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Buddhist Meditation

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1. Dhammas
Feeling
Mental contents
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self
'Returning once'

2. Samsara
Rebirth
Law
Right concentration
Cessation

3. Arhat

4. samma ajiva
Happiness
Right livelihood
Four foundations of mindfulness
'Non returner'

5. samma sankappa
Mind
Right intention
Feeling
Volitional formations

6. 1st turning of the wheel
Realm after the rupajhanas
Four Noble Truths
'Returning once'
Body

7. Sukha (jhana)
Right speech
Insight Buddhism
Happiness
Realm after the rupajhanas

8. Siddarttha Gautama
Philosophy- Emptiness
'Returning once'
Buddha
Suffering

9. Karma
Fear
Calm-abiding
Action
Application

10. Samadhi
Concentration
One-pointedness
Suffering
Right mindfulness

11. Piti (jhana)
'Returning once'
Joy
Feelings
Right concentration

12. Sanna (aggregate)
Yogacara-yoga practice
Perception
Virtues/Precepts
'Non returner'

13. Vedana
Law
Consciousness
Feelings
Perception

14. Arupajhanas
Right view
Law
Desire
Realm after the rupajhanas

15. Samvega
Right action
Mental contents
Fear
'One who has reached Nirvana'

16. Tanha (4NT)
Desire
Four foundations of mindfulness
Right concentration
Right action

17. Sotpanna

18. Dukkha (4NT)
Suffering
Four foundations of mindfulness
Right mindfulness
Right speech

19. 4th turning of the wheel
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception
Philosophy- Emptiness
Wisdom
Buddha nature

20. Satipatthana
Fear
Action
Four foundations of mindfulness
Insight Buddhism

21. Panna
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception
Right mindfulness
Wisdom
Joy

22. samma sati
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
Realm after the rupajhanas
Right mindfulness
Feelings

23. Schools of Zen
Concentration
Loom or Warp
Action
1. Soto 2. Rinzai

24. Sankhara (aggregate)
'Non returner'
Application
Volitional formations
Feeling

25. Paticcasamuppada
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
One-pointedness
Concentration
Mental contents

26. Nirodha (4NT)
Cessation
Enlightened one
Calm-abiding
Joy

27. Sila
Wisdom
Buddha nature
Calm-abiding
Virtues/Precepts

28. Rupa (aggregate)
Right intention
Physical matter
Enlightened one
Cessation

29. Kaya
Physical matter
Examining
Body
Joy

30. Vipassana
One-pointedness
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception
Right effort
Insight Buddhism

31. Vitakka (jhana)
Physical matter
Application
Wisdom
Right intention

32. Three marks of existence
Right view
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self
Feelings
Yogacara-yoga practice

33. samma vayama
Right effort
Examining
Right livelihood
Four foundations of mindfulness

34. Vedana (aggregate)
Right view
Right effort
Feeling
'Non returner'

35. samma samadhi
Philosophy- Emptiness
Yogacara-yoga practice
Realm after the rupajhanas
Right concentration

36. Anatta
Not self
Buddha nature
Rebirth
Consciousness

37. Vinnana (aggregate)
Application
'Returning once'
Mind
Consciousness

38. Magga (4NT)
Path
Consciousness
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception
Physical matter

39. samma kammanta
Four Noble Truths
Virtues/Precepts
Wisdom
Right action

40. 3rd turning of the wheel
Joy
Mind
Yogacara-yoga practice
Mental contents

41. Tantra
Right livelihood
Realm after the rupajhanas
Loom or Warp
Four Noble Truths

42. Citta
Wisdom
Right action
Not self
Mind

43. Bodhisattva
Rebirth
Enlightened one
Virtues/Precepts
Four Noble Truths

44. Samatha
Four foundations of mindfulness
Calm-abiding
'Returning once'
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising

45. 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
Right speech
Physical matter
Law

46. samma ditthi
Four Noble Truths
Happiness
Right view
Action

47. Dharma
Application
Law
Fear
'One who has reached Nirvana'

48. Vicara (jhana)
Feelings
Body
Examining
Mind

49. Ekaggata (jhana)
Examining
One-pointedness
Calm-abiding
Concentration

50. Sakadagamin