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Buddhist Meditation

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1. Magga (4NT)
Right intention
Action
Path
Four Noble Truths

2. 2nd turning of the wheel
Suffering
Happiness
Right mindfulness
Philosophy- Emptiness

3. Three marks of existence
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self
Right intention
Perception
Body

4. samma ajiva
Right livelihood
Body
One-pointedness
Suffering

5. Sankhara (aggregate)
Perception
Volitional formations
'One who enters the stream'
Loom or Warp

6. Ekaggata (jhana)
Desire
One-pointedness
Action
Feelings

7. Anatta
Right view
Not self
Feeling
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self

8. samma vayama
Right effort
Consciousness
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
Right livelihood

9. samma kammanta
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
Right action
Concentration
Mental contents

10. samma ditthi
Loom or Warp
Mental contents
Four Noble Truths
Right view

11. Tanha (4NT)
Desire
Buddha
Consciousness
Mental contents

12. samma vaca
Body
Enlightened one
Yogacara-yoga practice
Right speech

13. Arhat

14. Panna
Wisdom
'One who enters the stream'
Joy
Right livelihood

15. samma samadhi
Calm-abiding
Right concentration
Fear
Four foundations of mindfulness

16. Tantra
'One who has reached Nirvana'
Loom or Warp
Happiness
Law

17. samma sati
Concentration
Right mindfulness
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
Cessation

18. Sukha (jhana)
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception
Law
Happiness
Right effort

19. Dukkha (4NT)
'One who enters the stream'
Suffering
Philosophy- Emptiness
Path

20. Samatha
Right effort
Calm-abiding
Feeling
'Non returner'

21. 3rd turning of the wheel
Examining
One-pointedness
Yogacara-yoga practice
Four Noble Truths

22. Vitakka (jhana)
Joy
Application
Calm-abiding
Physical matter

23. Paticcasamuppada
Realm after the rupajhanas
Desire
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
Loom or Warp

24. Sila
Mental contents
Desire
Mind
Virtues/Precepts

25. Vedana
Right intention
Happiness
Feelings
Volitional formations

26. Sakadagamin

27. Satipatthana
Four foundations of mindfulness
Mental contents
Enlightened one
Wisdom

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

29. Anagamin

30. Karma
Action
Right effort
Philosophy- Emptiness
Suffering

31. Siddarttha Gautama
Happiness
Consciousness
Wisdom
Buddha

32. Samsara
Right intention
Four Noble Truths
Rebirth
'One who enters the stream'

33. Rupa (aggregate)
Physical matter
Wisdom
Desire
Perception

34. Dhammas
Mental contents
Happiness
'Returning once'
Right concentration

35. Arupajhanas
Volitional formations
Realm after the rupajhanas
'Returning once'
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self

36. Samadhi
Mental contents
Philosophy- Emptiness
Concentration
Feeling

37. Kaya
Loom or Warp
Cessation
Body
Law

38. Citta
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception
Wisdom
Calm-abiding
Mind

39. Vipassana
Right view
Insight Buddhism
Examining
Philosophy- Emptiness

40. Vicara (jhana)
Consciousness
Examining
Feelings
Yogacara-yoga practice

41. Sotpanna

42. States of this realm in sequence
Feeling
Examining
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception
Physical matter

43. Schools of Zen
Body
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
Yogacara-yoga practice
Desire

44. Vinnana (aggregate)
Body
Mental contents
Consciousness
Volitional formations

45. Samvega
'Returning once'
Buddha
Right action
Fear

46. Nirodha (4NT)
Not self
Cessation
Right concentration
Physical matter

47. Dharma
Right livelihood
Law
Feeling
Loom or Warp

48. Piti (jhana)
Right speech
Mind
Joy
Buddha nature

49. 4th turning of the wheel
'One who has reached Nirvana'
Buddha nature
Body
Right effort

50. samma sankappa
Right intention
Virtues/Precepts
Body
Physical matter