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Buddhist Meditation

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1. Arhat

2. samma ajiva
Right livelihood
Happiness
Cessation
Realm after the rupajhanas

3. 2nd turning of the wheel
Four Noble Truths
Right speech
Philosophy- Emptiness
Buddha

4. Bodhisattva
Right concentration
Enlightened one
Loom or Warp
Mind

5. Karma
Right view
One-pointedness
Action
Consciousness

6. Samvega
Cessation
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
Fear
Right concentration

7. Vinnana (aggregate)
Consciousness
Feelings
Cessation
'One who enters the stream'

8. samma sankappa
Feeling
Right intention
Insight Buddhism
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising

9. Ekaggata (jhana)
Right action
Suffering
One-pointedness
Examining

10. samma kammanta
Volitional formations
Application
Wisdom
Right action

11. Vedana (aggregate)
Virtues/Precepts
Right action
Feeling
'One who has reached Nirvana'

12. Samadhi
Law
'Returning once'
Body
Concentration

13. 4th turning of the wheel
Yogacara-yoga practice
'Returning once'
Cessation
Buddha nature

14. Samsara
Mental contents
Yogacara-yoga practice
Calm-abiding
Rebirth

15. Three marks of existence
Perception
Path
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self
Right action

16. Dharma
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception
Law
Mental contents
Right view

17. samma sati
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
Right intention
'Returning once'
Right mindfulness

18. Rupa (aggregate)
Feelings
Right view
Physical matter
Feeling

19. Sila
Law
Virtues/Precepts
Right intention
Path

20. Tantra
Wisdom
Right speech
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
Loom or Warp

21. Tanha (4NT)
Perception
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self
'Non returner'
Desire

22. Schools of Zen
Consciousness
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
Right mindfulness
Path

23. Dukkha (4NT)
Wisdom
'Returning once'
Right effort
Suffering

24. samma samadhi
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self
Path
'Non returner'
Right concentration

25. Anagamin

26. Samatha
Path
Perception
Calm-abiding
Action

27. Paticcasamuppada
Law
Wisdom
Realm after the rupajhanas
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising

28. Anatta
Loom or Warp
Right effort
Not self
Virtues/Precepts

29. Panna
Mental contents
Suffering
Realm after the rupajhanas
Wisdom

30. Piti (jhana)
Joy
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
Cessation
Four foundations of mindfulness

31. Siddarttha Gautama
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self
Buddha
Right speech
Buddha nature

32. Vipassana
Insight Buddhism
Right mindfulness
Not self
'One who enters the stream'

33. samma vayama
Yogacara-yoga practice
Right effort
Mental contents
Physical matter

34. Vedana
Path
Feelings
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
'One who enters the stream'

35. Sankhara (aggregate)
Volitional formations
Right action
Desire
Wisdom

36. Citta
'Returning once'
Mind
Right effort
Right intention

37. Vitakka (jhana)
Perception
Application
Calm-abiding
Consciousness

38. Vicara (jhana)
'Returning once'
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
Path
Examining

39. 1st turning of the wheel
Examining
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
Application
Four Noble Truths

40. Sukha (jhana)
Yogacara-yoga practice
Happiness
Rebirth
Right view

41. Sakadagamin

42. Sanna (aggregate)
Perception
Law
Calm-abiding
Mind

43. Dhammas
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
Path
Mental contents
Loom or Warp

44. Nirodha (4NT)
Right effort
Path
Feelings
Cessation

45. 3rd turning of the wheel
Desire
Four foundations of mindfulness
Yogacara-yoga practice
Law

46. Arupajhanas
Happiness
Calm-abiding
Realm after the rupajhanas
Right action

47. Sotpanna

48. Kaya
Cessation
Rebirth
Body
Action

49. 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
Rebirth
Physical matter
Consciousness

50. samma vaca
Loom or Warp
Right speech
Perception
Desire