Author: Dhamma Paññā

BUDDHIST DICTIONARY -Q- questions and answers: pañhā-byākaraṇa (q.v.).    

BUDDHIST DICTIONARY -P- pabbajjā: lit. ‘the going forth’, or more fully stated, ‘the going forth from home to the homeless

BUDDHIST DICTIONARY -O- obduracies,the 5 mental: ceto-khila (q.v.). obhāsa: ‘effulgence of light’, aura, appearing at times during deep insight (vipassanā),

BUDDHIST DICTIONARY -N- nāma: (lit. ‘name’): ‘mind’, mentality. This term is generally used as a collective name for the 4

BUDDHIST DICTIONARY -M- macchariya: ‘stinginess’, avarice. “There are 5 kinds of stinginess, o monks; regarding the dwelling place, regarding families,

BUDDHIST DICTIONARY -L- lahutā: ‘lightness’, or ‘agility’, may be of 3 kinds: of corporeality (rūpassa lahutā; s. khandha, I ),

BUDDHIST DICTIONARY -K- kabalinkārāhāra: lit. ‘food formed into balls’, i.e. food formed into mouthfuls for eating (according to Indian custom);

BUDDHIST DICTIONARY -J- janaka-kamma: ‘regenerative kamma’; s. kamma. jarā: ‘old age, decay’, is one of the 3 divine messengers (s.

BUDDHIST DICTIONARY -I- iddhi: ‘power’, ‘magical power’. The magical powers constitute one of the 6 kinds of higher spiritual powers

BUDDHIST DICTIONARY   -H- habitual kamma: bahula-kamma: s. kamma. hadaya-vatthu: ‘heart as physical base’ of mental life. The heart, according

BUDDHIST DICTIONARY -G- gantha: ‘ties’. “There are 4 ties: the bodily tie (kāyagantha) of covetousness (abhijjhā), of ill-will (byāpāda), of

BUDDHIST DICTIONARY -F- factors, mental: s. cetasika. – F. of absorption, s. jhāna – F. of enlightenment, s. bojjhaṅga. faculties:

BUDDHIST DICTIONARY -E- earnestness: appamāda (q.v.). earth-element: s. dhātu (I). eating, knowing the measure in bhojane mattaññutā (q.v.). effort, the

BUDDHIST DICTIONARY -D- dāna: ‘almsgiving’, liberality, offering. “He who gives alms, bestows a fourfold blessing: he helps to long life,

BUDDHIST DICTIONARY -C- cāga: ‘liberality’, is one of the ‘blessings’ (s. sampadā), ‘foundations’ (s. adhiṭṭhāna), ‘recollections’ (s. anussati), ‘treasures’ (s.

BUDDHIST DICTIONARY -B- bahula-kamma: ‘habitual kamma’: s. kamma. bala: ‘powers’. Among various groups of powers the following five are most