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Buddhist Meditation

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1. Sila
Buddha nature
Law
Application
Virtues/Precepts

2. Samvega
One-pointedness
Fear
Right intention
'One who has reached Nirvana'

3. Samsara
Desire
Yogacara-yoga practice
'One who enters the stream'
Rebirth

4. Anatta
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
Right mindfulness
Perception
Not self

5. Kaya
Volitional formations
Right livelihood
Body
Cessation

6. Vinnana (aggregate)
Happiness
Consciousness
Rebirth
Right speech

7. Dharma
Volitional formations
Physical matter
Law
Desire

8. Samadhi
Concentration
Mind
Wisdom
Perception

9. Ekaggata (jhana)
Fear
Wisdom
One-pointedness
Right speech

10. Samatha
Philosophy- Emptiness
Volitional formations
Calm-abiding
Right concentration

11. samma sati
Concentration
Physical matter
Right mindfulness
Loom or Warp

12. Vitakka (jhana)
Right intention
Virtues/Precepts
Application
Suffering

13. Sakadagamin

14. 3rd turning of the wheel
Yogacara-yoga practice
'Non returner'
Realm after the rupajhanas
1. Soto 2. Rinzai

15. 4th turning of the wheel
Realm after the rupajhanas
Calm-abiding
Buddha nature
Rebirth

16. Bodhisattva
Right intention
Four Noble Truths
Mind
Enlightened one

17. Sotpanna

18. Panna
Wisdom
'Returning once'
Buddha nature
Right concentration

19. Vedana
Feelings
Body
Rebirth
Right concentration

20. Rupa (aggregate)
Four foundations of mindfulness
Concentration
Body
Physical matter

21. Tantra
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception
Virtues/Precepts
Action
Loom or Warp

22. 2nd turning of the wheel
Right effort
Suffering
Concentration
Philosophy- Emptiness

23. Sanna (aggregate)
Buddha
Perception
Volitional formations
Right speech

24. Citta
Mind
Right livelihood
Right view
Feeling

25. samma samadhi
Loom or Warp
Examining
Right concentration
Action

26. Piti (jhana)
Buddha
'Non returner'
Philosophy- Emptiness
Joy

27. samma sankappa
Realm after the rupajhanas
Not self
Right intention
Enlightened one

28. Satipatthana
Four foundations of mindfulness
Fear
Desire
Examining

29. Schools of Zen
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
Physical matter
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
Not self

30. Dhammas
Mental contents
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self
Virtues/Precepts
Insight Buddhism

31. samma vayama
Feelings
Happiness
Right effort
Perception

32. States of this realm in sequence
Virtues/Precepts
Right action
Application
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception

33. Nirodha (4NT)
Happiness
Consciousness
Cessation
Mental contents

34. samma kammanta
Volitional formations
Right action
Feeling
Cessation

35. samma ditthi
Right view
'Non returner'
Right action
'One who enters the stream'

36. Sankhara (aggregate)
Examining
Volitional formations
Right action
Wisdom

37. samma ajiva
Calm-abiding
Right livelihood
Right concentration
Buddha

38. 1st turning of the wheel
Four Noble Truths
Perception
Realm after the rupajhanas
Insight Buddhism

39. Magga (4NT)
Path
Buddha nature
Cessation
One-pointedness

40. Vipassana
Right mindfulness
Insight Buddhism
Wisdom
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self

41. Anagamin

42. Tanha (4NT)
Desire
Consciousness
One-pointedness
Four foundations of mindfulness

43. Arhat

44. Three marks of existence
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
One-pointedness
Buddha nature
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self

45. samma vaca
Feelings
Right speech
Philosophy- Emptiness
Mental contents

46. Dukkha (4NT)
Examining
Right speech
One-pointedness
Suffering

47. Arupajhanas
Right livelihood
Loom or Warp
Enlightened one
Realm after the rupajhanas

48. Siddarttha Gautama
Buddha
Right livelihood
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
Concentration

49. Sukha (jhana)
Happiness
'One who has reached Nirvana'
Feelings
Virtues/Precepts

50. Vedana (aggregate)
Path
Enlightened one
Feeling
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising