Buddhist:

Buddhist. Follower of Buddhism.

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Buddhism: Basic Buddhist Dictionary

A basic dictionary of Buddhism terms. Please note that all words in grey like " Buddhism " are links to an archive with related articles.

Zen Buddhism: Zen Buddhist Dictionary

A dictionary of Zen Buddhism terms. Please note that all words in grey like " Buddhism " are links to an archive with related articles.

Delusion (Ignorance)

"Delusion refers to belief in something that contradicts reality. In Buddhism, delusion is ... a lack of awareness of the true nature or Buddha nature of things, or of the true meaning of existence. "

According to the Buddhist outlook, we are deluded by our senses-- among which intellect (discriminating, discursive thought) is included as a sixth sense.

Consciousness, attached to the senses, leads us into error by causing us to take the world of appearances for the world of reality, whereas in fact it is only a limited and fleeting aspect of reality." (The Shambhala Dictionary of Buddhism and Zen.)

 (See also: Delusion (Ignorance) , Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul)

Buddhist Medicine: A method that encompasses moxibustion and shiatsu massage.

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Buddhist psychology: comprehensive science of mind and being. It includes Abhidharma analysis. (The Abhidharma is the third part of the Buddhist canon.)

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"such": See tadi.

 (See also: Such, Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul)

ariyadhana (ariyadhana): Noble Wealth; qualities that serve as 'capital' in the quest for liberation:

·      conviction (see saddha),

·      virtue (see sila),

·      conscience,

·      fear of evil,

·      erudition,

·      generosity (see dana), and

·      discernment (see panna).

 (See also: Ariyadhana, Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul)

jhana (jhaana; Skt. dhyana): Mental absorption. A state of strong concentration focused on a single physical sensation (resulting in rupa jhana) or mental notion (resulting in arupa jhana). Development of jhana arises from the temporary suspension of the five hindrances (see nivarana) through the development of five mental factors:

·      vitakka (directed thought),

·      vicara (evaluation),

·      piti (rapture),

·      sukha (pleasure), and

·      ekaggatarammana (singleness of preoccupation).

 (See also: Jhana, Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul)

vipassana (vipassanaa): Clear intuitive insight into physical and mental phenomena as they arise and disappear, seeing them for what they actually are - in and of themselves - in terms of the three characteristics (see ti-lakkhana) and in terms of stress, its origin, its disbanding, and the way leading to its disbanding (see ariya-sacca).

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vipaka (vipaaka): The consequence and result of a past volitional action (kamma).

 (See also: Vipaka, Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul)

vipassanupakkilesa (vipassanuupakkilesa): Corruption of insight; intense experiences that can happen in the course of meditation and can lead one to believe that one has completed the path. The standard list includes ten: light, psychic knowledge, rapture, serenity, pleasure, extreme conviction, excessive effort, obsession, indifference, and contentment.

 (See also: Vipassanupakkilesa, Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul)

viriya (viriya): Persistence; energy. One of the ten perfections (paramis), the five faculties (bala; see bodhi-pakkhiya-dhamma), and the five strengths/dominant factors (indriya; see bodhi-pakkhiya-dhamma).

 (See also: Viriya, Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul)

vitakka (vitakka): Directed thought. In meditation, vitakka is the mental factor by which one's attention is applied to the chosen meditation object. Vitakka and its companion factor vicara reach full maturity upon the development of the first level of jhana.

 (See also: Vitakka, Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul)

yakkha (yakkha): One of a special class of powerful "non-human" beings - sometimes kindly, sometimes murderous and cruel - corresponding roughly to the fairies and ogres of Western fairy tales. The female (yakkhini) is generally considered more treacherous than the male.

 (See also: Yakkha, Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul)

Asura (asura): A race of beings who, like the Titans of Greek mythology, fought the devas for sovereignty over the heavens and lost.

See apaya-bhumi.

 (See also: Asura, Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul)

avijja (avijjaa): Unawareness; ignorance; obscured awareness; delusion about the nature of the mind.

See also moha.

 (See also: Avijja, Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul)

ayatana (aayatana): Sense medium. The inner sense media are the sense organs: eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind. The outer sense media are their respective objects.

 (See also: Ayatana, Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul)

bhante (bhante): Venerable sir; often used when addressing a Buddhist monk.

 (See also: Bhante, Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul)

bhava (bhava): Becoming. States of being that develop first in the mind and can then be experienced as internal worlds and/or as worlds on an external level. There are three levels of becoming: on the sensual level, the level of form, and the level of formlessness.

 (See also: Bhava, Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul)