Pali Buddhist - Article Index

Dictionary - Ajaan,: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Ajaan,
ajaan, ajahn, achaan, etc.: (Thai). Teacher; mentor. Equivalent to the Pali acariya.    (See also: Ajaan, , Buddhism, Bo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Apaya-bhumi: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Apaya-bhumi
apaya-bhumi (apaaya-bhuumi): State of deprivation; the four lower levels of existence into which one might be reborn as a result of pa...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ugghatitannu: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Ugghatitannu
ugghatitannu (uggha.tita~n~nu): Of swift understanding. After the Buddha attained Awakening and was considering whether or not to teac...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Anapanasati: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Anapanasati
anapanasati (aanaapaanasati): Mindfulness of breathing. A meditation practice in which one maintains one's attention and mindfulness o...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Anusaya: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Anusaya
anusaya (anusaya): Obsesssion; underlying tendency. (The etymology of this term means "lying down with"; in actual usage, th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Abhidhamma: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Abhidhamma
Abhidhamma (abhidhamma): (1) In the discourses of the Pali Canon, this term simply means "higher Dhamma," and a systematic ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Acariya: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Acariya
acariya (aacariya): Teacher; mentor. See kalyanamitta.    (See also: Acariya , Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Akaliko: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Akaliko
akaliko (akaaliko): Timeless; unconditioned by time or season.    (See also: Akaliko , Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul) &n...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Anatta: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Anatta
anatta (anattaa): Not-self; ownerless.    (See also: Anatta , Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Article - Buddhism: Pali Chanting In The Theravada Buddhist Tradition
Pali Chanting in the Theravada Buddhist Tradition With translation to enlglish, including   Vandan a - Homage to the Triple Gems ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Buddhism: Basic Buddhist Dictionary
Buddhism: Basic Buddhist Dictionary A basic dictionary of Buddhism terms. Please note that all words in grey like " Buddhism "...   » Read the article

Article - Buddhism: History Of Buddhism
The history of Buddhism spans from the 6th century BCE to the present, starting with the birth of the Buddha Siddharta Gautama. This make...   » Read the article

Article - Buddhism: Origins Of Buddhism
Buddhism: Origins of Buddhism Legend has it that the Buddha to be, Siddhartha Gautama, was born around the 6th century BCE. His birthpla...   » Read the article

Article - Buddhism: Buddhist Scriptures
Buddhism: Buddhist Scriptures The Buddhist canon of scripture is known in Sanskrit as the Tripitaka and in Pali as the Tipitaka. These t...   » Read the article

Article - Buddhism: Principles Of Buddhism
The main principles of Buddhism: The Three Jewels, The Four Noble Truths, The Noble Eightfold Path, The Five Precepts, The three marks of...   » Read the article

Article - Buddhism: Buddhist Marriage Ceremony
Buddhism: Buddhist Marriage Ceremony Although wedding ceremonies have always been regarded as secular affairs in Buddhist countries, th...   » Read the article

Article - Buddhism Beliefs: The Three Marks Of Conditioned Existence
The three marks of conditioned existence According to the Buddhist tradition all phenomena (dharmas) are marked by three characteristics...   » Read the article

Article - Buddhism Schools: The Three Main Branches Of Buddhism
Buddhism Schools: The three main branches of Buddhism Buddhism has evolved into myriad schools that can be roughly grouped into three t...   » Read the article

Article - Buddhism: Relevance Of Buddhism In The New Century
Relevance of Buddhism In the New Century In the 20th century great changes took place as a result of experiments and developments in a b...   » Read the article

Article - Buddhism Beliefs: Buddhist Vegetarianism
Buddhism Beliefs: Buddhist Vegetarianism The first lay precept in Buddhism prohibits killing. Many see this as implying that Buddhists s...   » Read the article

Article - Buddhism: History Of The Buddhist Schools
Buddhism: History of the Buddhist schools Three months after the passing of Gautama Buddha, The First Council was held at Rajagaha by hi...   » Read the article

Article - Buddhism: Buddhism After The Buddha
  Buddhism after the Buddha Buddhism spread slowly in India until the powerful Mauryan emperor Asoka converted to it and actively s...   » Read the article

Article - Buddhism: Introduction To Buddhism
Buddhism is a philosophy and/or religion based on the teachings of the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama (Sanskrit; in Pali, Siddhattha Gotama),...   » Read the article

Article - Kalki About Desires
Are desires the root of suffering? Will I become happy without desires? Kalki, or Sri Kalki Bhagavan, the founder of Golden Age ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Samyojana, Sanyojana: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Samyojana, Sanyojana
samyojana, sanyojana (sa"myojana): Fetter that binds the mind to the cycle of rebirth (see vatta) - self-identification views (sa...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adhitthana: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Adhitthana
adhitthana (adhi.t.thaana): Determination; resolution. One of the ten perfections (paramis).    (See also: Adhitthana , ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Anupadisesa-nibbana: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Anupadisesa-nibbana
anupadisesa-nibbana (anupaadisesa-nibbaana): Nibbana with no fuel remaining (the analogy is to an extinguished fire whose embers are c...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Anagami: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Anagami
anagami (anaagaamii): Nonreturner. A person who has abandoned the five lower fetters that bind the mind to the cycle of rebirth (see s...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Anicca: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Anicca
anicca (anicca): Inconstant; unsteady; impermanent.    (See also: Anicca , Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Article - The Roots Of The New Age Movement Ð Part Ii
The New Age movement is hardly novel! Its philosophy is rooted in ancient traditions, often based on mystical experiences, each within a ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Akusala: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Akusala
akusala (akusala): Unwholesome, unskillful, demeritorious. See its opposite, kusala.    (See also: Akusala , Buddhism, B...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Paticca-samuppada: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Paticca-samuppada
paticca-samuppada (pa.ticca-samuppaada): Dependent co-arising; dependent origination.   A map showing the way the aggregates (kh...   » Read the article

Article - Buddhism Beliefs:: The Noble Eightfold Path
The Noble Eightfold Path In order to fully understand the noble truths and investigate whether they were in fact true, Buddha recommende...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sukha: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Sukha
sukha (sukha): Pleasure; ease; satisfaction. In meditation, a mental quality that reaches full maturity upon the development of the th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vesak: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Vesak
Vesak, Vesakha, Visakha, Wesak, etc. (visaakha): The ancient name for the Indian lunar month in spring corresponding to our April-May....   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sangha: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Sangha
sangha (sangha): On the conventional (sammati) level, this term denotes the communities of Buddhist monks and nuns; on the ideal (ariy...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sacca: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Sacca
sacca (sacca): Truthfulness. One of the ten perfections (paramis).    (See also: Sacca , Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul) ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Samana: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Samana
samana (sama.na): Contemplative. Literally, a person who abandons the conventional obligations of social life in order to find a way o...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sakyamuni: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Sakyamuni
Sakyamuni (saakyamuni): "Sage of the Sakyans"; an epithet for the Buddha.    (See also: Sakyamuni , Buddhism, ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Theravada: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Theravada
Theravada Lit., the School of the Elders; one of the two main forms of Buddhism known in the world today; practiced chiefly in south-e...   » Read the article

Article - Buddha: What Is A Buddha?
Buddha: What is a Buddha? Buddha is a word in the ancient Indian languages Pali and Sanskrit which means "one who has become awake&...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Asoka: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Asoka
Asoka (Sanskrit). A celebrated Indian king of the Morya dynasty which reigned at Magadha. There were two Asokas in reality, according ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Abhidhamma: Theosophy Dictionary On Abhidhamma
Abhidhamma (Pali) (from abhi towards, with intensified meaning + dhamma law, religion, duty from the verbal root dhri to hold fast, pr...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Anatta: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Anatta
Anatta (Pali) (from an not + atta self, soul)   Non-self, nonegoity; a Buddhist doctrine postulating that there is no unchanging,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Selfishness: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Selfishness
Selfishness Making the gratification of the personal self or ego the paramount aim in conduct; a disregard of the interests of others....   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sutra: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sutra
Sutra (Sanskrit) [from siv to sew]   A string, thread; the sutras are strings of rules or aphorisms written in serve form, compos...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sutta-pitaka: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sutta-pitaka
Sutta-pitaka (Pali) [from sutta (Sanskrit sutra) dialogue, originally a thread + pitaka basket]   The third section of the Buddhi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Samma Sambuddha: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Samma Sambuddha
Samma Sambuddha (Pali). A title of the Lord Buddha, the "Lord of meekness and resignation"; it means "perfect illuminat...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pratyeka-yana: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Pratyeka-yana
Pratyeka-yana (Sanskrit) [from prati towards, for + eka one + yana vehicle, path]   The path of each one for himself, or the pers...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mahatma: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Mahatma
Mahatma. Lit., "great soul". An adept of the highest order. Exalted beings who, having attained to the mastery over their lo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ganinnanse: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Ganinnanse
Ganinnanse. A Singhalese priest who has not yet been ordained - from gana, an assemblage or brotherhood. The higher ordained priests &...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Samkhara: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Samkhara
Samkhara (Pali). "Tendencies of mind" (See" Skandhas").   (See also: Samkhara , Theosophy, Spirituality, B...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Samma Sambuddha: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Samma Sambuddha
Samma Sambuddha (Pali). The recollection of all of one’s past incarnations; a yoga phenomenon.   (See also: Samma Sambud...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tanha: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Tanha
Tanha (Pali). The thirst for life. Desire to live and clinging to life on this earth. This clinging is that which causes rebirth or re...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pali: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Pali
Pali (paali, paa.li): The canon of texts (see Tipitaka) preserved by the Theravada school and, by extension, the language in which tho...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bhava: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Bhava
bhava (bhava): Becoming. States of being that develop first in the mind and can then be experienced as internal worlds and/or as world...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sugato: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Sugato
sugato (sugato): Well-faring; going (or gone) to a good destination. An epithet for the Buddha.    (See also: Sugato , B...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Raga: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Raga
raga (raaga): Lust; greed. See lobha.    (See also: Raga , Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Bhikkhu: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Bhikkhu
bhikkhu (bhikkhu): A Buddhist monk; a man who has given up the householder's life to live a life of heightened virtue (see sila) in ac...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Run-of-the-mill Person: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Run-of-the-mill Person
run-of-the-mill person: See puthujjana.    (See also: Run-of-the-mill person , Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Upadana: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Upadana
upadana (upaadaana): Clinging; attachment; sustenance for becoming and birth - attachment to sensuality, to views, to precepts and pra...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Satipatthana: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Satipatthana
satipatthana (satipa.t.thaana): Foundation of mindfulness; frame of reference - body, feelings, mind, and mental events, viewed in and...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Brahma: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Brahma
brahma (brahma, brahmaa): "Great One" - an inhabitant of the non-sensual heavens of form or formlessness.    (S...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Asura: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Asura
Asura (asura): A race of beings who, like the Titans of Greek mythology, fought the devas for sovereignty over the heavens and lost. ...   » Read the article