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Buddhist Meditation

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1. Kaya
One-pointedness
Four foundations of mindfulness
Buddha
Body

2. samma vayama
Right effort
Wisdom
Not self
Path

3. Anagamin
'Non returner'
'Returning once'
Four foundations of mindfulness
Not self

4. Bodhisattva
Enlightened one
Not self
Examining
Right concentration

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

6. Anatta
Not self
Physical matter
Buddha
Path

7. 3rd turning of the wheel
'One who has reached Nirvana'
Right mindfulness
Yogacara-yoga practice
Cessation

8. Rupa (aggregate)
Physical matter
Realm after the rupajhanas
Right speech
Path

9. samma ajiva
'One who enters the stream'
Perception
Cessation
Right livelihood

10. 4th turning of the wheel
Right speech
Examining
Buddha nature
Cessation

11. Vedana (aggregate)
'Returning once'
Perception
Feeling
Right mindfulness

12. Paticcasamuppada
Examining
Feeling
Body
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising

13. Samadhi
Examining
Calm-abiding
Concentration
Right livelihood

14. Tanha (4NT)
Joy
Insight Buddhism
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
Desire

15. Dhammas
Mental contents
One-pointedness
Right livelihood
Right speech

16. samma samadhi
Right concentration
Right action
Suffering
Four Noble Truths

17. Citta
Mind
Realm after the rupajhanas
Virtues/Precepts
Path

18. Vitakka (jhana)
Application
Cessation
Mind
Path

19. Arupajhanas
Wisdom
Right view
Enlightened one
Realm after the rupajhanas

20. Panna
Wisdom
Volitional formations
Right speech
Path

21. Samvega
Application
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
Fear
Right intention

22. Karma
Buddha
'Non returner'
Action
Fear

23. 2nd turning of the wheel
Philosophy- Emptiness
Right mindfulness
'One who enters the stream'
Mental contents

24. Magga (4NT)
Volitional formations
Path
Insight Buddhism
Rebirth

25. Sila
Feelings
Right mindfulness
Buddha nature
Virtues/Precepts

26. Vipassana
Right livelihood
Four foundations of mindfulness
'Returning once'
Insight Buddhism

27. Vinnana (aggregate)
Consciousness
Philosophy- Emptiness
One-pointedness
Examining

28. Arhat
'One who has reached Nirvana'
Path
Body
Right effort

29. Sakadagamin
'Returning once'
Yogacara-yoga practice
Cessation
Perception

30. samma kammanta
Wisdom
Insight Buddhism
Right livelihood
Right action

31. 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 has reached Nirvana'
Concentration
Buddha nature

32. samma vaca
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception
Right speech
Desire
'One who has reached Nirvana'

33. Vicara (jhana)
Physical matter
Examining
'Returning once'
Law

34. Tantra
Law
Action
Loom or Warp
Right speech

35. Sotpanna
Volitional formations
'One who enters the stream'
Not self
Physical matter

36. samma sati
Mind
Cessation
Right mindfulness
Right intention

37. Vedana
Volitional formations
Feelings
Not self
Yogacara-yoga practice

38. Schools of Zen
Loom or Warp
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
Right mindfulness
Philosophy- Emptiness

39. Sanna (aggregate)
Loom or Warp
Examining
Perception
Feeling

40. Sukha (jhana)
Examining
Right effort
Right action
Happiness

41. Satipatthana
Yogacara-yoga practice
Calm-abiding
Volitional formations
Four foundations of mindfulness

42. Dukkha (4NT)
Path
Suffering
Action
Cessation

43. Siddarttha Gautama
Feelings
Right effort
Rebirth
Buddha

44. 1st turning of the wheel
Four Noble Truths
Feelings
Joy
Philosophy- Emptiness

45. Nirodha (4NT)
Right speech
Cessation
Action
Four Noble Truths

46. Ekaggata (jhana)
Physical matter
Feelings
One-pointedness
Suffering

47. samma sankappa
Four foundations of mindfulness
Right intention
Buddha nature
Application

48. Dharma
Virtues/Precepts
Law
Feelings
'Non returner'

49. samma ditthi
'One who enters the stream'
Right view
Feeling
Right mindfulness

50. Samsara
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
Cessation
Rebirth
Right concentration

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