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Buddhist Meditation

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1. Vedana (aggregate)
Loom or Warp
Right intention
Feeling
Right mindfulness

2. 4th turning of the wheel
Right concentration
Desire
Realm after the rupajhanas
Buddha nature

3. Sakadagamin

4. samma samadhi
Suffering
Right concentration
Mind
Buddha nature

5. Citta
Wisdom
Mind
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception
Desire

6. Vinnana (aggregate)
Wisdom
Feeling
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception
Consciousness

7. Samsara
'Returning once'
Rebirth
Right action
Examining

8. Vipassana
Insight Buddhism
Enlightened one
Desire
Volitional formations

9. Panna
Consciousness
Wisdom
Examining
Concentration

10. Nirodha (4NT)
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self
Right action
Yogacara-yoga practice
Cessation

11. Vedana
Feelings
Desire
Four Noble Truths
Body

12. Piti (jhana)
Four Noble Truths
Joy
Philosophy- Emptiness
Consciousness

13. 2nd turning of the wheel
Philosophy- Emptiness
Volitional formations
Loom or Warp
Right view

14. Anatta
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception
Fear
Enlightened one
Not self

15. Ekaggata (jhana)
Insight Buddhism
Right intention
One-pointedness
Right mindfulness

16. Kaya
Body
Loom or Warp
Consciousness
Joy

17. Samatha
Law
Right action
Mental contents
Calm-abiding

18. Arhat

19. Sankhara (aggregate)
Right livelihood
Right speech
Cessation
Volitional formations

20. samma sankappa
Fear
Right intention
Right concentration
Right mindfulness

21. samma vayama
Volitional formations
Rebirth
Virtues/Precepts
Right effort

22. Anagamin

23. Magga (4NT)
Feelings
Right speech
Path
Suffering

24. Vicara (jhana)
Examining
Path
Mind
Happiness

25. samma ditthi
Fear
Four foundations of mindfulness
Right view
Right action

26. 1st turning of the wheel
Four Noble Truths
Law
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
'One who has reached Nirvana'

27. Sotpanna

28. samma ajiva
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
Right livelihood
Action
Rebirth

29. Sukha (jhana)
Happiness
Path
Suffering
Law

30. Dukkha (4NT)
One-pointedness
Loom or Warp
Suffering
Joy

31. Dharma
Right intention
Law
Action
Four Noble Truths

32. Sila
Virtues/Precepts
Examining
'One who has reached Nirvana'
Rebirth

33. Sanna (aggregate)
Perception
Desire
Right effort
Examining

34. samma sati
Rebirth
Four Noble Truths
Right mindfulness
Volitional formations

35. Dhammas
Feeling
Philosophy- Emptiness
Mental contents
Rebirth

36. Bodhisattva
Enlightened one
Consciousness
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
Realm after the rupajhanas

37. 3rd turning of the wheel
Four foundations of mindfulness
Yogacara-yoga practice
Right effort
Wisdom

38. Tantra
Loom or Warp
Feelings
Happiness
Perception

39. Rupa (aggregate)
Path
Rebirth
Physical matter
Happiness

40. Tanha (4NT)
Philosophy- Emptiness
Examining
Right intention
Desire

41. Satipatthana
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
Examining
Four foundations of mindfulness
Physical matter

42. Vitakka (jhana)
Loom or Warp
Not self
Application
Right effort

43. Schools of Zen
Suffering
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
Right livelihood
'One who enters the stream'

44. samma kammanta
Right action
Feelings
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
Volitional formations

45. Samvega
Cessation
Fear
'Returning once'
Right intention

46. Siddarttha Gautama
Right intention
One-pointedness
Right view
Buddha

47. samma vaca
Right speech
Four Noble Truths
Joy
'One who enters the stream'

48. Paticcasamuppada
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self
Calm-abiding
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
Insight Buddhism

49. Karma
Enlightened one
Mental contents
Action
Application

50. States of this realm in sequence
Body
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception
Joy
Enlightened one