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Buddhist Meditation

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1. Bodhisattva
Suffering
Enlightened one
One-pointedness
Realm after the rupajhanas

2. Ekaggata (jhana)
Volitional formations
Right livelihood
One-pointedness
Desire

3. Nirodha (4NT)
Cessation
Rebirth
Buddha
Law

4. samma ajiva
Insight Buddhism
Right livelihood
Enlightened one
'One who has reached Nirvana'

5. Tantra
Application
'Non returner'
Loom or Warp
Consciousness

6. 2nd turning of the wheel
Body
Buddha nature
Philosophy- Emptiness
Right concentration

7. Samatha
Right intention
Mental contents
Calm-abiding
Perception

8. Sila
Virtues/Precepts
Joy
Body
Feeling

9. Satipatthana
Buddha nature
Four foundations of mindfulness
Right livelihood
1. Soto 2. Rinzai

10. Dhammas
Volitional formations
Loom or Warp
Mental contents
Suffering

11. Panna
Perception
Enlightened one
Happiness
Wisdom

12. Sanna (aggregate)
Feelings
Perception
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self
Virtues/Precepts

13. Samadhi
Concentration
'One who has reached Nirvana'
Realm after the rupajhanas
Feeling

14. Anatta
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
Not self
Perception
Four foundations of mindfulness

15. Paticcasamuppada
Not self
One-pointedness
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
Joy

16. samma samadhi
Right concentration
Application
Physical matter
Buddha

17. samma vaca
Right livelihood
Not self
Right speech
Right intention

18. Vitakka (jhana)
Law
Right action
Four foundations of mindfulness
Application

19. Vedana
Right livelihood
Consciousness
Application
Feelings

20. Karma
'Non returner'
Body
Mental contents
Action

21. Anagamin

22. Rupa (aggregate)
Physical matter
Four foundations of mindfulness
One-pointedness
Virtues/Precepts

23. Samvega
Fear
Mind
Consciousness
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising

24. Kaya
Right action
Body
Law
Four Noble Truths

25. samma kammanta
Four foundations of mindfulness
Desire
Rebirth
Right action

26. samma vayama
Wisdom
Four Noble Truths
Right effort
Insight Buddhism

27. Citta
Mind
Joy
Loom or Warp
Fear

28. Vedana (aggregate)
Path
Examining
Right livelihood
Feeling

29. Arupajhanas
Mind
Concentration
Realm after the rupajhanas
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising

30. States of this realm in sequence
Feelings
Right mindfulness
Calm-abiding
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception

31. Tanha (4NT)
Desire
Four foundations of mindfulness
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
Insight Buddhism

32. Arhat

33. 1st turning of the wheel
Right action
Concentration
Four Noble Truths
Not self

34. Samsara
Body
Rebirth
Insight Buddhism
Volitional formations

35. Vipassana
Insight Buddhism
Buddha nature
Physical matter
Virtues/Precepts

36. Piti (jhana)
Perception
Joy
Right intention
Buddha nature

37. samma sankappa
Mind
One-pointedness
Consciousness
Right intention

38. samma ditthi
Enlightened one
Right view
Right intention
Consciousness

39. Sakadagamin

40. Sotpanna

41. Sankhara (aggregate)
Fear
Not self
Right concentration
Volitional formations

42. samma sati
Feelings
Right mindfulness
Right intention
Cessation

43. Three marks of existence
'Non returner'
Body
Consciousness
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self

44. Vicara (jhana)
Physical matter
'Returning once'
Examining
Right livelihood

45. Schools of Zen
Wisdom
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self
Concentration
1. Soto 2. Rinzai

46. Magga (4NT)
Wisdom
Path
One-pointedness
Consciousness

47. Siddarttha Gautama
Rebirth
Buddha
Virtues/Precepts
'Non returner'

48. Dharma
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self
Mind
Law
Right concentration

49. Dukkha (4NT)
Suffering
Virtues/Precepts
Desire
'Returning once'

50. Vinnana (aggregate)
Consciousness
Realm after the rupajhanas
Right concentration
Buddha nature