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Buddhist Meditation

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1. Sila
Physical matter
Realm after the rupajhanas
Virtues/Precepts
Insight Buddhism

2. Samatha
'One who has reached Nirvana'
Calm-abiding
Action
Right livelihood

3. Magga (4NT)
Realm after the rupajhanas
Volitional formations
Concentration
Path

4. Samvega
Mind
'One who enters the stream'
Path
Fear

5. Arhat

6. Vinnana (aggregate)
Consciousness
Wisdom
Realm after the rupajhanas
Cessation

7. Vedana (aggregate)
Right intention
Insight Buddhism
Feeling
Happiness

8. 3rd turning of the wheel
Yogacara-yoga practice
'One who has reached Nirvana'
'Returning once'
'Non returner'

9. Bodhisattva
Mind
Enlightened one
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
Philosophy- Emptiness

10. samma ajiva
Feelings
Right livelihood
Suffering
Right speech

11. Sotpanna

12. 4th turning of the wheel
Law
Path
Philosophy- Emptiness
Buddha nature

13. Schools of Zen
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
Four foundations of mindfulness
Action
Volitional formations

14. Panna
Examining
Wisdom
Not self
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self

15. Siddarttha Gautama
Buddha
Body
'One who enters the stream'
Right concentration

16. Dhammas
Mental contents
Right concentration
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
Body

17. Karma
Right view
Action
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception
Realm after the rupajhanas

18. Dukkha (4NT)
Right effort
Not self
Path
Suffering

19. Arupajhanas
Yogacara-yoga practice
Body
Realm after the rupajhanas
Rebirth

20. Paticcasamuppada
Right mindfulness
Joy
'One who enters the stream'
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising

21. Sukha (jhana)
Right livelihood
Cessation
Happiness
Right intention

22. Dharma
Four Noble Truths
Law
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
Right intention

23. 2nd turning of the wheel
Volitional formations
Feelings
Philosophy- Emptiness
Wisdom

24. samma sankappa
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception
Fear
Right intention
Realm after the rupajhanas

25. Vitakka (jhana)
Calm-abiding
Enlightened one
Application
Right effort

26. Tanha (4NT)
Desire
'One who enters the stream'
Feelings
Insight Buddhism

27. Nirodha (4NT)
'Non returner'
Right concentration
Cessation
Happiness

28. Samsara
Consciousness
Rebirth
Examining
Concentration

29. Tantra
Loom or Warp
Physical matter
Feeling
Consciousness

30. Rupa (aggregate)
Physical matter
Right action
Suffering
Insight Buddhism

31. Piti (jhana)
Fear
Yogacara-yoga practice
Examining
Joy

32. Ekaggata (jhana)
Feelings
One-pointedness
Feeling
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception

33. Samadhi
Right intention
'One who has reached Nirvana'
Concentration
Loom or Warp

34. Vedana
Right mindfulness
'One who has reached Nirvana'
Feelings
Examining

35. Anagamin

36. Anatta
Cessation
Rebirth
Enlightened one
Not self

37. 1st turning of the wheel
Rebirth
Four Noble Truths
Examining
Fear

38. Vipassana
Cessation
Right livelihood
Insight Buddhism
Right intention

39. 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
Suffering
Loom or Warp
Right intention

40. Vicara (jhana)
Examining
Enlightened one
Buddha
Right view

41. Sakadagamin

42. Kaya
Perception
Right action
Consciousness
Body

43. Satipatthana
Right action
Application
Right livelihood
Four foundations of mindfulness

44. Sanna (aggregate)
Application
Rebirth
Perception
Right effort

45. Citta
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception
Mind
Joy
Fear

46. Three marks of existence
Mind
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self
Virtues/Precepts
Application

47. samma vayama
'Returning once'
Body
Right effort
Right livelihood

48. samma ditthi
Right view
Yogacara-yoga practice
Feelings
Concentration

49. samma vaca
Right mindfulness
Right speech
Realm after the rupajhanas
Action

50. samma sati
Virtues/Precepts
Law
Right mindfulness
Loom or Warp