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Frequently Used Terms and their Meanings In Vipassana...
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*The Three Trainings:*

1)Shila:morality
2)Samadhi:
concentration, mastery of the mind
3)Panya:wisdom, insight that purifies the mind

*The Triple Gem:*

1)Buddha:anyone who is fully enlightened
2)Dhamma:the law of nature; the teaching of an enlightened person; the way to liberation
3)Sangha-anyone who has practiced Dhamma and has become a pure-minded, saintly person

*The Three Roots of all Mental Defilements:*

1)Raga/lobha-craving
2)Dosa-aversion
3)Moha-ignorance

*The Noble Eightfold Path:*

1)Samma vahca:
right speech
2)Samma-kammanta:
right action
3)Samna-ajiva:
right livelihood
4)Samma-vayama:
right effort
5)Samma-sati:
right awareness
6)Samma-samadhi:
right concentration
7)Samma-sankappa:
right thought
8)Samma-ditthi:
right understanding

*Nibbana:*(in Sanskrit Nirvana)
the unconditioned, the ultimate reality which is beyond mind and matter...

*The Three kinds of Wisdom:*

1)Suta-maya panya:
wisdom gained by listening to others
2)Chinta-maya panya:
intellectual, analytical understanding
3)Bhavana-maya panya:
wisdom based on direct personal experience

*The Three Characteristics of Phenomena:*

1)Anichya:
impermanence
2)Anatta:
egolessness
3)Dukkha:
suffering

*Kamma:*(in sanskrit karma)action; specifically, an action one performs which will have an effect on one's future...

*The Four Noble Truths:*

1)the fact of suffering
2)the origin of suffering (craving)
3)the cessation of suffering
4)the path leading to the cessation of suffering

*The Five Aggregates of which a Human being is Composed:*

1)Rupa-matter; the physical body composed of subatomic particles (kalaapa)..
2)Vinnana-consciousness, cognition
3)Sanna-perception, recognition
4)Vedana-sensation
5)Sankhara-reaction; mental conditioning

*The Four Material Elements:*

1)Prithavi-earth (solidity, weight)
2)Apo-water (fluidity, cohesion)
3)Vayo-air (gaseousness, motion)
4)Tejo-fire (temperature)

*The Five Hindrances or Enemies:*

1)Kamacchanda-craving
2)Vyapada-aversion
3)Thina-middha-physical sloth and mental torpor
4)Uddhacca-kukkucca-agitation and worry
5)Vicikiccha-doubt, uncertainty

*The Five Strengths or Friends:*

1)Sraddha-confidence
2)Viriya-effort
3)Sati-awareness
4)Samadhi-concentration
5)Panya-wisdom

*The Four causes for the arising of Matter:*

1)Food:
2)Environment/Atmosphere
3)a Present Mental reaction
4)a Past Mental reaction

*The Four Qualities of a Pure Mind:*

1)Metta-selfless love
2)Karuna-compassion
3)Mudita-sympathetic joy
4)Upekkha-equanimity

*Satipatthana-*
the establishing of awareness; synonym for Vipassana

*The Four Satipatthanas are:*

1)Kayanupassana-observation of the body
2)Vedananupassana-observation of bodily sensations
3)Chittanupassana-observation of the mind
4)Dhammanupassana-observation of mental contents

*The Ten Parami or Mental Perfections:*

1)Nekkhamma-renunciation
2)Sila-morality
3)Viriya-effort
4)Khanti-tolerance
5)Sacha-truthfulness
6)Adhitthana-strong determination
7)Panya-wisdom
8)Upekkha-equanimity
9)Metta-selfless love
10)Dana-generosity; donation

*"Bhavatu sabba mangalam"*
*"May all beings be happy"*

Sadhu, sadhu, sadhu-weIl said, well done; we agree, we share this wish

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