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Buddhist Meditation

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1. samma vayama
Yogacara-yoga practice
Wisdom
Right effort
Buddha

2. Rupa (aggregate)
Concentration
Physical matter
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception
Buddha

3. Samsara
Action
Volitional formations
Rebirth
Loom or Warp

4. samma vaca
Cessation
Right speech
'Returning once'
Right view

5. Dharma
Suffering
Realm after the rupajhanas
Happiness
Law

6. Satipatthana
Suffering
Four foundations of mindfulness
Not self
Concentration

7. Bodhisattva
One-pointedness
Enlightened one
Four Noble Truths
Buddha

8. Anagamin

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9. Schools of Zen
Four foundations of mindfulness
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
Four Noble Truths
Application

10. Panna
Buddha
Wisdom
Mind
'One who has reached Nirvana'

11. Vicara (jhana)
Right mindfulness
Mental contents
Examining
Buddha nature

12. samma sati
Volitional formations
Feelings
Joy
Right mindfulness

13. Karma
Insight Buddhism
Cessation
Mind
Action

14. Magga (4NT)
Mind
Path
Philosophy- Emptiness
Wisdom

15. Vedana
Feelings
Right effort
Application
Four foundations of mindfulness

16. Vedana (aggregate)
Perception
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
Physical matter
Feeling

17. Vinnana (aggregate)
Enlightened one
Consciousness
Examining
Right livelihood

18. Samatha
Calm-abiding
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
Right concentration

19. Tanha (4NT)
Buddha nature
Not self
Mental contents
Desire

20. samma samadhi
Four foundations of mindfulness
Mental contents
Right concentration
Path

21. 3rd turning of the wheel
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
Four Noble Truths
Suffering
Yogacara-yoga practice

22. Dhammas
Mental contents
Volitional formations
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
Body

23. Three marks of existence
Realm after the rupajhanas
Volitional formations
Enlightened one
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self

24. 1st turning of the wheel
Four Noble Truths
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception
Not self
'One who has reached Nirvana'

25. Arhat

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26. Vipassana
Four Noble Truths
Fear
Insight Buddhism
Loom or Warp

27. Vitakka (jhana)
'One who has reached Nirvana'
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception
Application
Law

28. 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
Wisdom
Desire
Insight Buddhism

29. samma sankappa
Rebirth
Buddha
Insight Buddhism
Right intention

30. samma ditthi
Right view
Rebirth
Right concentration
Right effort

31. Siddarttha Gautama
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
Volitional formations
Right action
Buddha

32. Anatta
Path
Not self
Suffering
Feeling

33. Paticcasamuppada
Yogacara-yoga practice
Cessation
Perception
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising

34. Nirodha (4NT)
Four Noble Truths
Cessation
Happiness
'One who has reached Nirvana'

35. Sotpanna

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36. Sankhara (aggregate)
Buddha nature
Application
Volitional formations
'Returning once'

37. Piti (jhana)
Joy
Loom or Warp
Right livelihood
Right view

38. Sanna (aggregate)
Cessation
Perception
'One who has reached Nirvana'
Right concentration

39. 2nd turning of the wheel
Right view
Suffering
Philosophy- Emptiness
'One who has reached Nirvana'

40. Dukkha (4NT)
Body
Suffering
Calm-abiding
Right concentration

41. Samvega
Fear
Buddha nature
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
Physical matter

42. Sukha (jhana)
Desire
Not self
Wisdom
Happiness

43. 4th turning of the wheel
Buddha nature
Cessation
Right intention
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception

44. samma kammanta
Volitional formations
Enlightened one
Right action
'One who has reached Nirvana'

45. Sakadagamin

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46. Ekaggata (jhana)
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
One-pointedness
Enlightened one
Desire

47. Samadhi
Insight Buddhism
Mental contents
Philosophy- Emptiness
Concentration

48. Citta
Right view
Cessation
Feeling
Mind

49. Arupajhanas
Volitional formations
Right livelihood
Realm after the rupajhanas
'One who enters the stream'

50. samma ajiva
Feeling
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self
Insight Buddhism
Right livelihood