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Buddhist Meditation

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1. samma vaca
Desire
Right action
Application
Right speech

2. Karma
Action
Four Noble Truths
Right livelihood
Path

3. Dhammas
Mental contents
'Non returner'
Joy
Happiness

4. Sila
Virtues/Precepts
Four foundations of mindfulness
Right speech
Calm-abiding

5. Sukha (jhana)
Happiness
Enlightened one
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
'One who has reached Nirvana'

6. Samadhi
Examining
Right action
Concentration
One-pointedness

7. samma sati
Virtues/Precepts
Desire
Right mindfulness
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising

8. Vicara (jhana)
Happiness
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
Examining
Right view

9. Vedana (aggregate)
Right speech
Body
Path
Feeling

10. samma sankappa
Right intention
Cessation
Mind
One-pointedness

11. Rupa (aggregate)
Physical matter
Four foundations of mindfulness
Perception
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising

12. samma samadhi
Physical matter
Right concentration
Virtues/Precepts
Action

13. Sankhara (aggregate)
Volitional formations
Feeling
One-pointedness
Mind

14. Ekaggata (jhana)
Mind
Application
Realm after the rupajhanas
One-pointedness

15. 2nd turning of the wheel
Application
Philosophy- Emptiness
Concentration
Wisdom

16. Dharma
Right livelihood
Law
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self
Feelings

17. Vinnana (aggregate)
Feelings
Feeling
Consciousness
Fear

18. Sanna (aggregate)
Mental contents
Concentration
Suffering
Perception

19. Sotpanna
Right effort
Insight Buddhism
'One who enters the stream'
Rebirth

20. Tantra
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
Right intention
Loom or Warp
Enlightened one

21. Schools of Zen
'Returning once'
One-pointedness
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
Insight Buddhism

22. States of this realm in sequence
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self
'Non returner'
Realm after the rupajhanas
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception

23. Samatha
Calm-abiding
Application
Loom or Warp
Buddha nature

24. Samsara
Yogacara-yoga practice
Right action
Right view
Rebirth

25. 1st turning of the wheel
Four Noble Truths
'Non returner'
Perception
Right intention

26. Citta
Fear
Right intention
Suffering
Mind

27. Sakadagamin
Desire
Right intention
'Returning once'
Wisdom

28. samma kammanta
Buddha nature
Path
Right action
Consciousness

29. Arhat
Insight Buddhism
Cessation
'One who has reached Nirvana'
Right intention

30. Anagamin
'Non returner'
Volitional formations
Physical matter
Loom or Warp

31. Paticcasamuppada
Wisdom
Examining
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
Realm after the rupajhanas

32. Satipatthana
Right effort
'Returning once'
Four foundations of mindfulness
Wisdom

33. samma ditthi
Right speech
Right view
Not self
Fear

34. samma ajiva
'Returning once'
Right livelihood
Right view
Mind

35. Piti (jhana)
Joy
'Returning once'
Feeling
Insight Buddhism

36. Vitakka (jhana)
Right action
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
Four foundations of mindfulness
Application

37. Panna
Desire
Joy
Wisdom
Body

38. Siddarttha Gautama
Consciousness
Right action
Buddha
'Non returner'

39. Vipassana
Volitional formations
Fear
Right mindfulness
Insight Buddhism

40. 4th turning of the wheel
Joy
Right concentration
Buddha nature
Path

41. samma vayama
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
Right concentration
Right effort
'One who has reached Nirvana'

42. Three marks of existence
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception
Action
One-pointedness
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self

43. Samvega
Action
Fear
Feeling
Four foundations of mindfulness

44. Arupajhanas
Right action
Realm after the rupajhanas
Concentration
'One who enters the stream'

45. Vedana
Right effort
Feelings
Enlightened one
Joy

46. Anatta
Happiness
Not self
Perception
Suffering

47. Dukkha (4NT)
Four Noble Truths
Philosophy- Emptiness
Suffering
Virtues/Precepts

48. Magga (4NT)
Joy
Body
Path
Volitional formations

49. Bodhisattva
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
Enlightened one
Volitional formations
Action

50. Tanha (4NT)
Cessation
Desire
Calm-abiding
Realm after the rupajhanas

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