddhist Meditation

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1. Tantra
Right mindfulness
Loom or Warp
Right action
Mind

2. Vicara (jhana)
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
Loom or Warp
'Returning once'
Examining

3. Kaya
Body
Feeling
One-pointedness
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising

4. Vedana (aggregate)
Buddha nature
Joy
Feeling
Rebirth

5. Samadhi
One-pointedness
Concentration
Feeling
Mind

6. Citta
Mind
Loom or Warp
Right effort
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising

7. samma sankappa
Right intention
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception
'Returning once'
Realm after the rupajhanas

8. Three marks of existence
Perception
'Returning once'
Rebirth
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self

9. samma vaca
Right speech
'Returning once'
Application
Realm after the rupajhanas

10. samma vayama
Right effort
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self
'One who enters the stream'
Fear

11. Sotpanna

12. Paticcasamuppada
Right livelihood
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
Insight Buddhism
Feeling

13. 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
Concentration
Perception
Buddha nature

14. samma ajiva
Right view
Path
Right effort
Right livelihood

15. Vedana
Feelings
Feeling
'Returning once'
Right view

16. Vinnana (aggregate)
Consciousness
Four Noble Truths
Law
Feeling

17. 2nd turning of the wheel
Right effort
Philosophy- Emptiness
'One who has reached Nirvana'
Consciousness

18. 1st turning of the wheel
Four Noble Truths
Mental contents
Feeling
Physical matter

19. Satipatthana
Path
Action
Examining
Four foundations of mindfulness

20. samma kammanta
Volitional formations
Right livelihood
Right action
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self

21. Piti (jhana)
Insight Buddhism
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception
Feeling
Joy

22. Sakadagamin

23. Rupa (aggregate)
'One who has reached Nirvana'
Rebirth
Physical matter
Enlightened one

24. 3rd turning of the wheel
Body
Cessation
Calm-abiding
Yogacara-yoga practice

25. samma ditthi
Consciousness
Yogacara-yoga practice
Right view
Enlightened one

26. 4th turning of the wheel
Path
Right view
Buddha nature
Rebirth

27. Anatta
Consciousness
Not self
Cessation
Four Noble Truths

28. Arupajhanas
Law
Joy
Realm after the rupajhanas
Right speech

29. samma samadhi
Right concentration
One-pointedness
Physical matter
Desire

30. Schools of Zen
Examining
Realm after the rupajhanas
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
Body

31. Arhat

32. Samsara
Concentration
Right effort
Application
Rebirth

33. Tanha (4NT)
Desire
Fear
Examining
Suffering

34. Samvega
Fear
Right speech
Feelings
'One who enters the stream'

35. Dhammas
Wisdom
Mental contents
Rebirth
Loom or Warp

36. Vipassana
Insight Buddhism
Rebirth
Law
Right effort

37. Ekaggata (jhana)
Law
Examining
Suffering
One-pointedness

38. Sila
Mind
'One who has reached Nirvana'
Virtues/Precepts
Law

39. Sukha (jhana)
Happiness
Law
Physical matter
Philosophy- Emptiness

40. Bodhisattva
Right livelihood
Enlightened one
Perception
Not self

41. Anagamin

42. Sanna (aggregate)
Joy
Perception
Mental contents
Feelings

43. Samatha
Rebirth
Buddha nature
'One who has reached Nirvana'
Calm-abiding

44. Nirodha (4NT)
Rebirth
Perception
Buddha nature
Cessation

45. Panna
One-pointedness
Wisdom
Right speech
Calm-abiding

46. Karma
Not self
Happiness
Application
Action

47. Vitakka (jhana)
Application
Wisdom
Mental contents
Buddha nature

48. Magga (4NT)
Path
Fear
Cessation
Joy

49. Siddarttha Gautama
Buddha
Joy
Mental contents
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self

50. Sankhara (aggregate)
Volitional formations
'Returning once'
Insight Buddhism
Right intention