Three Jewels (Tiratana • Triratna) Three Jewels •
Buddha — Gautama Buddha, the Blessed One, the Awakened One, the Teacher • Accomplished (
arahaṃ •
arhat) • Fully enlightened (
sammā-sambuddho •
samyak-saṃbuddha) • Perfect in true knowledge and conduct (
vijjā-caraṇa sampanno •
vidyā-caraṇa-saṃpanna) • Sublime (
sugato •
sugata) • Knower of the worlds (
lokavidū •
loka-vid) • Incomparable leader of persons to be tamed (
anuttaro purisa-damma-sārathi •
puruṣa-damya-sārathi) • Teacher of devas and humans (
satthā deva-manussānaṃ •
śāsta deva-manuṣyāṇaṃ) • The Enlightened One (
buddho) • The Blessed One (
bhagavā •
bhagavat) •
Dhamma (Dharma) — the cosmic principle of truth, lawfulness, and virtue discovered, fathomed, and taught by the Buddha; the Buddha's teaching as an expression of that principle; the teaching that leads to enlightenment and liberation • Well expounded by the Blessed One (
svākkhāto bhagavatā dhammo •
svākhyāta) • Directly visible (
sandiṭṭhiko •
sāṃdṛṣṭika) • Immediate (
akāliko •
akālika) • Inviting one to come and see (
ehi-passiko •
ehipaśyika) • Worthy of application (
opanayiko •
avapraṇayika) • To be personally experienced by the wise (
paccattaṃ veditabbo viññūhi •
pratyātmaṃ veditavyo vijñaiḥ) •
Saṅgha (Saṃgha) — the spiritual community, which is twofold (1) the monastic Saṅgha, the order of monks and nuns; and (2) the noble Saṅgha, the spiritual community of noble disciples who have reached the stages of world-transcending realization • Practicing the good way (
supaṭipanno bhagavato sāvaka-saṅgho) • Practicing the straight way (
ujupaṭipanno bhagavato sāvaka-saṅgho) • Practicing the true way (
ñāyapaṭipanno bhagavato sāvaka-saṅgho) • Practicing the proper way (
sāmīcipaṭipanno bhagavato sāvaka-saṅgho) • Worthy of gifts (
āhuṇeyyo) • Worthy of hospitality (
pāhuṇeyyo) • Worthy of offerings (
dakkhiṇeyyo) • Worthy of reverential salutation (
añjalikaraṇīyo) • The unsurpassed field of merit for the world (
anuttaraṃ puññākkhettaṃ lokassā)
Four Noble Truths (Cattāri ariyasaccāni • Catvāri āryasatyāni) Four Noble Truths 1. The Noble Truth of Suffering (Dukkha ariya sacca) •
Suffering (
dukkha •
duḥkha) —
to be fully understood (
pariññeyya) • Dukkha as intrinsic suffering, as bodily or mental
pain (
dukkha-dukkha) • birth (
jāti) •
old age (
jarā) • illness (
byādhi) • death (
maraṇa) •
sorrow (
soka) •
lamentation (
parideva) •
pain (
dukkha) •
grief (
domanassa) •
despair (
upāyāsā) • Dukkha due to
change (
vipariṇāma-dukkha) • Association with the unpleasant (
appiyehi sampayogo) • Separation from the pleasant (
piyehi vippayogo) • Not to get what one wants (
yampicchaṃ na labhati tampi) • Dukkha of
conditioned formations (
saṅkhāra-dukkha) •
Five aggregates of clinging (
pañcupādānakkhandha) •
material form (
rūpa) •
feeling (
vedanā) •
perception (
saññā •
samjñā) •
mental formations (
saṅkhāra •
samskāra) •
consciousness (
viññāṇa •
vijñāna)
2. The Noble Truth of the Origin of Suffering (Dukkha samudaya ariya sacca) •
Craving (
taṇhā •
tṛṣṇā) (
samudaya) —
to be abandoned (
pahātabba) • Craving for
sensual pleasures (
kāma taṇhā) • Craving for
existence (
bhava taṇhā) • Craving for
non-existence (
vibhava taṇhā)
3. The Noble Truth of the Cessation of Suffering (Dukkha nirodha ariya sacca) •
Nirvana (
Nibbāna •
Nirvāṇa) (
nirodha) —
to be realized (
sacchikātabba) • Nibbāna element with residue remaining (
sa-upādisesa nibbānadhātu •
sopadhiśeṣa-nirvāṇa) • Nibbāna element with no residue remaining (
anupādisesa nibbānadhātu •
nir-upadhiśeṣa-nirvāṇa) —
Parinirvana (
parinibbāna •
parinirvāṇa)
4. The Noble Truth of the Path of Practice leading to the Cessation of Suffering (Dukkha nirodha gāminī paṭipadā ariya sacca) •
Noble Eightfold Path (
Ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo • ''Ārya 'ṣṭāṅga mārgaḥ
) — to be developed
(bhāvetabba'') • Right view • Right intention • Right speech • Right action • Right livelihood • Right effort • Right mindfulness • Right concentration
Three Characteristics of Existence (Tilakkhaṇa • Trilakṣaṇa) Three marks of existence •
Impermanence (
anicca •
anitya) •
Suffering (
dukkha •
duḥkha) •
Nonself (
anattā •
anātman)
Five Aggregates (Pañca khandha • Pañca-skandha) Skandha •
Matter (Form) (
rūpa) •
Four Great Elements (
mahābhūta) •
Earth element (
paṭhavī-dhātu) •
Water (or liquid) element (
āpo-dhātu) •
Fire (or heat) element (
tejo-dhātu) •
Air (or wind) element (
vāyo-dhātu) •
Feeling (
vedanā) •
Pleasant feeling (
sukha) •
Painful feeling (
dukkha •
duḥkha) • Neither-painful-nor-pleasant (neutral) feeling (
adukkham-asukhā) •
Perception (
saññā •
samjñā) •
Mental formations (
saṅkhāra •
samskāra) —
see below •
Consciousness (
viññāṇa •
vijñāna)
Dependent Origination (Paticcasamuppāda • Pratītyasamutpāda) This/that Conditionality (Idappaccayatā) Describing the causal nature of everything in the universe, as expressed in the following formula:
Twelve Links (Nidāna) Describes how suffering arises. •
Ignorance (
avijjā •
avidyā) • Not knowing
suffering • Not knowing the
origin of suffering • Not knowing the
cessation of suffering • Not knowing the
way leading to the cessation of suffering •
Volitional formations (
saṅkhāra •
saṃskāra) • Bodily formation • Verbal formation • Mental formation •
Consciousness (
viññāṇa •
vijñāna) • Eye-consciousness • Ear-consciousness • Nose-consciousness • Tongue-consciousness • Body-consciousness • Mind-consciousness •
Mind and body (
nāmarūpa) • Mind (
nāma) •
Feeling (
vedanā) •
Perception (
saññā •
samjñā) •
Volition (
cetanā) •
Contact (
phassa) •
Attention (
manasikāra) • Body/materiality/form (
rūpa) •
Four Great Elements •
Earth — solidity •
Water —
fluidity •
Fire — heat •
Wind —
oscillation •
Six sense bases (
saḷāyatana •
ṣaḍāyatana) • Eye-base • Ear-base • Nose-base • Tongue-base • Body-base • Mind-base •
Contact (
phassa •
sparśa) • Eye-contact • Ear-contact • Nose-contact • Tongue-contact • Body-contact • Mind-contact •
Feeling (
vedanā) • Feeling born of eye-contact • Feeling born of ear-contact • Feeling born of nose-contact • Feeling born of tongue-contact • Feeling born of body-contact • Feeling born of mind-contact •
Craving (
taṇhā •
tṛṣṇā) • Craving for forms • Craving for sounds • Craving for odors • Craving for flavors • Craving for tangibles • Craving for mind-objects •
Clinging (
upādāna) • Clinging to
sensual pleasures (
kāmupādāna) • Clinging to
views (
diṭṭhupādāna) • Clinging to
rituals and observances (
sīlabbatupādāna) • Clinging to a doctrine of
self (
attavādupādāna) •
Being (
bhava) • Sense-sphere being • Fine-material being • Immaterial being •
Birth (
jāti) •
Old age and death (
jarāmaraṇa)
Transcendental Dependent Origination Describes the path out of suffering. •
Suffering (
dukkha •
duḥkha) •
Faith (
saddhā •
śraddhā) •
Joy (
pāmojja) •
Rapture (
pīti •
prīti) •
Tranquillity (
passaddhi) •
Happiness (
sukha) •
Concentration (
samādhi) •
Knowledge and vision of things as they really are (
yathābhūta-ñāna-dassana) •
Disenchantment with worldly life (
nibbidā) •
Dispassion (
virāga) •
Freedom (
vimutti) •
Knowledge of destruction of the taints (
āsava-khaye-ñāna)
Karma (Kamma) Karma in Buddhism • Definition —
volitional action, considered particularly as a moral force capable of producing, for the agent, results that correspond to the ethical quality of the action; thus good karma produces happiness, and bad karma produces suffering •
Result of karma (
vipāka) •
Intention (
cetanā) •
Wholesome intention (
kusala) •
Unwholesome intention (
akusala) •
Three doors of action (
kammadvara) •
Body — Bodily acts •
Speech — Verbal acts •
Mind — Mental acts •
Roots (
mula) • Unwholesome •
Greed (
lobha •
raga) •
Hatred (
dosa •
dvesha) •
Delusion (
moha) • Wholesome •
Nongreed (
alobha) — renunciation, detachment, generosity •
Nonhatred (
adosa) — loving-kindness, sympathy, gentleness •
Nondelusion (
amoha) — wisdom •
Courses of action (
kammapatha) • Unwholesome • Bodily • Destroying life • Taking what is not given • Wrong conduct in regard to sense pleasures • Verbal • False speech • Slanderous speech • Harsh speech • Idle chatter • Mental • Covetousness • Ill will • Wrong view • Wholesome • Bodily • Abstaining from destroying life • Abstaining from taking what is not given • Abstaining from wrong conduct in regard to sense pleasures • Verbal • Abstaining from false speech • Abstaining from slanderous speech • Abstaining from harsh speech • Abstaining from idle chatter • Mental • Being free from covetousness • Being free from ill will • Holding right view • Function • Reproductive kamma (
janaka kamma) — that which produces mental aggregates and material aggregates at the moment of
conception • Supportive kamma (
upatthambhaka kamma) — that which comes near the Reproductive Kamma and supports it • Obstructive kamma (
upapiḍaka kamma) — that which tends to weaken, interrupt and retard the fruition of the Reproductive Kamma • Destructive kamma (
upaghātaka kamma) — that which not only obstructs but also destroys the whole force of the Reproductive Kamma • Order to take effect • Weighty kamma (
garuka kamma) — that which produces its results in this life or in the next for certain • Five heinous crimes, causing rebirth in hell immediately after death (
ānantarika-kamma) • Intentionally killing one's father (
patricide) • Intentionally killing one's mother (
matricide) • Intentionally killing an
arahant • Maliciously causing blood to flow from the body of a
Buddha • Creating a
schism in the
sangha • Proximate kamma (
āsanna kamma) — that which one does or remembers immediately before the dying moment • Habitual kamma (
āciṇṇa kamma) — that which one habitually performs and recollects and for which one has a great liking • Reserve kamma (
kaṭattā kamma) — refers to all actions that are done once and soon forgotten • Time of taking effect • Immediately effective kamma (
diţţhadhammavedaniya kamma) • Subsequently, effective kamma (
upapajjavedaniya kamma) • Indefinitely effective kamma (
aṗarāpariyavedaniya kamma) • Defunct kamma (
ahosi kamma) • Place of taking effect • Immoral (
akusala) kamma pertaining to the sense-sphere (
kamavacara) • Moral (
kusala) kamma pertaining to the sense-sphere (
kamavacara) • Moral kamma pertaining to the form-sphere (
rupavacara) • Moral kamma pertaining to the formless-sphere (
arupavacara) •
Niyama Dhammas •
Utu Niyama — Physical Inorganic Order (seasonal changes and climate), the natural law pertaining to physical objects and changes in the natural environment, such as the weather; the way flowers bloom in the day and fold up at night; the way soil, water and nutrients help a tree to grow; and the way things disintegrate and decompose. This perspective emphasizes the changes brought about by heat or temperature •
Bīja Niyama — Physical Organic Order (laws of heredity), the natural law pertaining to heredity, which is best described in the adage, "as the seed, so the fruit” •
Citta Niyama — Order of Mind and Psychic Law (will of mind), the natural law pertaining to the workings of the mind, the process of cognition of sense objects and the mental reactions to them •
Kamma Niyama — Order of Acts and Results (consequences of one's actions), the natural law pertaining to human behavior, the process of the generation of action and its results. In essence, this is summarized in the words, "good deeds bring good results, bad deeds bring bad results” •
Dhamma Niyama — Order of the Norm (nature's tendency to produce a perfect type), the natural law governing the relationship and interdependence of all things: the way all things arise, exist and then cease. All conditions are subject to change, are in a state of affliction and are not self: this is the Norm
Rebirth (Punabbhava • Punarbhava) •
Saṃsāra — Lit., the "wandering," the round of rebirths without discoverable beginning, sustained by ignorance and craving
Buddhist cosmology Buddhist cosmology , a symbolic depiction of the six realms. •
Six realms •
Heaven (
sagga) •
Tusita — one of the six deva-worlds of the
kāmadhātu •
Tāvatiṃsa — the fifth of the heavens of the
kāmadhātu, and the highest of the heavens that maintains a physical connection with the rest of the world •
Four Heavenly Kings •
Demigod realm (
asura) •
Human realm (
mānusatta) •
Hungry Ghost realm (
peta •
preta) •
Animal realm •
Hell (
niraya •
naraka) •
Avīci — the lowest level of the hell realm •
Three planes of existence (
tiloka •
triloka) •
World of desire (
kāmaloka) • World of form (
rūpaloka) • World of formlessness (
arūpaloka) •
Ten spiritual realms •
Buddhahood •
Bodhisattva — Bodhisattvahood •
Pratyekabuddha — Realization •
Sāvakabuddha — Learning •
Deva — Heaven •
Asura — Paranoid jealousy •
Human beings in Buddhism — Humanity •
Animals in Buddhism — Animality •
Preta — Hunger •
Naraka — Hell
Sense bases (Āyatana) Ayatana •
Six sense bases (
saḷāyatana •
ṣaḍāyatana) • eye (
cakkhu) and
Forms • Ear (
sota) and Sounds • nose (
ghāṇa) and
Odors •
Tongue (
jivhā) and
Flavors •
Body (
kāya) and
Tactile objects •
Mind (
mano) and
Phenomena Six Great Elements (Dhātu) •
Earth element (
paṭhavī-dhātu) •
Water (or liquid) element (
āpo-dhātu) •
Fire element (
tejo-dhātu) •
Air (or wind) element (
vāyo-dhātu) •
Space element (
ākāsa-dhātu) •
Consciousness element (
viññāṇa-dhātu)
Faculties (Indriya) Indriya • Six sensory faculties • Eye/vision faculty (
cakkh-undriya) • Ear/hearing faculty (
sot-indriya) • Nose/smell faculty () • Tongue/taste faculty (
jivh-indriya) • Body/sensibility faculty () • Mind faculty (
man-indriya) • Three physical faculties •
Femininity (
itth-indriya) •
Masculinity (
puris-indriya) • Life or
vitality () • Five feeling faculties • Physical
pleasure (
sukh-indriya) • Physical
pain (
dukkh-indriya) • Mental
joy (
somanasa-indriya) • Mental
grief (
domanass-indriya) •
Indifference (
upekh-indriya) • Five spiritual faculties •
Faith ('''') •
Energy (
viriy-indriya) •
Mindfulness (
sat-indriya) •
Concentration ('''') •
Wisdom (
-indriya) • Three final-knowledge faculties • Thinking "I shall know the unknown" ('''') • Gnosis ('''') • One who knows ('''')
Formations (Saṅkhāra • Saṃskāra) Mental Factors (Cetasika • Caitasika ) Theravāda abhidhamma • Seven universal mental factors common to all; ethically variable mental factors common to all consciousnesses (
sabbacittasādhāraṇa cetasikas) •
Contact (
phassa) •
Feeling (
vedanā) •
Perception (
saññā) •
Volition (
cetanā) •
One-pointedness (
ekaggatā) •
Life Faculty (
jīvitindriya) •
Attention (
manasikāra) • Six occasional or particular mental factors; ethically variable mental factors found only in certain consciousnesses (
pakiṇṇaka cetasikas) •
Application of thought (
vitakka) •
Examining (
vicāra) •
Decision (
adhimokkha) •
Energy (
viriya) •
Rapture (
pīti) •
Wholesome desire (
chanda) • Fourteen unwholesome mental factors (
akusala cetasikas) • Four universal unwholesome mental factors (
akusalasādhāraṇa): •
Delusion (
moha) •
Lack of shame (
ahirika) •
Disregard for consequence (
anottappa) •
Restlessness (
uddhacca) • Three mental factors of the greed-group (
lobha): •
Greed (
lobha) •
Wrong view (
diṭṭhi) •
Conceit (
māna) • Four mental factors of the hatred-group (
dosa) •
Hatred (
dosa) •
Envy (
issā) •
Miserliness (
macchariya) •
Regret (
kukkucca) • Other unwholesome mental factors •
Sloth (
thīna) •
Torpor (
middha) •
Doubt (
vicikicchā) • Twenty-five beautiful mental factors (
sobhana cetasikas) • Nineteen universal beautiful mental factors (
sobhanasādhāraṇa): •
Faith (
saddhā) •
Mindfulness (
sati) •
Shame at doing evil (
hiri) •
Regard for consequence (
ottappa) •
Lack of greed (
alobha) •
Lack of hatred (
adosa) •
Balance, neutrality of mind (
tatramajjhattatā) •
Tranquillity of mental body (
kāyapassaddhi) •
Tranquillity of consciousness (
cittapassaddhi) •
Lightness of mental body (
kāyalahutā) •
Lightness of consciousness (
cittalahutā) •
Softness/malleability of mental body (
kāyamudutā) •
Softness/malleability of consciousness (
cittamudutā) •
Readiness/wieldiness of mental body (
kāyakammaññatā) •
Readiness/wieldiness of consciousness (
cittakammaññatā) •
Proficiency of mental body (
kāyapāguññatā) •
Proficiency of consciousness (
cittapāguññatā) •
Straightness/rectitude of mental body (
kāyujukatā) •
Straightness/rectitude of consciousness (
cittujukatā) • Three Abstinences (
virati): •
Right speech (
sammāvācā) •
Right action (
sammākammanta) •
Right livelihood (
sammā-ājīva) • Two Illimitables (
appamañña): •
Compassion (
karuṇā) •
Sympathetic joy (
muditā) • One Faculty of wisdom (
paññindriya): •
Wisdom (
paññā •
prajñā)
Mahayana abhidharma • Five universal mental factors (
sarvatraga) common to all: •
Sparśa — contact, contacting awareness, sense impression, touch •
Vedanā — feeling, sensation •
Saṃjñā — perception •
Cetanā — volition •
Manasikara — attention • Five determining mental factors (
viṣayaniyata): •
Chanda — desire (to act), intention, interest •
Adhimoksha — decision, interest, firm conviction •
Smṛti — mindfulness •
Prajñā — wisdom •
Samādhi — concentration • Eleven virtuous (
kuśala) mental factors •
Sraddhā — faith •
Hrī — self-respect, conscientiousness, sense of shame •
Apatrāpya — decorum, regard for consequence •
Alobha — non-attachment •
Adveṣa — non-aggression, equanimity, lack of hatred •
Amoha — non-bewilderment •
Vīrya — diligence, effort •
Praśrabdhi — pliancy •
Apramāda — conscientiousness •
Upekṣa — equanimity •
Ahiṃsā — nonharmfulness • Six root mental defilements (
mūlakleśa): •
Raga — attachment •
Pratigha — anger •
Avidya — ignorance •
Māna — pride, conceit •
Vicikitsa — doubt •
Dṛiṣṭi — wrong view • Twenty secondary defilement (
upakleśa): •
Krodha — rage, fury •
Upanāha — resentment •
Mrakśa — concealment, slyness-concealment •
Pradāśa — spitefulness •
Irshya — envy, jealousy •
Mātsarya — stinginess, avarice, miserliness •
Māyā — pretense, deceit •
Śāṭhya — hypocrisy, dishonesty •
Mada — self-infatuation, mental inflation, self-satisfaction •
Vihiṃsā — malice, hostility, cruelty, intention to harm •
Āhrīkya — lack of shame, lack of conscious, shamelessness •
Anapatrāpya — lack of propriety, disregard, shamelessness •
Styāna — lethargy, gloominess •
Auddhatya — excitement, ebullience •
Āśraddhya — lack of faith, lack of trust •
Kausīdya — laziness, slothfulness •
Pramāda — heedlessness, carelessness, unconcern •
Muṣitasmṛtitā — forgetfulness •
Asaṃprajanya — non-alertness, inattentiveness •
Vikṣepa — distraction, desultoriness • Four changeable mental factors (
aniyata): •
Kaukṛitya — regret, worry, •
Middha — sleep, drowsiness •
Vitarka — conception, selectiveness, examination •
Vicāra — discernment, discursiveness, analysis
Mind and Consciousness •
Citta — Mind, mindset, or state of mind •
Cetasika — Mental factors •
Manas — Mind, general thinking faculty •
Consciousness (
viññāṇa) •
Mindstream (
citta-saṃtāna) — the moment-to-moment continuity of consciousness •
Bhavanga — the most fundamental aspect of mind in Theravada •
Luminous mind (
pabhassara citta) •
Consciousness-only (
vijñapti-mātratā) •
Eight Consciousnesses (
aṣṭavijñāna) • Eye-consciousness – seeing apprehended by the visual sense organs • Ear-consciousness – hearing apprehended by the auditory sense organs • Nose-consciousness – smelling apprehended through the olfactory organs • Tongue-consciousness – tasting perceived through the gustatory organs • Ideation-consciousness – the aspect of mind known in Sanskrit as the "
mind monkey"; the consciousness of
ideation • Body-consciousness – tactile feeling apprehended through skin contact, touch • The manas consciousness – obscuration-consciousness – a consciousness which through apprehension, gathers the hindrances, the poisons, the karmic formations • Store-house consciousness (
ālāyavijñāna) — the seed consciousness, the consciousness which is the basis of the other seven •
Mental proliferation (
papañca •
prapañca) — the deluded conceptualization of the world through the use of ever-expanding language and concepts •
Monkey mind — unsettled, restless mind
Obstacles to Enlightenment •
Taints (
āsava) •
Sensual desire (
kāmāsava) •
Becoming (
bhavāsava) •
Wrong view (
diṭṭhāsava) •
Ignorance (
avijjāsava) •
Defilements (
kilesa •
kleśā) •
Three defilements •
Greed (
lobha •
rāga) •
Hatred (aversion) (
dosa •
dvesha) •
Delusion (
moha) • Round of defilements (
kilesa-vaṭṭa) •
Ignorance (
avijjā •
avidyā) •
Craving (
taṇhā •
tṛṣṇā) •
Clinging (
upādāna) •
Four perversions of view, thought and perception (
vipallasa) • Taking what is
impermanent (
anicca •
anitya) to be permanent (
nicca •
nitya) • Taking what is
suffering (
dukkha •
duḥkha) to be
happiness (
sukha) • Taking what is
nonself (
anattā •
anātman) to be
self (
attā •
ātman) • Taking what is
not beautiful (
asubha) to be beautiful (
subha) •
Five hindrances (
pañca nīvaraṇā) — the main inner impediments to the development of concentration and insight •
Sensual desire (
kāmacchanda) — craving for pleasure to the senses •
Ill-will (
vyāpāda) — feelings of malice directed toward others •
Sloth and torpor (
thīna-middha) — half-hearted action with little or no energy •
Restlessness and remorse (
uddhacca-kukkucca) — the inability to calm the mind •
Doubt (
vicikicchā) — lack of conviction or trust •
Latent tendencies (
anusaya) •
Sensual passion (
kāma-rāga) •
Resistance (
patigha) •
Views (
diṭṭhi) •
Doubt (
vicikicchā) •
Conceit (
māna) •
Craving for continued existence (
bhavarāga) •
Ignorance (
avijjā •
avidyā) •
Ten Fetters (
saṃyojana) •
Identity view (
sakkāyadiṭṭhi) — the view of a truly existent self either as identical with the five aggregates, or as existing in some relation to them •
Eternity-belief (
sassata-diṭṭhi) • Annihilation-belief (
uccheda-diṭṭhi) •
Doubt (
vicikicchā) — doubt about the Buddha, the Dhamma, the Saṅgha, or the training •
Wrong grasp of rules and observances (
sīlabbata-parāmāsa) — the belief that mere external observances, particularly religious rituals and ascetic practices, can lead to liberation •
Sensual lust (
kāmacchando) •
Ill will (
vyāpādo) •
Desire for existence in the form realm (
rūparāgo) •
Desire for existence in the formless realm (
arūparāgo) •
Conceit (
māna) •
Restlessness (
uddhacca) •
Ignorance (
avijjā •
avidyā)
Two Kinds of Happiness (Sukha) • Bodily pleasure (
kayasukha) • Mental happiness (
cittasukha)
Two Kinds of Bhava •
Kamma Bhava — kammas caused by four
Upadanas •
Upapatti Bhava — rebirth bhava
Two Guardians of the World (Sukka lokapala) •
Shame at doing evil (
hiri) •
Fear of the results of wrongdoing (
ottappa)
Three Conceits • "I am better" • "I am equal" • "I am worse"
Three Standpoints •
Gratification (
assāda) •
Danger (
ādinava) •
Escape (
nissaraṇa)
Three Primary Aims • Welfare and happiness directly visible in this present life, attained by fulfilling one's moral commitments and social responsibilities (
diṭṭha-dhamma-hitasukha) • Welfare and happiness pertaining to the next life, attained by engaging in meritorious deeds (
samparāyika-hitasukha) • The ultimate good or supreme goal,
Nibbāna, final release from the cycle of rebirths, attained by developing the
Noble Eightfold Path (
paramattha)
Three Divisions of the Dharma •
Study (
pariyatti) •
Practice (
paṭipatti) •
Realization (
pativedha)
Four Kinds of Nutriment •
Physical food [either gross or subtle] (
kabalinkaro) •
Contact (
phasso dutiyo) •
Mental volition (
manosancetana) •
Consciousness (
viññāṇa •
vijñāna)
Four Kinds of Acquisitions (Upadhi) •
The Five Aggregates (
khandha •
skandha) •
Defilements (
kilesa •
kleśā) •
Volitional formations (
saṅkhāra •
saṃskāra) •
Sensual pleasures (
kāmacchanda)
Eight Worldly Conditions :
The "Eight Worldly Winds" referenced in discussions of
Equanimity (
upekkhā,
upekṣhā) •
Pleasure and
pain •
Praise and
blame • Honour and
dishonour •
Gain and
loss Truth (Sacca • Satya) •
Four Noble Truths (
cattāri ariyasaccāni •
catvāri āryasatyāni) •
Suffering (
dukkha •
duḥkha) •
Cause of suffering (
samudaya) •
Cessation of suffering (
nirodha) •
Path leading to the cessation of suffering (
magga •
marga) •
Two truths doctrine •
Conventional truth (
sammutisacca •
saṃvṛtisatya) •
Ultimate truth (
paramatthasacca •
paramārthasatya)
Higher Knowledge (Abhiññā • Abhijñā) Abhijñā • Six types of higher knowledges (
chalabhiñña) •
Supernormal powers (
iddhi) • Multiplying the body into many and into one again • Appearing and vanishing at will • Passing through solid objects as if space • Ability to rise and sink in the ground as if in water • Walking on water as if land •
Flying through the skies • Touching anything at any distance (even the
moon or
sun) • Traveling to other worlds (like the world of
Brahma) with or without the body • Divine ear (
dibba-sota), that is,
clairaudience • Mind-penetrating knowledge (
ceto-pariya-ñāa), that is,
telepathy • Remembering one's former abodes (
pubbe-nivāsanussati), that is, recalling one's own
past lives • Divine eye (
dibba-cakkhu), that is, knowing others'
karmic destinations • Extinction of mental intoxicants (
āsavakkhaya), upon which
arahantship follows • Three knowledges (
tevijja) • Remembering one's former abodes (
pubbe-nivāsanussati) • Divine eye (
dibba-cakkhu) • Extinction of mental intoxicants (
āsavakkhaya)
Great fruits of the contemplative life (Maha-Phala) Phala •
Equanimity (
upekkhā,
upekṣhā) • Fearlessness (
nibbhaya) • Freedom from unhappiness & suffering (
asukhacaadukkha) • Meditative Absorption (
samādhi) •
Out-of-body experience (
manomaya) •
Clairaudience (
dibba-sota) • Intuition and mental telepathy (
ceto-pariya-ñána) • Recollection of past lives (
patisandhi) •
Clairvoyance (
dibba-cakkhu) • The Ending of Mental Fermentations (
samatha)
Concepts unique to Mahayana and Vajrayana •
Bardo — Intermediate state • Shinay bardo – the Bardo of This Life • Milam bardo – the Bardo of Dream • Samten bardo – the Bardo of Meditation • Chikkhai bardo – the Bardo of Dying • Chönyid bardo – the Bardo of Dharmata • Sidpai bardo – the Bardo of Existence •
Bodhicitta — the wish to attain
Buddhahood •
Bodhisattva — name given to anyone who has generated bodhicitta •
Buddha-nature — immortal potency or element within the purest depths of the mind, present in all sentient beings, for awakening and becoming a Buddha •
Dzogchen — the natural, primordial state or natural condition of every sentient being •
Eternal Buddha •
Lung (Tibetan Buddhism) •
Pure land •
Rainbow body — a body not made of flesh, but consists of pure light, an astral body •
Svabhava — Intrinsic nature •
Tathātā/Dharmatā — Thusness •
Dharmadhatu — Realm of Truth •
Four Dharmadhātu •
Terma •
Three Roots •
Lama •
Iṣṭha-deva(tā) — Yidam •
Dakini/
Dharmapala •
Trikaya •
Nirmanakaya •
Sambhogakaya •
Dharmakāya •
Upāya — Skillful means •
Five Wisdoms Other concepts •
Emptiness (
suññatā •
śūnyatā) •
Middle Way (
majjhimā paṭipadā •
madhyamā-pratipad) — the Buddhist path of non-extremism • Avoiding the extreme of
sensual indulgence (
kāmesu kāma-sukha-allika) • Avoiding the extreme of
self-mortification (
atta-kilamatha) •
Sentient beings (
satta •
sattva) == Buddhist practices ==