BUDDHIST DICTIONARY - W - Y -
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water-element: āpo-dhātu (s. dhātu).
- water-kasina,
white-k., wind-k.: s. kasina.
- weighty karma:
garuka-kamma (s. karma).
- wheel of existence:
s. samsāra,
vatta.
- wheel of the law:
dhamma-cakka.
- will:
cetanā.
- wind-element:
vāyo-dhātu (s. dhātu).
- wisdom:
paññā.
- woeful courses
(of existence): duggati (s.
gati).
- world,
the 3-fold: loka.
- worldling:
puthujjana.
- worldly:
lokiya.
- worldly conditions,
the 8: loka-dhamma.
- world-period,
formation, dissolution: s. kappa.
- wrongnesses,
the 10: micchatta.
- wrong path:
micchā-magga.
- wrong understanding
(or view), w. thought, w. speech;
etc: s. micchā-magga.
Y -
-
yakkha: in popular belief, a kind of ghost, goblin or
ogre. See Yakkha.
- yāma-deva:
are a kind of heavenly beings of the sensuous
world; s. deva.
- yamaka-pātihāriya
- yathā-bhūta-ñāna-dassana:
'the knowledge and vision
according to reality', is one of the 18 chief kinds of insight (vipassanā).
- yathākammūpaga-ñāna:
'knowledge of rebirth according
to one's actions'; s. abhiññā (4).
- yathāsanthatik'anga:
'the practice of being satisfied
with whatever dwelling', is one of the ascetical means of purification; s.
dhutanga
(12).
- yoga:
'yokes, bonds', is another name for the 4 cankers (āsava) .
- yogāvacara = yogi:
'one devoted to mental training,' is
in Vis.M. the usual name for the disciple cultivating mental concentration
(App.).
- yokes:
yoga, q.v.
- yoni:
'modes of generation.' There are 4 generation from
the egg, from the mother's womb, from moisture, and spontaneous rebirth (opapātika) in heaven, hell, etc. Explained in M.12.
- yoniso manasikāra:
'thorough attention' or wise
consideration': s. manasikāra.
- youth-infatuation:
s. mada.
- yuganaddha:
s. samatha-vipassanā, last paragraph.
