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Buddhist Meditation

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1. Arupajhanas
Mind
'One who has reached Nirvana'
Application
Realm after the rupajhanas

2. samma sati
Buddha
Right mindfulness
Feeling
Mental contents

3. samma ditthi
Rebirth
One-pointedness
Right view
Cessation

4. Rupa (aggregate)
Buddha
Virtues/Precepts
Physical matter
Realm after the rupajhanas

5. samma vayama
Desire
Physical matter
Right view
Right effort

6. 3rd turning of the wheel
Calm-abiding
Yogacara-yoga practice
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
Application

7. Arhat

8. Samatha
Calm-abiding
Body
Right concentration
Insight Buddhism

9. Three marks of existence
Calm-abiding
Right speech
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self
Right concentration

10. Dhammas
Right intention
Mental contents
Desire
Mind

11. Ekaggata (jhana)
Not self
One-pointedness
Loom or Warp
Realm after the rupajhanas

12. 2nd turning of the wheel
Law
Philosophy- Emptiness
Right speech
Right livelihood

13. Anagamin

14. Vicara (jhana)
Examining
Not self
Realm after the rupajhanas
Buddha

15. Vedana (aggregate)
Right view
Feeling
Right effort
Fear

16. samma sankappa
Right effort
Suffering
Right intention
Body

17. Vipassana
Cessation
Action
Not self
Insight Buddhism

18. samma kammanta
Perception
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception
Right action
Rebirth

19. samma ajiva
Consciousness
Buddha
Right livelihood
Concentration

20. Anatta
Right concentration
One-pointedness
Not self
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self

21. 1st turning of the wheel
'One who enters the stream'
Four Noble Truths
Mental contents
Calm-abiding

22. Sankhara (aggregate)
One-pointedness
Action
Volitional formations
Feelings

23. Siddarttha Gautama
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception
Buddha
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising

24. States of this realm in sequence
Not self
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception
Calm-abiding
Right speech

25. 4th turning of the wheel
Right mindfulness
Buddha nature
Philosophy- Emptiness
Realm after the rupajhanas

26. Bodhisattva
Concentration
Enlightened one
Perception
Buddha

27. Tanha (4NT)
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception
Desire
Enlightened one
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self

28. Vinnana (aggregate)
Consciousness
Enlightened one
Realm after the rupajhanas
Mind

29. Samsara
Rebirth
Consciousness
Law
Buddha nature

30. Magga (4NT)
Buddha
Four foundations of mindfulness
Right intention
Path

31. Sotpanna

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

33. Tantra
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception
Wisdom
'Returning once'
Loom or Warp

34. Sanna (aggregate)
Perception
Suffering
Feeling
'Non returner'

35. samma samadhi
Right effort
Right livelihood
Feeling
Right concentration

36. Paticcasamuppada
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
Right action
Feeling
Examining

37. Schools of Zen
Suffering
Concentration
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
Philosophy- Emptiness

38. Citta
Mind
Examining
Buddha nature
Right concentration

39. Panna
Volitional formations
Wisdom
Application
Virtues/Precepts

40. Dukkha (4NT)
Philosophy- Emptiness
Suffering
Buddha
Calm-abiding

41. Dharma
Mental contents
Fear
'Non returner'
Law

42. Sukha (jhana)
Buddha
Happiness
Action
Four foundations of mindfulness

43. Samadhi
Concentration
Loom or Warp
Law
Feeling

44. Karma
Mental contents
Action
Volitional formations
Right speech

45. Sila
Happiness
Action
Virtues/Precepts
'Non returner'

46. Sakadagamin

47. Samvega
Fear
Right view
Not self
Examining

48. Vedana
'One who enters the stream'
Feelings
Cessation
'Non returner'

49. Satipatthana
Cessation
Desire
Four foundations of mindfulness
Philosophy- Emptiness

50. Kaya
Rebirth
'One who enters the stream'
Right mindfulness
Body