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Buddhist Meditation

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1. samma samadhi
Right concentration
Right mindfulness
Happiness
Realm after the rupajhanas

2. samma ditthi
Virtues/Precepts
Right view
One-pointedness
Right livelihood

3. Magga (4NT)
Right view
Buddha nature
Feeling
Path

4. Vinnana (aggregate)
Buddha
Virtues/Precepts
Consciousness
One-pointedness

5. Nirodha (4NT)
Fear
Law
Cessation
Happiness

6. Ekaggata (jhana)
Buddha
One-pointedness
Feeling
Fear

7. Three marks of existence
Four Noble Truths
Feelings
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self
Right effort

8. Vitakka (jhana)
Cessation
Application
Four Noble Truths
Feeling

9. Citta
Feelings
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self
Four Noble Truths
Mind

10. Satipatthana
'Returning once'
Four foundations of mindfulness
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception
Feelings

11. Dharma
Physical matter
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception
Law
'Returning once'

12. Vicara (jhana)
Feelings
Right speech
Examining
Loom or Warp

13. Samsara
Path
Action
Rebirth
'Non returner'

14. Bodhisattva
Action
Right livelihood
Enlightened one
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising

15. Vedana
Cessation
Enlightened one
Realm after the rupajhanas
Feelings

16. samma sati
Right view
Right mindfulness
Application
Volitional formations

17. Samatha
Enlightened one
Loom or Warp
Perception
Calm-abiding

18. Samadhi
Feelings
Concentration
Right action
Law

19. Panna
Consciousness
Wisdom
Right intention
Feeling

20. Arhat

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21. Karma
Action
Body
Right concentration
Calm-abiding

22. Anagamin

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23. Vipassana
Buddha
Insight Buddhism
One-pointedness
Feelings

24. Tanha (4NT)
Fear
Desire
Physical matter
Feeling

25. 4th turning of the wheel
One-pointedness
Four foundations of mindfulness
Buddha nature
Right mindfulness

26. samma vayama
Right effort
Insight Buddhism
Consciousness
One-pointedness

27. Piti (jhana)
Feeling
Joy
One-pointedness
Right effort

28. Anatta
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception
Yogacara-yoga practice
Not self
Suffering

29. Sakadagamin

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30. 2nd turning of the wheel
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
Desire
Philosophy- Emptiness
Right intention

31. samma sankappa
Right speech
Right intention
Buddha
Right action

32. Vedana (aggregate)
Fear
Suffering
Feeling
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self

33. Sankhara (aggregate)
Body
Right livelihood
Volitional formations
Perception

34. 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
Mental contents
Rebirth
Suffering

35. samma ajiva
Loom or Warp
Right livelihood
Buddha nature
Calm-abiding

36. Paticcasamuppada
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
Volitional formations
Right effort
1. Soto 2. Rinzai

37. Sanna (aggregate)
Perception
Realm after the rupajhanas
Right action
Right view

38. Sila
Wisdom
Virtues/Precepts
Right concentration
Not self

39. Dukkha (4NT)
Wisdom
Cessation
Suffering
'Returning once'

40. Sotpanna

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41. samma vaca
'Non returner'
Suffering
Joy
Right speech

42. Arupajhanas
Philosophy- Emptiness
Joy
'One who has reached Nirvana'
Realm after the rupajhanas

43. Kaya
Joy
Body
Yogacara-yoga practice
Virtues/Precepts

44. Rupa (aggregate)
Physical matter
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
Mental contents
Law

45. 3rd turning of the wheel
Loom or Warp
Right concentration
Right action
Yogacara-yoga practice

46. Siddarttha Gautama
Right speech
Buddha
'Non returner'
Consciousness

47. Samvega
Buddha nature
Application
Right mindfulness
Fear

48. Tantra
Not self
Action
Loom or Warp
Application

49. Dhammas
Action
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
Mental contents
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising

50. Sukha (jhana)
Wisdom
Path
Happiness
Insight Buddhism