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 ===== Preface ===== ===== Preface =====
  
-This glossary edition is based on //[[Upāsaka]]// [[en:lib:authors:bullitt:|John Bullits]] ATI-glossary:+This glossary edition is based on //[[Upāsaka]]// [[:en:lib:authors:bullitt:|John Bullits]] ATI-glossary:
  
 <blockquote>This glossary covers many of the Pali words and technical terms that you may come across in the books and articles available on this website. The "//[ more ]//" link that follows some entries will take you to a more detailed article (in the ATI-pages) on the selected topic. <blockquote>This glossary covers many of the Pali words and technical terms that you may come across in the books and articles available on this website. The "//[ more ]//" link that follows some entries will take you to a more detailed article (in the ATI-pages) on the selected topic.
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 ===== anattā ===== ===== anattā =====
  
-[[en:dictionary:ati_glossary#anattā|➥]] **[[anattā|anattā]]**: Not-self; ownerless. //[ [[en:lib:authors:thanissaro:notself2|more]] ]//+[[en:dictionary:ati_glossary#anattā|➥]] **[[anattā|anattā]]**: Not-self; ownerless. //[ [[:en:lib:authors:thanissaro:notself2|more]] ]//
  
 ===== anicca ===== ===== anicca =====
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 ===== ariya-sacca ===== ===== ariya-sacca =====
  
-[[en:dictionary:ati_glossary#ariyasacca|➥]] **[[ariyasacca|ariya-sacca]]**: Noble Truth (//[[sacca]]//). The word "ariya" (noble) can also mean ideal or standard, and in this context means "objective" or "universal" truth. There are four Noble Truth //[[cattari]] ariya saccani//): stress (//[[dukkha]] ariya sacca//), the origin of stress (//dukkha [[samudaya|samudayo]] ariya sacca//), the disbanding of stress (//dukkha [[nirodha|nirodho]] ariya sacca//), and the path of practice leading to the disbanding of stress (//dukkha nirodha [[gami|gamini]] [[patipada]] ariya sacca//)). //[ [[en:lib:study:truths|more]] ]//+[[en:dictionary:ati_glossary#ariyasacca|➥]] **[[ariyasacca|ariya-sacca]]**: Noble Truth (//[[sacca]]//). The word "ariya" (noble) can also mean ideal or standard, and in this context means "objective" or "universal" truth. There are four Noble Truth //[[cattari]] ariya saccani//): stress (//[[dukkha]] ariya sacca//), the origin of stress (//dukkha [[samudaya|samudayo]] ariya sacca//), the disbanding of stress (//dukkha [[nirodha|nirodho]] ariya sacca//), and the path of practice leading to the disbanding of stress (//dukkha nirodha [[gami|gamini]] [[patipada]] ariya sacca//)). //[ [[:en:lib:study:truths|more]] ]//
  
 ===== āsava ===== ===== āsava =====
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   * [5] five strengths (//[[bala]]//) — identical with [4];    * [5] five strengths (//[[bala]]//) — identical with [4]; 
   * [6] seven factors for Awakening (//[[bojjhaṅga]]//) — mindfulness (//[[satī]]//), investigation of phenomena (//[[dhamma-vicaya]]//), persistence (//[[vīriya]]//), rapture (//[[pīti]]//), serenity (//[[passaddhi]]//), concentration (//[[samādhi]]//), equanimity (//[[upekkhā]]//); and    * [6] seven factors for Awakening (//[[bojjhaṅga]]//) — mindfulness (//[[satī]]//), investigation of phenomena (//[[dhamma-vicaya]]//), persistence (//[[vīriya]]//), rapture (//[[pīti]]//), serenity (//[[passaddhi]]//), concentration (//[[samādhi]]//), equanimity (//[[upekkhā]]//); and 
-  * [7] the [[eightfold path]] (//[[magga]]//) — [[Right View]], [[right resolve|Right Attitude]], [[Right Speech]], [[right action|Right Activity]], [[Right Livelihood]], [[Right Effort]], [[Right Mindfulness]], [[Right Concentration]]. //[ [[en:lib:authors:thanissaro:wings:index|more]] ]//+  * [7] the [[eightfold path]] (//[[magga]]//) — [[Right View]], [[right resolve|Right Attitude]], [[Right Speech]], [[right action|Right Activity]], [[Right Livelihood]], [[Right Effort]], [[Right Mindfulness]], [[Right Concentration]]. //[ [[:en:lib:authors:thanissaro:wings:index|more]] ]//
  
 ===== bodhisatta ===== ===== bodhisatta =====
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 ====== C ====== ====== C ======
  
-===== cankama =====+===== caṅkama =====
  
 [[en:dictionary:ati_glossary#caṅkama|➥]] **[[caṅkama|caṅkama]]**: Walking meditation, usually in the form of walking back and forth along a prescribed path. [[en:dictionary:ati_glossary#caṅkama|➥]] **[[caṅkama|caṅkama]]**: Walking meditation, usually in the form of walking back and forth along a prescribed path.
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 ===== dhutaṅga ===== ===== dhutaṅga =====
  
-[[en:dictionary:ati_glossary#dhutaṅga|➥]] **[[dhutaṅga|dhutaṅga]]**: Voluntary ascetic practices that monks and other meditators may undertake from time to time or as a long-term commitment in order to cultivate renunciation and contentment, and to stir up energy. For the monks, there are thirteen such practices: (1) using only patched-up robes; (2) using only one set of three robes; (3) going for alms; (4) not by-passing any donors on one's alms path; (5) eating no more than one meal a day; (6) eating only from the alms-bowl; (7) refusing any food offered after the alms-round; (8) living in the forest; (9) living under a tree; (10) living under the open sky; (11) living in a cemetery; (12) being content with whatever dwelling one has; (13) not lying down. //[ [[en:lib:thai:boowa:thingsas#princ|more]] ]//+[[en:dictionary:ati_glossary#dhutaṅga|➥]] **[[dhutaṅga|dhutaṅga]]**: Voluntary ascetic practices that monks and other meditators may undertake from time to time or as a long-term commitment in order to cultivate renunciation and contentment, and to stir up energy. For the monks, there are thirteen such practices: (1) using only patched-up robes; (2) using only one set of three robes; (3) going for alms; (4) not by-passing any donors on one's alms path; (5) eating no more than one meal a day; (6) eating only from the alms-bowl; (7) refusing any food offered after the alms-round; (8) living in the forest; (9) living under a tree; (10) living under the open sky; (11) living in a cemetery; (12) being content with whatever dwelling one has; (13) not lying down. //[ [[:en:lib:thai:boowa:thingsas#princ|more]] ]//
  
 ===== dosa ===== ===== dosa =====
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 ===== hiri-ottappa ===== ===== hiri-ottappa =====
  
-[[en:dictionary:ati_glossary#hiriottappa|➥]] **[[hiriottappa|hiri-ottappa]]**: "Conscience and concern"; "moral shame and moral dread." These twin [[emotion]]s — the "guardians of the world" — are associated with all skillful actions. //[[Hiri]]// is an inner conscience that restrains us from doing deeds that would jeopardize our own self-respect; //[[ottappa]]// is a healthy fear of committing unskillful deeds that might bring about harm to ourselves or others. See //[[kamma]]//. //[ [[en:lib:authors:bodhi:bps-essay_23|more]] ]//+[[en:dictionary:ati_glossary#hiriottappa|➥]] **[[hiriottappa|hiri-ottappa]]**: "Conscience and concern"; "moral shame and moral dread." These twin [[emotion]]s — the "guardians of the world" — are associated with all skillful actions. //[[Hiri]]// is an inner conscience that restrains us from doing deeds that would jeopardize our own self-respect; //[[ottappa]]// is a healthy fear of committing unskillful deeds that might bring about harm to ourselves or others. See //[[kamma]]//. //[ [[:en:lib:authors:bodhi:bps-essay_23|more]] ]//
  
 ====== I ====== ====== I ======
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 ===== idappaccayatā ===== ===== idappaccayatā =====
  
-[[en:dictionary:ati_glossary#idappaccayatā|➥]] **[[idappaccayatā|idappaccayatā]]**: This/that [[conditionality]]. This name for the causal principle the Buddha discovered on the night of his [[Awakening]] stresses the point that, for the purposes of ending suffering and stress, the processes of causality can be understood entirely in terms of forces and conditions that are experienced in the realm of direct experience, with no need to refer to forces operating outside of that realm. //[ [[en:lib:authors:thanissaro:refuge#ida|more]] ]//+[[en:dictionary:ati_glossary#idappaccayatā|➥]] **[[idappaccayatā|idappaccayatā]]**: This/that [[conditionality]]. This name for the causal principle the Buddha discovered on the night of his [[Awakening]] stresses the point that, for the purposes of ending suffering and stress, the processes of causality can be understood entirely in terms of forces and conditions that are experienced in the realm of direct experience, with no need to refer to forces operating outside of that realm. //[ [[:en:lib:authors:thanissaro:refuge#ida|more]] ]//
  
 ===== indriya ===== ===== indriya =====
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 ===== kammaṭṭhāna ===== ===== kammaṭṭhāna =====
  
-[[en:dictionary:ati_glossary#kammaṭṭhāna|➥]] **[[kammaṭṭhāna|kammaṭṭhāna]]**: Literally, "basis of work" or "place of work." The word refers to the "occupation" of a meditating monk: namely, the contemplation of certain meditation themes by which the forces of defilement (//[[kilesa]]//), craving (//[[taṇhā]]//), and ignorance (//[[avijjā]]//) may be uprooted from the [[mind]]. In the ordination procedure, every new monk is taught five basic //kammaṭṭhāna// that form the basis for contemplation of the body: hair of the head (//[[kesā]]//), hair of the body (//[[lomā]]//), nails (//[[nakhā]]//), teeth (//[[dantā]]//), and skin (//[[taco]]//). By extension, the //kammaṭṭhāna// include all the forty classical meditation themes. Although every meditator may be said to engage in //kammaṭṭhāna//, the term is most often used to identify the particular Thai forest tradition lineage that was founded by [[en:lib:thai:index#mun|Phra Ajaan Mun]] and [[en:lib:thai:index#sao|Phra Ajaan Sao]]. //[ [[en:lib:thai:index|more]] ]//+[[en:dictionary:ati_glossary#kammaṭṭhāna|➥]] **[[kammaṭṭhāna|kammaṭṭhāna]]**: Literally, "basis of work" or "place of work." The word refers to the "occupation" of a meditating monk: namely, the contemplation of certain meditation themes by which the forces of defilement (//[[kilesa]]//), craving (//[[taṇhā]]//), and ignorance (//[[avijjā]]//) may be uprooted from the [[mind]]. In the ordination procedure, every new monk is taught five basic //kammaṭṭhāna// that form the basis for contemplation of the body: hair of the head (//[[kesā]]//), hair of the body (//[[lomā]]//), nails (//[[nakhā]]//), teeth (//[[dantā]]//), and skin (//[[taco]]//). By extension, the //kammaṭṭhāna// include all the forty classical meditation themes. Although every meditator may be said to engage in //kammaṭṭhāna//, the term is most often used to identify the particular Thai forest tradition lineage that was founded by [[:en:lib:thai:index#mun|Phra Ajaan Mun]] and [[:en:lib:thai:index#sao|Phra Ajaan Sao]]. //[ [[:en:lib:thai:index|more]] ]//
  
 ===== karuṇā ===== ===== karuṇā =====
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 ===== kaṭhina ===== ===== kaṭhina =====
  
-[[en:dictionary:ati_glossary#kaṭhina|➥]] **[[kaṭhina|kaṭhina]]**: A ceremony, held in the fourth month of the rainy season, in which a //[[saṅgha]]// of //[[bhikkhu|bhikkhus]]// receives a gift of cloth from [[lay person|lay people]], bestows it on one of their members, and then makes it into a robe before dawn of the following day. //[ [[en:lib:authors:thanissaro:bmc1:bmc1.ch07-1#NP1|more]] ]//+[[en:dictionary:ati_glossary#kaṭhina|➥]] **[[kaṭhina|kaṭhina]]**: A ceremony, held in the fourth month of the rainy season, in which a //[[saṅgha]]// of //[[bhikkhu|bhikkhus]]// receives a gift of cloth from [[lay person|lay people]], bestows it on one of their members, and then makes it into a robe before dawn of the following day. //[ [[:en:lib:authors:thanissaro:bmc1:bmc1.ch07-1#NP1|more]] ]//
  
 ===== kāya ===== ===== kāya =====
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 ===== Pāḷi ===== ===== Pāḷi =====
  
-[[en:dictionary:ati_glossary#Pāḷi|➥]] **[[Pāḷi|Pāḷi]]**: The canon of texts (see //[[Tipiṭaka]]//) preserved by the //[[Theravāda]]// school and, by extension, the language in which those texts are composed. //[ [[en:lib:pali|more]] ]//+[[en:dictionary:ati_glossary#Pāḷi|➥]] **[[Pāḷi|Pāḷi]]**: The canon of texts (see //[[Tipiṭaka]]//) preserved by the //[[Theravāda]]// school and, by extension, the language in which those texts are composed. //[ [[:en:lib:pali|more]] ]//
  
 ===== paññā ===== ===== paññā =====
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 [[en:dictionary:ati_glossary#papañca|➥]] **[[papañca|papañca]]**: Complication, proliferation, objectification. The tendency of the mind to proliferate issues from the sense of "self." This term can also be translated as self-reflexive thinking, reification, falsification, distortion, elaboration, or exaggeration. In the discourses, it is frequently used in analyses of the psychology of conflict. [[[en:tipitaka:sut:mn:mn.018.than|more]] ] [[en:dictionary:ati_glossary#papañca|➥]] **[[papañca|papañca]]**: Complication, proliferation, objectification. The tendency of the mind to proliferate issues from the sense of "self." This term can also be translated as self-reflexive thinking, reification, falsification, distortion, elaboration, or exaggeration. In the discourses, it is frequently used in analyses of the psychology of conflict. [[[en:tipitaka:sut:mn:mn.018.than|more]] ]
  
-===== pāramī  =====+===== pāramī =====
  
-[[en:dictionary:ati_glossary#pāramī|➥]] **[[pāramī|pāramī]]**, //pāramitā//: Perfection of the character. A group of ten qualities developed over many lifetimes by a //[[bodhisatta]]//, which appear as a group in the //[[Pāḷi]]// canon only in the //[[Jataka]]// ("Birth Stories"): generosity (//[[dāna]]//), virtue (//[[sīla]]//), renunciation (//[[nekkhamma]]//), discernment (//[[paññā]]//), energy/persistence (//[[viriya]]//), patience/forbearance (//[[khanti]]//), truthfulness (//[[sacca]]//), determination (//[[adhiṭṭhāna]]//), good will (//[[mettā]]//), and equanimity (//[[upekkhā]]//). //[ [[en:lib:study:perfections|more]] ]//+[[en:dictionary:ati_glossary#pāramī|➥]] **[[pāramī|pāramī]]**, //pāramitā//: Perfection of the character. A group of ten qualities developed over many lifetimes by a //[[bodhisatta]]//, which appear as a group in the //[[Pāḷi]]// canon only in the //[[Jataka]]// ("Birth Stories"): generosity (//[[dāna]]//), virtue (//[[sīla]]//), renunciation (//[[nekkhamma]]//), discernment (//[[paññā]]//), energy/persistence (//[[viriya]]//), patience/forbearance (//[[khanti]]//), truthfulness (//[[sacca]]//), determination (//[[adhiṭṭhāna]]//), good will (//[[mettā]]//), and equanimity (//[[upekkhā]]//). //[ [[:en:lib:study:perfections|more]] ]//
  
 ===== pāramitā ===== ===== pāramitā =====
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 ===== pariyatti ===== ===== pariyatti =====
  
-[[en:dictionary:ati_glossary#pariyatti|➥]] **[[pariyatti|pariyatti]]**: Theoretical understanding of //[[Dhamma]]// obtained through reading, study, and learning. See //[[paṭipatti]]// and //[[paṭivedha]]//. //[ [[en:lib:thai:lee:triplegem#sorts3|more]] ]//+[[en:dictionary:ati_glossary#pariyatti|➥]] **[[pariyatti|pariyatti]]**: Theoretical understanding of //[[Dhamma]]// obtained through reading, study, and learning. See //[[paṭipatti]]// and //[[paṭivedha]]//. //[ [[:en:lib:thai:lee:triplegem#sorts3|more]] ]//
  
 ===== paṭicca-samuppāda ===== ===== paṭicca-samuppāda =====
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-[[en:dictionary:ati_glossary#paṭipatti|➥]] **[[paṭipatti|paṭipatti]]**: The practice of //[[dhamma|Dhamma]]// as opposed to mere theoretical knowledge (//[[pariyatti]]//). See also //[[pativedha]]//. //[ [[en:lib:thai:lee:triplegem#sorts3|more]] ]//+[[en:dictionary:ati_glossary#paṭipatti|➥]] **[[paṭipatti|paṭipatti]]**: The practice of //[[dhamma|Dhamma]]// as opposed to mere theoretical knowledge (//[[pariyatti]]//). See also //[[pativedha]]//. //[ [[:en:lib:thai:lee:triplegem#sorts3|more]] ]//
  
 ===== paṭivedha ===== ===== paṭivedha =====
  
-[[en:dictionary:ati_glossary#paṭivedha|➥]] **[[paṭivedha|paṭivedha]]**: Direct, first-hand realization of the //[[dhamma|Dhamma]]// See also //[[pariyatti]]// and //[[paṭipatti]]//. //[ [[en:lib:thai:lee:triplegem#sorts3|more]] ]//+[[en:dictionary:ati_glossary#paṭivedha|➥]] **[[paṭivedha|paṭivedha]]**: Direct, first-hand realization of the //[[dhamma|Dhamma]]// See also //[[pariyatti]]// and //[[paṭipatti]]//. //[ [[:en:lib:thai:lee:triplegem#sorts3|more]] ]//
  
 ===== Peta ===== ===== Peta =====
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 ===== pūjā ===== ===== pūjā =====
  
-[[en:dictionary:ati_glossary#pūjā|➥]] **[[pūjā|pūjā]]**: Honor; respect; devotional observance. Most commonly, the devotional observances that are conducted at monasteries daily (morning and evening), on //[[uposatha]]// days, or on other special occasions. //[ [[en:lib:authors:dhammayut:chanting|more]] ]//+[[en:dictionary:ati_glossary#pūjā|➥]] **[[pūjā|pūjā]]**: Honor; respect; devotional observance. Most commonly, the devotional observances that are conducted at monasteries daily (morning and evening), on //[[uposatha]]// days, or on other special occasions. //[ [[:en:lib:authors:dhammayut:chanting|more]] ]//
  
 ===== puñña ===== ===== puñña =====
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-[[en:dictionary:ati_glossary#saṁvega|➥]] **[[saṁvega|saṁvega]]**: The oppressive sense of shock, dismay, and alienation that comes with realizing the futility and meaninglessness of life as it's normally lived; a chastening sense of one's own complacency and foolishness in having let oneself live so blindly; and an anxious sense of urgency in trying to find a way out of the meaningless cycle. //[ [[en:lib:authors:thanissaro:affirming|more]] ]//+[[en:dictionary:ati_glossary#saṁvega|➥]] **[[saṁvega|saṁvega]]**: The oppressive sense of shock, dismay, and alienation that comes with realizing the futility and meaninglessness of life as it's normally lived; a chastening sense of one's own complacency and foolishness in having let oneself live so blindly; and an anxious sense of urgency in trying to find a way out of the meaningless cycle. //[ [[:en:lib:authors:thanissaro:affirming|more]] ]//
  
 ===== saṁyojana ===== ===== saṁyojana =====
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-[[en:dictionary:ati_glossary#sīma|➥]] **[[sīma|sīma]]**: Boundary or territory within which the monastic saṅgha's formal acts (//[[upasampadā]]//,  //[[pātimokkha]]// recitation, settling of disputes, etc.) must be performed in order to be valid. //[ [[en:lib:authors:thanissaro:bmc1:bmc1.ch08-8#Pc79|more]] ]//+[[en:dictionary:ati_glossary#sīma|➥]] **[[sīma|sīma]]**: Boundary or territory within which the monastic saṅgha's formal acts (//[[upasampadā]]//,  //[[pātimokkha]]// recitation, settling of disputes, etc.) must be performed in order to be valid. //[ [[:en:lib:authors:thanissaro:bmc1:bmc1.ch08-8#Pc79|more]] ]//
  
 ===== sotāpanna ===== ===== sotāpanna =====
  
-[[en:dictionary:ati_glossary#sotāpanna|➥]] **[[sotāpanna|sotāpanna]]**: Stream winner. A person who has abandoned the first three of the fetters that bind the mind to the cycle of rebirth (see //[[saṁyojana]]//) and has thus entered the "stream" flowing inexorably to //[[nibbāna]]//, ensuring that one will be reborn at most only seven more times, and only into human or higher realms. //[ [[en:lib:study:into_the_stream|more]] ]//+[[en:dictionary:ati_glossary#sotāpanna|➥]] **[[sotāpanna|sotāpanna]]**: Stream winner. A person who has abandoned the first three of the fetters that bind the mind to the cycle of rebirth (see //[[saṁyojana]]//) and has thus entered the "stream" flowing inexorably to //[[nibbāna]]//, ensuring that one will be reborn at most only seven more times, and only into human or higher realms. //[ [[:en:lib:study:into_the_stream|more]] ]//
  
 ===== stream-entry ===== ===== stream-entry =====
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-[[en:dictionary:ati_glossary#upekkhā|➥]] **[[upekkhā|upekkhā]]**: Equanimity. One of the ten perfections (//[[pāramī|pāramīs]]//) and one of the four "sublime abodes" (//[[brahmavihāra|brahma-vihāra]]//). //[ [[en:lib:authors:thanissaro:wings:part3#part3-g|more]] ]//+[[en:dictionary:ati_glossary#upekkhā|➥]] **[[upekkhā|upekkhā]]**: Equanimity. One of the ten perfections (//[[pāramī|pāramīs]]//) and one of the four "sublime abodes" (//[[brahmavihāra|brahma-vihāra]]//). //[ [[:en:lib:authors:thanissaro:wings:part3#part3-g|more]] ]//
  
 ===== uposatha ===== ===== uposatha =====
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 ===== visākha ===== ===== visākha =====
  
-[[en:dictionary:ati_glossary#visākha|➥]] **[[visākha|visākha]]**, Vesak, Vesakha, Visakha, Wesak, etc.: The ancient name for the Indian lunar month in spring corresponding to our April-May. According to tradition, the Buddha's birth, Awakening, and //[[Parinibbāna]]// each took place on the full-moon night in the month of Visakha. These events are commemorated on that day in the Visakha festival, which is celebrated annually throughout the world of Theravāda Buddhism. //[ [[en:lib:thai:lee:visakha|more]] ]//+[[en:dictionary:ati_glossary#visākha|➥]] **[[visākha|visākha]]**, Vesak, Vesakha, Visakha, Wesak, etc.: The ancient name for the Indian lunar month in spring corresponding to our April-May. According to tradition, the Buddha's birth, Awakening, and //[[Parinibbāna]]// each took place on the full-moon night in the month of Visakha. These events are commemorated on that day in the Visakha festival, which is celebrated annually throughout the world of Theravāda Buddhism. //[ [[:en:lib:thai:lee:visakha|more]] ]//
  
 ===== vicāra ===== ===== vicāra =====
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