BUDDHIST DICTIONARY - J -
'regenerative karma'; s. karma.
jarā: 'old age, decay', is one of the 3 divine
messengers (s. deva-dūta). For its conditioning by birth, s.
paticcasamuppāda
(11).
jāti
javana
jewels. The 3: ti-ratana.
jhāna
jhānanga: 'constituents (or factors) of absorption'; s.
prec.
jhāna-paccaya, is one of the 24 conditions (paccaya).
jīva
jīvita and jīvitindriya: 'Life, vitality', may
be either physical (rūpa-jīvitindriya) or mental (nāma-jīvitindriya).
The latter is one of the mental factors inseparably associated with all
consciousness; cf. nāma,
cetanā, phassa.
jīvita-navaka-kalāpa: nine-fold vital group; s.
rūpa-kalāpa.
joy: somanassa. - Altruistic j. = muditā
(s. brahma-vihāra).
