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Buddhist Meditation

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1. Paticcasamuppada
Happiness
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising
Desire
'One who has reached Nirvana'

2. Sotpanna

3. Sila
Virtues/Precepts
Desire
Right intention
Right mindfulness

4. Tantra
Mind
Physical matter
Loom or Warp
Body

5. Vedana (aggregate)
Feeling
Joy
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
Buddha nature

6. samma sankappa
Perception
Realm after the rupajhanas
Right intention
Right mindfulness

7. Magga (4NT)
Loom or Warp
Joy
Calm-abiding
Path

8. Samsara
Rebirth
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

9. Vitakka (jhana)
Loom or Warp
Application
Insight Buddhism
Right concentration

10. samma vayama
Desire
Right effort
Happiness
Four Noble Truths

11. Anagamin

12. Samatha
Right speech
Calm-abiding
Application
Co-dependent Origination/Dependent Arising

13. Panna
Right action
Wisdom
Body
Right speech

14. Arhat

15. Siddarttha Gautama
Buddha
Four Noble Truths
Application
Right intention

16. States of this realm in sequence
Mental contents
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception
Body
'One who has reached Nirvana'

17. Sakadagamin

18. Satipatthana
Four foundations of mindfulness
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self
Wisdom
Right effort

19. Samvega
Fear
Volitional formations
Buddha nature
Consciousness

20. Vedana
Feelings
Application
Buddha
Consciousness

21. Dharma
'Non returner'
Happiness
Law
Mental contents

22. Dhammas
Right view
Rebirth
Mental contents
Perception

23. Nirodha (4NT)
Cessation
Feeling
Desire
Body

24. samma ajiva
Right livelihood
Feeling
Right mindfulness
Rebirth

25. Sanna (aggregate)
Perception
Feeling
Four foundations of mindfulness
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self

26. Sukha (jhana)
Concentration
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception
Happiness
Joy

27. Dukkha (4NT)
Calm-abiding
Cessation
Suffering
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception

28. Vicara (jhana)
1. Sphere of infinite space 2. Sphere of infinite consciousness 3. Sphere of nothingness 4. sphere of neither perception nor non-perception
Examining
Wisdom
Desire

29. Vinnana (aggregate)
Consciousness
Right concentration
Fear
Virtues/Precepts

30. Vipassana
Loom or Warp
Cessation
Right view
Insight Buddhism

31. Three marks of existence
Buddha nature
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self
Philosophy- Emptiness
One-pointedness

32. Sankhara (aggregate)
Volitional formations
Right concentration
Calm-abiding
1. Soto 2. Rinzai

33. 4th turning of the wheel
Examining
Volitional formations
Feelings
Buddha nature

34. Tanha (4NT)
Philosophy- Emptiness
Desire
Consciousness
Mental contents

35. samma ditthi
Philosophy- Emptiness
Right view
Perception
1. Anicca-Impermanence 2. Dukkha- Suffering 3. Anatta- No-self

36. samma vaca
Four foundations of mindfulness
Right speech
Right intention
One-pointedness

37. Kaya
Body
'One who has reached Nirvana'
'Non returner'
Right action

38. Bodhisattva
Body
Right mindfulness
Examining
Enlightened one

39. Samadhi
Concentration
Right intention
Feelings
Right concentration

40. Citta
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
Suffering
Perception
Mind

41. Arupajhanas
Realm after the rupajhanas
Law
Virtues/Precepts
Right effort

42. Rupa (aggregate)
Fear
Suffering
Physical matter
Right view

43. Karma
Action
Desire
Examining
Concentration

44. Piti (jhana)
Buddha nature
Mind
Right effort
Joy

45. Ekaggata (jhana)
One-pointedness
Volitional formations
Calm-abiding
Concentration

46. Schools of Zen
1. Soto 2. Rinzai
Desire
Right action
Concentration

47. 3rd turning of the wheel
Insight Buddhism
Yogacara-yoga practice
Buddha nature
Rebirth

48. samma kammanta
Right livelihood
Volitional formations
Virtues/Precepts
Right action

49. 1st turning of the wheel
Buddha
Consciousness
Right speech
Four Noble Truths

50. 2nd turning of the wheel
Body
Realm after the rupajhanas
Philosophy- Emptiness
Suffering