Abhidhamma in Daily life
Glossary of Pali terms
A
abhinna supernormal power.
adosa non-aversion
or kindness.
ahetuka rootless, not
accompanied by beautiful roots or unwholesome roots .
ahetuka ditthi the
wrong view of there being no cause of what arises.
akasanancayatana
sphere of boundless space, the meditation subject of the first immaterial
jhanacitta.
akincannayatana sphere
of nothingness, the meditation subject of the third immaterial jhanacitta.
akusala unwholesome,
unskillful.
alobha non-attachment
or generosity.
amoha wisdom or understanding.
anagami non-returner,
the noble person who has realized the third stage of enlightenment.
anatta not self, without
abiding substance.
anicca impermanent.
anuloma adaptation, the third
of the four javana-cittas of the sense-sphere, arising before jhana, absorption,
is attained, or before enlightenment is attained.
anupadi-sesa nibbana
final nibbana, without the khandhas, aggregates or groups of existence,
remaining, at the death of an arahat.
anusaya latent tendency or
proclivity.
apo-dhatu element of water
or cohesion.
appana absorption.
arahat perfected one,
noble person who has attained the fourth stage of enlightenment.
arammana object which is
known by consciousness.
ariyan noble person who has
attained enlightenment.
arupa-bhumi plane of existence
of immaterial beings. For them birth was the result of arupa-jhana.
arupa-brahma plane plane
of existence of immaterial beings.
arupavacara belonging to
the immaterial plane of consciousness, thus, arupa-jhanacitta.
arupa-jhana immaterial
absorption.
asankharika not instigated,
not induced, neither by oneself nor by someone else.
asavas cankers, influxes
or intoxicants, group of defilements.
asobhana not beautiful,
not accompanied by beautiful roots.
asubha foul.
asuras demons,
beings of one of the unhappy planes of existence.
atita bhavanga
past life-continuum, arising and falling away shortly before a process
of cittas experiencing an object through one of the sense-doors starts.
avajjana adverting
of consciousness to the object which has impinged on one of the six doors.
avijja ignorance.
ayoniso manasikara
unwise attention to an object.
B
bhavana mental development,
comprising the development of calm and the development of insight.
bhavangacitta life-continuum,
citta which does not arise within a process but in between processes.
bhavanga calana
vibrating bhavanga, arising shortly before a sense-cognition process starts.
bhavangupaccheda arrest
bhavanga, last bhavangacitta before a process starts. The bhavangupaccheda
which arises before a mind-door process is the mind-door of that process.
bhinkkhu monk.
bhikkhuni nun
bhumi plane of existence.
brahma-viharas the
four 'divine abidings', meditation subjects which are lovingkindness, compassion,
sympathetic joy and equanimity.
C
cakkhu eye.
cakkhu-dhatu eye element.
cakkhu-dvara eyedoor.
cakkhuppasada rupa rupa
which is the organ of eyesense, capable of receiving visible object.
cakkhuvinnana seeing-consciousness.
cetana intention or
volition.
cetasika mental factor
arising with consciousness.
citta consciousness,
the reality which knows or cognizes an object.
cuti-citta dying-consciousness.
D
dana act of generosity,
liberality.
dassana kicca function
of seeing.
dhamma-dhatu element
of dhammas, realities, comprising cetasikas, subtle rupas, nibbana.
dhammarammana all objects
other than the sense objects which can be experienced through the five
sense-doors, thus, objects which can be experienced only through the mind-door.
ditthi wrong view,
distorted view about realities.
ditthigata sampayutta
accompanied by wrong view.
domanassa unpleasant
feeling.
dosa aversion or ill-will.
dosa-mula-citta citta
rooted in aversion.
dukkha suffering, unsatisafactoriness
of conditioned realities.
dukkha vedana painful
feeling or unpleasant feeling.
dvara doorway through
which an object is experienced, the five sense-doors or the mind-door.
dvi-panca-vinnana the
five pairs of sense-cognitions, which are seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting
and the experience of objects through the bodysense. Of each pair, one
is kusala vipaka and one akusala vipaka.
E
ekaggata cetasika one-pointedness
which makes citta focus on one object.
G
ghana-dhatu
nose element.
ghanappasada rupa rupa
which is the organ of smelling-sense, capable of receiving odour.
ghandharammana odour.
ganthas bonds, a group
of defilements.
ghayana kicca
function of smelling.
gotrabhu adaptation
or change of lineage, the last citta of the sense-sphere before jhana,
absorption, is attained, or enlightenment is attained.
H
hadaya-vatthu heart-base,
place of origin of the cittas other than the sense-cognitions.
hasituppada citta
smiling-consciousness of the arahat.
hetu root, which can
be beautiful or unwholesome.
I
indriya faculty. Some are
rupas such as the sense organs, some are namas such as feeling. Five 'spiritual
faculties' are wholesome qualifies which should be cultivated, namely:
confidence, energy, sati, concentration and wisdom. A faculty is 'leader'
in its own field.
issa jealousy.
J
jati nature, class (of
cittas).
jhana absorption which
can be attained when one develops calm.
jivha-dhatu tongue-element.
jivhappasada rupa rupa
which is the organ of tasting-sense, capable of receiving flavour.
K
kama bhumi sensuous plane
of existence.
kamacchanda sensuous
desire. .
kama-sobhana cittas beautiful
cittas of the sense-sphere.
kamavacara cittas cittas
of the sense-sphere.
kamma intention or
volition which may be wholesome or unwholesome; it is also the deed motivated
by volition.
kamma-patha course
of action, which is wholesome or unwholesome.
kasina
disk, as meditation subject in the development of calm.
kaya body. It can also
stand for the 'mental body', the cetasikas.
kaya-dhatu
element of bodysense.
kayappasada rupa
bodysense, the rupa which is capable of receiving tangible object. It is
all over the body, inside or outside.
kayavinnana body consciousness,
the experience of bodily impressions.
kaya-vinnatti bodily
intimation, such as gestures, facial expression, etc.
khandha aggregate or
group of existence. There are five khandhas, one of them being physical
phenomena, one feelings, one perception or remembrance, one cetasikas other
than feeling and perception, and one consciousness. Thus, there are five
khandhas, groups of conditioned realities.
karuna compassion.
kicca function (of
citta).
kilesa defilement.
kiriyacitta inoperative
citta (neither cause nor result).
kukkucca regret or
worry.
kusala wholesome.
L
lobha attachment or
greed.
lobha-mula-citta citta
rooted in attachment.
lokiya citta citta
which is mundane, not experiencing nibbana.
lokuttara citta supramundane
citta, experiencing nibbana.
lokuttara dhammas
the unconditioned dhamma ,which is nibbana and the cittas which experience
nibbana.
M
macchariya stinginess.
magga path (Eightfold
Path).
magga-citta path-consciousness,
lokuttara citta which experiences nibbana and eradicates defilements.
maha-bhuta-rupas the
rupas which are the four great elements of earth or solidity, water or
cohesion, fire or temperature and wind or motion.
maha-kiriyacitta inoperative
citta of the sense-sphere accompanied by beautiful roots.
maha-kusala citta wholesome
citta of the sense-sphere.
maha-vipakacitta citta
of the sense-sphere which is result, accompanied by beautiful roots.
mano mind, consciousness.
mano-dhatu mind-element,
comprising the five-sense-door adverting-consciousness and the two types
of receiving-consciousness.
mano-dvaravajjana-citta
mind-door adverting consciousness.
mano-dvara-vithi-cittas
cittas
arising in a mind-door process.
mano-vinnana dhatu mind-consciousness
element, comprising all cittas other than the sense-cognitions (seeing,
etc.) and mind-element.
metta lovingkindness.
middha
torpor.
moha ignorance.
moha-mula-citta citta
rooted in ignorance.
mudita sympathetic
joy.
N
nama mental phenomena,
including those which are conditioned and also the unconditioned nama which
is nibbana.
natthika ditthi
wrong view of annihilation, assumption that there is no result of kamma.
n'eva-sanna-n'asannayatana
sphere of neither perception nor non-perception, the meditation subject
of the fourth immaterial jhana.
nibbana the unconditioned
reality which is freedom from suffering, or the deathless.
nimitta mental image
one can acquire of a meditation subject.
nirodha-samapatti attainment
of cessation of consciousness.
nivaranas the hindrances,
a group of defilements.
nana wisdom.
O
oja the rupa which is nutrition.
olarika rupas
gross rupas (sense-objects and sense-organs)
p
pancadvaravajjana-citta five
sense-door adverting-consciousness.
pancavinnana (or dvi-pancavinnana)
the sense-cognitions (seeing, etc.) of which there are five pairs.
panna wisdom or understanding.
pannatti conventional
term or idea represented by it. It is not a reality which can be directly
experienced.
paramattha dhammas
absolute or ultimate realities, which can be directly experienced through
one of the six doors.
parikamma preparatory
consciousness, the first javanacitta arising in the process during which
absorption or enlightenment is attained.
pasada-rupas sense-organs,
the rupas which are capable of receiving sense-objects.
patibhaga nimitta counterpart
image, more perfected mental image of a meditation subject acquired in
the development of calm.
patigha aversion or
ill-will.
patisandhi-citta rebirth-consciousness-
phala-citta fruit-consciousness,
experiencing nibbana. It is the result of magga-citta, path-consciousness.
phottabbarammana tangible
object, experienced through bodysense.
phusana kicca function
of experiencing tangible object.
piti enthusiasm or
rapture.
puthujjana worldling
or ordinary person, not a noble person who has attained enlightenment.
R
rasarammana object of
flavour.
rupa physical phenomena
which cannot experience anything.
rupa-bhumi
plane of beings whose birth was the result of rupa-jhana, fine-material
jhana.
rupa-brahma plane fine
material plane of existence.
rupa-jhana fine material
absorption, developed with a meditation subject which is still dependent
on materiality. It is less refined as immaterial jhana, arupa-jhana, developed
with a meditation subject which is independent on materiality.
rupakkhandha aggregate
or group of physical phenomena.
rupavacara citta consciousness
of the fine-material sphere, rupa-jhanacitta.
S
saddarammana object
of sound.
saddha faith or confidence
in wholesomeness.
sahetuka accompanied
by roots.
sakadagami once-returner,
noble person who has attained the second stage of enlightenment.
samadhi concentration
or one-pointedness.
samatha the development
of calm.
sampaticchana-citta
receiving-consciousness.
sampayutta associated
with.
sankharadhamma conditioned
realities.
sankarakkhandha aggregate
or group of all cetasikas other than feeling and perception or remembrance.
sanna perception or
remembrance.
santirana-citta investigating-consciousness.
sasankharika induced,
instigated, either by oneself or someone else.
sati mindfulness or
awareness; non-forgetfuIness of what is wholesome or non-forgetfulness
of realities which appear.
satipatthana application
of mindfulness. It can be the cetasika sati or the object of mindfulness.
sa-upadi-sesa nibbana
arahatship with the khandhas or groups of existence remaining, thus not
final nibbana at death of an arahat.
savana-kicca function
of hearing.
sayana-kicca function
of tasting.
sila morality (in action
or speech).
silabbatupadana
wrong practice which is clinging to certain rules (rites and rituals) in
one's practice.
sobhana (citta and cetasikas)
beautiful, accompanied by beautiful roots.
somanassa pleasant
feeling.
sota-dhatu
element of ear.
sota-dvara-vithi-cittas
ear-door process cittas.
sotapanna noble person
who has attained the first stage of enlightenment.
sota-vinnana hearing-consciousness.
sukha-vedana pleasant
feeling.
T
tadalambana
tadarammana
} retention or registering,
last citta of a complete process.
tatra-majjhattata equanimity
or even-mindedness.
tejo-dhatu element
of fire or heat.
thina sloth.
U
uddhacca restlessness.
upacara access or proximatory
consciousness, the second javana-citta in the process in which absorption
or enlightenment is attained.
upada rupa derived
rupas, the rupas other than the four great elements.
upadana clinging.
upadanakkhandha the
aggregates or groups which are objects of clinging.
upekkha indifferent
feeling. It can stand for even-mindedness or equanimity, and then it is
not feeling.
V
vaci-vinnatti the
rupa which is speech intimation.
vatthu base, physical
base of citta.
vayo-dhatu element
of wind or motion.
vedana feeling.
vicara sustained
thought or discursive thinking.
vicikiccha
doubt.
vinnana consciousness.
vinnana-dhatu
element of consciousness, comprising all cittas.
vinnanakkhandha
aggregate of consciousness, comprising all cittas.
vinnanancayatana sphere
of boundless consciousness, meditation subject for the second stage of
immaterial jhana. .
vipakacitta citta which
is the result of a wholesome deed (kusala kamma) or an unwholesome deed
(akusala kamma).
vipassana insight,
wisdom which sees realities as they are.
vippayutta unaccompanied
by.
visankharadhamma unconditioned
dhamma, nibbana.
vitakka applied thought,
a cetasika which directs the citta to the object.
vithicittas
cittas arising in processes.
vithi-vimutti-cittas
process freed cittas, cittas which do not arise within a process.
votthapana-citta determining
consciousness.
vyapada
ill-will
Y
yoniso manasikara wise
attention to the object.
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