Hinduism and Buddhism

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  1. 3. Defilement; unwholesome qualities; a factor of mind that obscures clear seeing; a hindrance to meditation; also know as afflictive emotion
  2. 5. The ancient language of the scriptures of Theravada Buddhism
  3. 6. suffering
  4. 10. The teachings of the Buddha
  5. 11. Concentration; a deep state of meditation
  6. 13. Mental or physical formation
  7. 17. The doctrine that all mental and physical phenomena arise and pass away depending on causes and conditions
  8. 18. The qualities of character to be perfected in order to become a Buddha
  9. 19. Path of the Elders
  10. 22. awakening
  11. 23. Physical and mental calm
  12. 25. Extinction of the fires of attachment, hatred and delusion that cause suffering; liberation from cyclic existence
  13. 26. Discipline; the rules and regulations governing the conduct of Buddhist monks and nuns
  14. 27. The tree under which the Buddha attained enlightenment in Bodh Gaya, India – a fig tree popularly called Pipal
  15. 29. One who is undertaking the spiritual path of awakening; a meditator
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  1. 1. Wisdom
  2. 2. compassion
  3. 4. Interest and inquiry into experience
  4. 7. Spiritual friend. In the Theravada Buddhist meditation tradition, teachers are often referred to as spiritual friends
  5. 8. Mental absorption, a state of strong concentration that temporarily suspends the five hindrances
  6. 9. A term referring to the group of meditation practices that aim at samadhi
  7. 12. The community of practitioners of the Buddhist path, or those beings who have attained direct realization of the nature of reality
  8. 13. Action based on kindness, respect, truthfulness, timeliness and wisdom
  9. 14. The auspicious power of wholesome action that brings positive karmic results
  10. 15. The six perceptual gates through which we experience the world
  11. 16. A gladdening of the mind and body
  12. 20. A spiritual path that avoids extremes of self-mortification and self-indulgence, as discovered and taught by the Buddha
  13. 21. A technique used in meditation to help direct the mind to the object of meditation
  14. 24. The practice of giving; generosity. Dana is the first of the ten paramis, or qualities to be perfected in order to become a Buddha
  15. 28. The pattern of conditioned habits that we mistake for a sense of self