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22 Cards in this Set
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bhavana
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concentration, mental cultivation
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jhana/dhyana
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the quality of mind able to stick to an object (e.g. a single sensation or mental notion) and observe it.
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formless attainments
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there are 4, by the 4th beings have renounced form and exist only within the stream of consciousness, but their minds are still attached to mental states and ego -- still within samsara (cyclic existence)
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four noble truths
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Buddhas 1st and fundamental teaching about the nature of our experience and spiritual potential: 1- existence of suffering 2- origin of suffering 3- cessation of suffering 4-path to the cessation (Noble Eightfold Path)
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fourth jhana/dhyana
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launching point when the Buddha had achieved one-pointedness
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insight meditation
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meditation that develops insight into the nature of mind
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kamma/karma
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cosmic law of cause and effect. Intentional acts that result in being or birth
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kilesa/klesa
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a torment of mind. Craving, aversion, and delusion in their various forms, which include such things as greed, anger, arrogance, envy, miserliness, dishonesty, violence, pride, conceit, and confusion
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loving-kindness
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metta
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mindfulness
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practice of open, non-interfering alertness or pure, fully present attention
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nibbhana/nirvana
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liberation, the ultimate goal of Buddhist practice. Nirvana manifests fully when the fires of kilesa, attachment, and selfishness are completely and finally quenched
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parinibbhana/parinirvana
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total unbinding: the complete cessation of the skandhas that occurs upon the death of an arat/arahant. The passing of any great realized master in which they die and then can emanate back to aid sentient beings. However, their death and rebirth isn't propelled by karma but by compassion
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path (magga/marga)
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the path to the cessation of suffering and stress.
4th Noble Truth |
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panna/prajna
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wisdom, insight, discernment, correct understanding of the truth needed to quench Dukkha
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samadhi
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concentration, collectedness, mental calmness, stability; the gathering together, focusing, and integration of the mental flow. Proper samadhi has the qualities of purity, clarity, stability, strength, and suppleness. It is perfected in ekaggata and jhana. The supreme samadhi is one-pointed mind with nirvana as its sole object
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sati/smrti
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mindfulness
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samapatti
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correct aquisition of the truth
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samatha/samatha
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mental stabilization, tranquility meditation
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satipattana
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4 foundations of mindfulness: contemplation of body, feeling, mind, and mind-objects; the Buddha's quintessential teachings on mindfulness
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sila
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morality; verbal and bodily action in accordance with the dharma. The essence of sila is nonharming of others and self. Laypeople use the 5 precepts as guides to such ethical conduct. Refrain from: 1- taking life 2-stealing 3-sexual misconduct 4- telling lies 5- intoxicants and drugs that cloud the mind
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vipassana/vipasyana
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insight, seeing clearly. The direct observation of mental and physical objects in their aspect of impermanence, unsatisfactoriness and lack of an inherent, independent essence or self
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vipassana/vipasyana
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insight, seeing clearly. The direct observation of mental and physical objects in their aspect of impermanence, unsatisfactoriness and lack of an inherent, independent essence or self
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