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Buddhist Meditation

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1. Vedana
Philosophy- Emptiness
Feelings
Volitional formations
One-pointedness

2. samma kammanta
Enlightened one
Concentration
Four Noble Truths
Right action

3. Tantra
Wisdom
Perception
Loom or Warp
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception

4. Samsara
Four foundations of mindfulness
Happiness
Application
Rebirth

5. Dhammas
Loom or Warp
Calm-abiding
Mental contents
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self

6. Three marks of existence
Loom or Warp
Buddha
Right action
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self

7. Anagamin

8. samma ditthi
Volitional formations
Right view
Happiness
One-pointedness

9. samma sati
Right mindfulness
Calm-abiding
Feelings
'Returning once'

10. Karma
Concentration
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
Action
Examining

11. Arupajhanas
Right intention
Virtues/Precepts
Wisdom
Realm after the rupajhanas

12. 4th turning of the wheel
Buddha nature
Action
'Non returner'
One-pointedness

13. Dukkha (4NT)
'One who has reached Nirvana'
Suffering
Right livelihood
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising

14. Bodhisattva
Enlightened one
Right intention
Yogacara-yoga practice
Right action

15. Nirodha (4NT)
Right mindfulness
Cessation
Buddha
Right action

16. samma samadhi
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
One-pointedness
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self
Right concentration

17. Piti (jhana)
'Non returner'
Right mindfulness
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
Joy

18. Dharma
Enlightened one
Law
Feeling
Buddha nature

19. Vinnana (aggregate)
Desire
Rebirth
Suffering
Consciousness

20. Citta
Action
Mind
Right concentration
Examining

21. Sila
Realm after the rupajhanas
Buddha
Four foundations of mindfulness
Virtues/Precepts

22. Siddarttha Gautama
Consciousness
Mental contents
Buddha
Right concentration

23. Schools of Zen
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
Right livelihood
Volitional formations
'One who enters the stream'

24. Vitakka (jhana)
Cessation
Not self
Application
'One who enters the stream'

25. Vedana (aggregate)
Not self
Wisdom
Examining
Feeling

26. Sotpanna

27. Samadhi
Realm after the rupajhanas
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
Concentration
'Non returner'

28. 2nd turning of the wheel
Mind
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception
Philosophy- Emptiness
Happiness

29. Vicara (jhana)
Examining
Insight Buddhism
Right action
1. Soto 2. Rinzai

30. Magga (4NT)
Path
'One who has reached Nirvana'
Right view
Loom or Warp

31. Vipassana
Insight Buddhism
Philosophy- Emptiness
Examining
Realm after the rupajhanas

32. Tanha (4NT)
Happiness
Right view
Right mindfulness
Desire

33. Sanna (aggregate)
Cessation
Virtues/Precepts
Perception
Right concentration

34. Sankhara (aggregate)
Yogacara-yoga practice
Law
Cessation
Volitional formations

35. Rupa (aggregate)
Physical matter
Realm after the rupajhanas
Right intention
Joy

36. samma sankappa
Feeling
Physical matter
Right intention
Volitional formations

37. 1st turning of the wheel
Four Noble Truths
Mind
Insight Buddhism
Right mindfulness

38. States of this realm in sequence
Buddha
Virtues/Precepts
Rebirth
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception

39. Samatha
Physical matter
Volitional formations
'One who enters the stream'
Calm-abiding

40. 3rd turning of the wheel
Enlightened one
Feelings
Yogacara-yoga practice
One-pointedness

41. samma vaca
Right speech
Feelings
Realm after the rupajhanas
Perception

42. samma ajiva
Right livelihood
Mind
Concentration
Suffering

43. Satipatthana
Loom or Warp
Body
Right intention
Four foundations of mindfulness

44. Samvega
Loom or Warp
Application
Fear
Four foundations of mindfulness

45. Anatta
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception
Mind
Not self
Realm after the rupajhanas

46. Panna
Feelings
Wisdom
Yogacara-yoga practice
Rebirth

47. Kaya
Law
Body
Not self
Loom or Warp

48. Paticcasamuppada
One-pointedness
Right livelihood
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
Right intention

49. Ekaggata (jhana)
Insight Buddhism
'One who enters the stream'
One-pointedness
Consciousness

50. samma vayama
Insight Buddhism
Right effort
Four Noble Truths
One-pointedness