Fundamentals of Vipassanā Meditation

Appendix - Glossary

 

action:            kammanta-

            right- : sammā-

            wrong- : micchā

activities, volitional: sankhāra

adverting: āvajjana

aggregate: khandha

             -of grasping: upādānakkhandha

air: vāyo

            - element - dhātu

analysis: vavatthāna

            - of four elements: catudhātuvavatthāna

analytical knowledge of mind and  matter: nāma-rūpa pariccheda ñāna

apperception: javana

attainment: samāpatti

awareness: viññāna

becoming: bhava

birth: jāti

body: kāya

            - of body: kāyānupassana

sphere: gati

            bad- : duggati

            good- : sugati

calm: samatha

characteristic: lakkhana

chronic state of life: satatavihāra

Compendium of Philosophy: Abhidhammattha-sangaha

comprehension: sampajañña

concentration: samādhi

concept: paññatti

concomitant (of mind) cetasika

confidence, faith: saddhā

consciousness: viññāna

constituent (of Path): (magg-)anga

contemplation: anupassanā

            - of body: kāyānupassana

            - of feeling: vedanānupassanā

            - of mental factors: dhammānupassanā

            - of mind: cittanupassanā

continuity: santati

craving: tanhā

death, dying: marana

death-mindfulness: maranassati

deed: kamma

            bad- : akusala-

            good- : kusala-

defilement: kilesa

dependent origination: paticca samuppāda

desire (will): chanda

determining consciousness: votthapana

deva-sight: dibbacakkhu

            - hearing: dibbasota

            - world: devaloka

device: kasina

divine state: brahma vihāra

door (sense-door): dvāra

effort: vāyāma

            right- : sammā-vāyāma

ego (self): atta

element: dhātu

equanimity (indifference): upekkhā

establishment of mindfulness: satipatthāna

factor of enlightenment: sambojjhanga

faculty: indriya

faith (confidence): saddhā

feeling: vedanā

form (matter): rūpa

            formless: arūpa

foul thing: asubha

fruit(ion): phala

function (property): rasa, kicca

going to the refuge: saranagamana

grasping: upādāna

happiness, happy: sukha

happy condition in this world: dittha-dhamma sukhavihāra

higher knowledge (superknowledge): abhiññā

hindrance: nīvarana

immoral (action): akusala

impermanence: anicca

inferential insight: anumāna vipassanā

initial application: vitakka

insight: vipassanā

intimation: viññatti

investigation consciousness: santīrana

            - knowledge: sammasana ñāna

investigation of dhamma: dhamma vicaya

knowledge ñana

            - analytical, of mind and matter: nāma-rupa pariccheda ñāna

            - of desire for deliverance: muñcitu-kamyatā ñāna

            - of (by) discerning conditionality: paccaya pariggaha ñāna

            - of dissolution: bhanga ñāna

            - of indifference to formations: sakhārupekkhā ñāna

            - of reflection (re-observation): patisankhā ñāna

            - of repulsion (disgust): nibbida ñāna

            - of rise and fall (rising and passing away): udayabbaya ñāna

            - of the fearful: bhaya ñāna

            - of tribulation: ādinava ñāna

law: dhamma

life-continuum: bhavanga

livelihood: ājīva

            right- : sammā-

            wrong- : micchā-

loathsomeness of food: āhāre patikūla-saññā

love: mettā

lower states: apāya

manifestation (mode of appearance): paccupatthāna

matter (material, physical, form): rūpa

means of accomplishment: iddhipāda

meditator: yogī

mental quality (mind, psychological): nāma

mind: mana, citta

            - and matter: nāma-rūpa

mindfulness: sati

mode of appearance: (see manifestation)

moral (action): kusala

moral habit (morality ): sīla

neutral feeling: adukkha-m-asukha vedanā

Never-returner: (non-returner): anāgāmī

Noble (Noble One) Ariyan

            -eightfold path: ariyo atthangiko maggo

notion: saññā

            - of permanence: niccasaññā

not-self: anatta

object: ārammana

            object - latent: ārammanānusaya

old age: jarā

Once-returner: sakadāgāmī

Order (of arahts): sangha

origin (origination, cause): samudaya

part of enlightenment: bodhipakkhiya

path: magga

            the ariyan- : ariyamagga

Path of Purity (Purification): Visuddhi Magga

perception: saññā

permanence (permanent): nicca

pity (compassion): karuna

pleasant (pleasurable, happy): sukha

power: bala

practical (personal insight): paccakkha vippassanā

process: vīthi

property (function) rasa

proximate cause (immedediate occasion): padatthāna

purity: visuddhi

quietude (tranquillity): passaddhi

rapture: pīti

reality: paramattha

reason: vimamsa

rebirth-consciousness: patisandhi citta

receiving (recipient) consciousness: sampaticchana

recollection: anussati

refuge: sarana

respiration: ānāpāna

retentive (registering) consciousness: tadārammana

round of rebirth: samsāra

self (ego): atta

sense (sensual) object: kāma

Silent Buddha: paccekabuddha

specification (analysis): vavatthāna

speech: vācā

            right- : sammā

            wrong- : micchā-

Stream-winner: sotāpanna

Stream-winning: sotāpatti

subject of meditation: kammatthāna

subsequent process: anuvattakavīthi

suffering (ill, misery, pain): dukkha

Supreme Buddha: sammāsambuddha

supreme effort: sammappadhāna

sympathy (sympathetic joy): muditā

theory of the self: attavāda

thought: citta

            right- : sammā sankappa

            wrong- : micchā sankappa

            - moment: cittakkhana

three gems: tiratana

tranquillity: passaddhi

transcending doubts: kankhāvitarana

unpleasant: dukkha

view (wrong view) ditthi

volitional activities: sankhāra

will (desire): chanda

wisdom: paññā

wrong: micchā


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