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- 2. gladdening of the mind and body. One of the seven factors of enlightenment
- 6. deed the law of cause and effect intentional action, either wholesome or unwholesome that brings either pleasant or unpleasant results respectively
- 7. Mindfulness of breathing
- 9. pattern of conditioned habits that we mistake for a sense of self
- 11. Defilement; unwholesome qualities; a factor of mind that obscures clear seeing; a hindrance to meditation; also know as afflictive emotio
- 14. A Buddhist nun
- 16. suffering; of pain, both mental and physical, of change, and endemic to cyclic existance; the first Noble Truth that acknowledges the reality of suffering
- 17. The teachings of the Buddha
- 20. One who has taken a vow to become a fully enlightened Buddha; someone known for an unbounded readiness and availability to help all sentient beings
- 22. Awakening
- 23. The Buddha’s teachings, truth, the basic building blocks of reality; one of the three jewels of refuge
- 25. Heavenly or sublime abode, the four mind states said to lead to a rebirth in a heavenly realm: lovingkindness (metta), compassion (karuna), appreciative joy (mudita) and equanimity (upekkha)uddha Fully awakened one; specifically the historical Buddha, Sakyamuni, who lived and taught in India 2,500 years ago; one of the three jewels of refuge
- 26. Impermanent, one of the three characteristics of existence. Buddhist teachings emphasize that all conditioned mental and physical phenomena are impermanent – nothing lasts, nothing stays the same.
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- 1. Enlightenment, awakening
- 3. mitta Spiritual friend. In the Theravada Buddhist meditation tradition, teachers are often referred to as spiritual friends.
- 4. Interest and inquiry into experience. One of the seven factors of enlightenment
- 5. toneVedana the pleasant unpleasant or neutral tone that arises with every experience; one of the five aggregates
- 8. A Buddhist monk
- 10. Wisdom-heart or the awakened heart/mind; the aspiration for supreme enlightenment so that all sentient beings may be free from suffering
- 12. mindA mind that is open to the experience of the moment, free of conceptual overlays; first made popular by the Zen teacher Suzuki Roshi
- 13. The best known of all the Buddhist scriptures; a collection of 423 verses, spoken by the Buddha, that focuses on the value of ethical conduct and mental training
- 15. The third section of the Buddhist canon devoted to human psychology and philosophy
- 16. originationThe doctrine that all mental and physical phenomena arise and pass away depending on causes and conditions
- 18. The practice of giving; generosity. Dana is the first of the ten paramis, or qualities to be perfected in order to become a Buddha
- 19. self, insubstantiality, one of the three characteristics of existence
- 21. Mental absorption, a state of strong concentration that temporarily suspends the five hindrances
- 24. Enlightened one; someone whose mind is completely free from the defilements; a person who is no longer bound to cyclic existence