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Buddhist Meditation

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. samma ajiva
Path
Right concentration
Law
Right livelihood

2. Vinnana (aggregate)
'One who has reached Nirvana'
Four foundations of mindfulness
Buddha nature
Consciousness

3. Anatta
Not self
Concentration
Happiness
Fear

4. Sankhara (aggregate)
Physical matter
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self
Mind
Volitional formations

5. samma samadhi
Right concentration
Buddha
Four foundations of mindfulness
Right action

6. samma ditthi
Right view
Path
Enlightened one
Right mindfulness

7. Karma
Path
Action
Four foundations of mindfulness
Body

8. samma sankappa
Concentration
Insight Buddhism
Cessation
Right intention

9. Bodhisattva
'One who has reached Nirvana'
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self
Mind
Enlightened one

10. Magga (4NT)
Law
Right effort
Path
Philosophy- Emptiness

11. Three marks of existence
Rebirth
Feeling
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self
'One who has reached Nirvana'

12. Rupa (aggregate)
Not self
Physical matter
Joy
Right concentration

13. Kaya
Body
Cessation
Feeling
Feelings

14. Samsara
Rebirth
Realm after the rupajhanas
Calm-abiding
One-pointedness

15. Satipatthana
Four foundations of mindfulness
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
Right livelihood
Realm after the rupajhanas

16. Ekaggata (jhana)
Joy
Right livelihood
One-pointedness
Mental contents

17. Siddarttha Gautama
Wisdom
Buddha
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception
Enlightened one

18. Vedana (aggregate)
Consciousness
Feeling
One-pointedness
Enlightened one

19. Sukha (jhana)
Insight Buddhism
Happiness
Right effort
Fear

20. Vedana
'One who has reached Nirvana'
'Returning once'
Buddha
Feelings

21. Vipassana
'Non returner'
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
Fear
Insight Buddhism

22. Sotpanna

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23. Samatha
Feelings
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self
Calm-abiding
Right speech

24. samma vaca
Not self
Right speech
Joy
Right concentration

25. Piti (jhana)
Consciousness
Volitional formations
Joy
Right effort

26. samma kammanta
Right action
Enlightened one
Examining
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception

27. Arhat

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28. 2nd turning of the wheel
Feeling
Philosophy- Emptiness
Four foundations of mindfulness
Virtues/Precepts

29. Tanha (4NT)
Joy
Calm-abiding
Desire
Cessation

30. 1st turning of the wheel
Perception
Right effort
Action
Four Noble Truths

31. Dharma
Calm-abiding
Law
One-pointedness
Four foundations of mindfulness

32. Vitakka (jhana)
Right intention
Feeling
Right livelihood
Application

33. Nirodha (4NT)
Cessation
Loom or Warp
Rebirth
Volitional formations

34. Vicara (jhana)
Fear
Examining
Wisdom
Buddha nature

35. Sila
Right action
Virtues/Precepts
Mind
Buddha nature

36. Schools of Zen
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
Rebirth
Physical matter
Happiness

37. States of this realm in sequence
Four Noble Truths
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
Realm after the rupajhanas
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception

38. Tantra
Loom or Warp
'One who has reached Nirvana'
Wisdom
Suffering

39. Samadhi
Body
Concentration
Four Noble Truths
'Returning once'

40. Paticcasamuppada
Examining
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
Law
Four foundations of mindfulness

41. Anagamin

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42. Sakadagamin

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43. Samvega
Volitional formations
Fear
Philosophy- Emptiness
Calm-abiding

44. Panna
Buddha
Joy
Right livelihood
Wisdom

45. Sanna (aggregate)
Buddha nature
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception
Consciousness
Perception

46. Dhammas
Right action
Yogacara-yoga practice
Feelings
Mental contents

47. samma vayama
One-pointedness
Right effort
Calm-abiding
Philosophy- Emptiness

48. 4th turning of the wheel
Calm-abiding
'One who enters the stream'
Buddha nature
Body

49. 3rd turning of the wheel
Philosophy- Emptiness
Yogacara-yoga practice
Consciousness
Right livelihood

50. samma sati
Right speech
Feelings
Right mindfulness
Mind