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Buddhist Meditation

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1. Dharma
Path
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
Buddha
Law

2. Paticcasamuppada
Desire
Buddha
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
Consciousness

3. 3rd turning of the wheel
Body
Yogacara-yoga practice
Enlightened one
Desire

4. Dhammas
Application
Philosophy- Emptiness
'Non returner'
Mental contents

5. Sila
Cessation
Wisdom
Virtues/Precepts
Joy

6. Anagamin

7. Vedana (aggregate)
Feeling
'One who enters the stream'
Happiness
Insight Buddhism

8. Bodhisattva
Enlightened one
Path
'One who has reached Nirvana'
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self

9. Vinnana (aggregate)
Fear
Consciousness
Not self
Right view

10. samma ajiva
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self
Right effort
'One who enters the stream'
Right livelihood

11. samma kammanta
Perception
Application
Right action
Yogacara-yoga practice

12. Citta
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
Mind
Philosophy- Emptiness
Right concentration

13. Karma
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
Action
'One who enters the stream'
Virtues/Precepts

14. States of this realm in sequence
Right speech
Path
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception
Body

15. 4th turning of the wheel
Right intention
Mind
Buddha nature
Right livelihood

16. Magga (4NT)
'One who enters the stream'
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
Path

17. 1st turning of the wheel
Suffering
Four Noble Truths
Feelings
Not self

18. Vicara (jhana)
Examining
Right livelihood
Calm-abiding
1. Soto 2. Rinzai

19. Piti (jhana)
Four foundations of mindfulness
Right action
Volitional formations
Joy

20. Vipassana
Insight Buddhism
Joy
Buddha nature
Consciousness

21. Vedana
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
Calm-abiding
Buddha nature
Feelings

22. samma sati
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self
Application
Right mindfulness
Desire

23. samma vayama
Right intention
Right action
Action
Right effort

24. Samadhi
Rebirth
Concentration
Mind
Volitional formations

25. Satipatthana
Path
Not self
Four foundations of mindfulness
Body

26. samma sankappa
Right intention
Buddha
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
Feeling

27. samma ditthi
Right view
Volitional formations
Perception
Examining

28. Tantra
Physical matter
Not self
Body
Loom or Warp

29. Nirodha (4NT)
One-pointedness
Cessation
Feelings
Buddha nature

30. Kaya
Feeling
Body
Physical matter
Rebirth

31. 2nd turning of the wheel
Examining
Philosophy- Emptiness
Loom or Warp
Consciousness

32. Anatta
Calm-abiding
Right effort
Right mindfulness
Not self

33. Arupajhanas
Calm-abiding
Yogacara-yoga practice
Right speech
Realm after the rupajhanas

34. Panna
Feeling
Loom or Warp
Physical matter
Wisdom

35. Siddarttha Gautama
Buddha
Not self
Right mindfulness
1. Soto 2. Rinzai

36. Sankhara (aggregate)
Four foundations of mindfulness
One-pointedness
Volitional formations
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self

37. samma samadhi
Right concentration
Volitional formations
Law
Philosophy- Emptiness

38. Schools of Zen
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
'Non returner'
Happiness

39. Samsara
Wisdom
'One who has reached Nirvana'
Philosophy- Emptiness
Rebirth

40. Sukha (jhana)
Happiness
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self
'One who has reached Nirvana'
Right speech

41. Vitakka (jhana)
Happiness
'One who has reached Nirvana'
Application
Right concentration

42. Sanna (aggregate)
Rebirth
Loom or Warp
'One who enters the stream'
Perception

43. Sotpanna

44. Tanha (4NT)
Physical matter
Desire
Right view
Right action

45. Arhat

46. Samatha
Calm-abiding
Right speech
Right action
Body

47. Ekaggata (jhana)
Not self
Desire
Virtues/Precepts
One-pointedness

48. Dukkha (4NT)
Four Noble Truths
Body
Suffering
Volitional formations

49. Sakadagamin

50. samma vaca
Right view
Feeling
'One who enters the stream'
Right speech