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Buddhist Meditation

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1. States of this realm in sequence
Buddha nature
Consciousness
Concentration
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception

2. Tantra
Consciousness
Law
Loom or Warp
Philosophy- Emptiness

3. Vedana
Feeling
Suffering
Yogacara-yoga practice
Feelings

4. samma kammanta
Physical matter
Body
Right action
Insight Buddhism

5. Tanha (4NT)
Perception
Desire
'Returning once'
Insight Buddhism

6. Dharma
'One who enters the stream'
Law
Mind
Physical matter

7. 2nd turning of the wheel
Wisdom
Philosophy- Emptiness
Happiness
Right view

8. Anagamin

9. Sankhara (aggregate)
Concentration
Volitional formations
'Returning once'
Right speech

10. samma samadhi
Physical matter
Fear
Right concentration
Four Noble Truths

11. Sotpanna

12. samma vayama
Right effort
Cessation
Mental contents
Four foundations of mindfulness

13. Satipatthana
'One who enters the stream'
Right effort
Four foundations of mindfulness
Consciousness

14. Magga (4NT)
Right livelihood
Desire
Physical matter
Path

15. Nirodha (4NT)
Joy
Desire
Cessation
Body

16. Ekaggata (jhana)
Right view
Right speech
One-pointedness
Virtues/Precepts

17. Samatha
Enlightened one
Mind
Calm-abiding
Path

18. Anatta
Right concentration
Right livelihood
Not self
Philosophy- Emptiness

19. Samadhi
Right action
Concentration
One-pointedness
Right livelihood

20. Vicara (jhana)
Four Noble Truths
Loom or Warp
Examining
Suffering

21. Schools of Zen
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
Cessation
Perception
Buddha

22. Siddarttha Gautama
Buddha
Rebirth
Mental contents
Calm-abiding

23. Piti (jhana)
Buddha nature
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self
Feeling
Joy

24. Vinnana (aggregate)
Feeling
Rebirth
Mental contents
Consciousness

25. Sakadagamin

26. Vitakka (jhana)
Insight Buddhism
Application
Philosophy- Emptiness
Right view

27. Dhammas
Mental contents
Insight Buddhism
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
Right effort

28. samma vaca
Insight Buddhism
'Non returner'
Right livelihood
Right speech

29. Samsara
Rebirth
'One who enters the stream'
Concentration
Path

30. Citta
'One who has reached Nirvana'
Not self
Mind
Wisdom

31. Arupajhanas
Realm after the rupajhanas
Four foundations of mindfulness
Virtues/Precepts
1. Soto 2. Rinzai

32. Sanna (aggregate)
Buddha nature
Perception
Feelings
Path

33. Kaya
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
Law
Loom or Warp
Body

34. Paticcasamuppada
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self
Concentration
Realm after the rupajhanas

35. Three marks of existence
Examining
One-pointedness
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self
Rebirth

36. 1st turning of the wheel
Four Noble Truths
'Returning once'
Right effort
Buddha

37. Samvega
Fear
'Returning once'
Desire
Loom or Warp

38. Vipassana
Insight Buddhism
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self
Perception
Right livelihood

39. Dukkha (4NT)
Virtues/Precepts
Not self
Suffering
Mental contents

40. Karma
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self
Right mindfulness
Action

41. Bodhisattva
Path
'Non returner'
Enlightened one
Loom or Warp

42. samma sankappa
Desire
Loom or Warp
Right intention
'Non returner'

43. Sila
Consciousness
Right livelihood
Right view
Virtues/Precepts

44. samma sati
Happiness
Right intention
Right mindfulness
Right livelihood

45. samma ditthi
Desire
Fear
Right view
Enlightened one

46. Arhat

47. 3rd turning of the wheel
Body
Yogacara-yoga practice
Buddha nature
Rebirth

48. Sukha (jhana)
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
Four foundations of mindfulness
Joy
Happiness

49. Vedana (aggregate)
Cessation
Feeling
Volitional formations
'Returning once'

50. samma ajiva
Right livelihood
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self
Consciousness
Mental contents