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Collection of References, Suttas and techings to Dhamma words.

This reference list is originated from the ATI Generall Index, by Upāsaka John Bullitt and enriched by additional additions for the dictionary use.

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➥ abrahma-cariya: lower life, for stages of Brahma-cariya (Holy life) see methuna.See also Nekkhamma (renunciation); Restraint; Sensuality.

• Tools to support one's resolve towards Celibacy: SN 35.127
• Don't pretend to be celibate if you're not: Iti 48
• “A Single Mind” (Fuang)

➥ action: see Kamma.

➥ anuyuñjati: See also Speech.

• “Right Speech” in the Path to Freedom pages
• Making oneself easy to admonish: MN 21
• The Buddha's strong words to his son Rahula: MN 61
• What to do if someone just won't listen to reason: AN 4.111

➥ avijjā: Ignorance. See also Kilesa (defilements); Paticca-samuppada (dependent co-arising).

• As a flood: SN 45.171
• As a yoke: AN 4.10
• As one of the fetters (saṁyojana): AN 10.13
• As one of the obsessions (Anusaya): AN 7.11, AN 7.12
• As the cause of wrong view, wrong resolve, etc.: SN 45.1
• What one thing must one abandon in order to overcome avijjā?: SN 35.80
• “Ignorance” in the Path to Freedom pages
• Understanding of avijjā as a basis for Right View: MN 9
• As an obstruction: Iti 14
• “Unawareness Converges…,” in Straight From the Heart (Boowa)
• “Ignorance” (Ven. Thanissaro)
• “The Intricacies of Ignorance” (Kee)

➥ aṭṭha-sīla: The eight precepts — see Precepts.

➥ Abhidhamma: See also Psychology and Buddhism.

• Abhidhamma Pitaka
• A Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma (Introduction) (Bodhi)
• The Abhidhamma in Practice (Mendis)

➥ Adhiṭṭhāna: determination, resolution). See also Pāramīs.

• Four determinations: MN 140

➥ Admonishment: See Anuyuñjati, vāca, sammāvāca and Speech

See jarā (aging), āyu (life duration) Death; Divine messengers; Illness.

➥ Aging: See jarā (aging), āyu (life duration) Death; Divine messengers; Illness.

➥ AIDS: See also Illness.

• “Using Meditation to Deal with Pain, Illness and Death: A talk given to a conference on AIDS, HIV and other Immuno-deficiency Disorders” (Ven. Thanissaro)
• "Beyond Coping: The Buddha's Teachings on Aging, Illness, Death, and Separation" (Study Guide)

➥ Anatta: Not-self. See also Tilakkhaṇa (three characteristics of existence).

• Reflection on Anatta as a basis for insight: SN 22.59
• Why the Buddha did not take a position on the question of whether or not there is a self: SN 44.10
• The views “I have a self” and “I have no self” are equally wrong: MN 22
• Identifying the five khandhas as “self” is the cause of affliction: SN 22.1
• As one of seven perceptions: AN 7.46
• As one of ten perceptions: AN 10.60
• Relation of Anatta to dependent co-arising: DN 15
• Contemplation of the six senses in terms of Anatta: MN 148
• Not understanding Anatta is like being a dog tied to a post: SN 22.99
• Three Basic Facts of Existence: Volume 3, Egolessness (various authors)
• “Consciousnesses” (Lee)
• The No-self Characteristic (Mendis)
• “No-self or Not-self?” (Ven. Thanissaro)
• “The Not-self Strategy” (Ven. Thanissaro)
• “Selves & Not-self” (Ven. Thanissaro)
• Meditating on No-self (Khema)

➥ Anger: See dosa, Conflict; Ill-will (byāpāda); Kilesa (defilements); Khanti (patience); mettā (goodwill); Nīvaraṇa (hindrances); War.

➥ Anicca: (impermanence, inconstancy). See also Tilakkhaṇa (three characteristics of existence).

• As one of seven perceptions: AN 7.46
• As one of ten perceptions: AN 10.60
• Ponder Anicca constantly: Thag 1.111
• Contemplate Anicca to overcome ignorance: Iti 85
• Everything in the world is subject to disintegration: SN 35.82
• The Three Basic Facts of Existence: Volume 1, Impermanence (Nyanaponika, ed)
• “All About Change” (Ven. Thanissaro)

➥ Anusaya: (obsession; underlying tendency).

• Seven Anusaya: AN 7.11; AN 7.12
• Three Anusaya in relationship to pleasant, painful, and neutral feeling: MN 44; MN 148; SN 36.6
• With the end of the categories of objectification, the Anusaya come to an end: MN 18

➥ Appamāda: (heedfulness, zeal).

• Defined: SN 35.97, SN 48.56
• Difference between Appamāda and its opposite: SN 35.97
• Appamāda is the foremost skillful quality (ten similes): AN 10.15
• As the one quality that can provide security: SN 3.17
• What constitutes living with Appamāda: SN 55.40
• The Buddha's last words: DN 16, SN 6.15
• “Heedfulness” (Dhammapada II)
• Benefits of Appamāda: Iti 23
• Wake up!: Sn 2.10
• “A Note on Openness” (Bodhi)

➥ Appropriate attention: see Yoniso-manasikāra.

➥ Apāya-mukha: path to deprivation.

• Advice to householders on how to avoid the Apāya-mukha: AN 8.54, DN 31
• “The Path to Peace and Freedom for the Mind,” (Lee)

➥ Arahant: Fully-awakened being, Arahat. See also Buddha; Nibbāna.

• Stock passage describing attainment of arahantship: AN 6.55
• Stock passage describing the qualities of an Arahant: AN 6.55
• Who can find fault in an Arahant?: Ud 7.6
• Why an Arahant continues meditating: SN 16.5
• Does an Arahant feel pain?: SN 1.38, SN 4.13
• Does an Arahant grieve?: SN 21.2
• An Arahant's actions bear no kammic fruit, good or evil: AN 3.33, Dhp 39, Dhp 267, Dhp 412
• What is the difference between an Arahant and a Buddha?: SN 22.58
• What is the difference between an Arahant and a “learner” (sekha)?: SN 48.53
• How to recognize if you're an Arahant: SN 35.152
• “Arahants” (Dhammapada VII)
• “Brahmans” (Dhammapada XXVI)
• Fate of Arahant after death: MN 72, SN 22.85, SN 22.86
• Nine unskillful acts an Arahant is incapable of doing: AN 9.7
• “Arahants, Bodhisattvas, and Buddhas” (Bodhi)
• “The Conventional Mind, the Mind Released,” in Straight From the Heart (Boowa)

➥ Ariya-aṭṭhaṅgika-magga: see Noble Eightfold Path.

➥ Ariya-sacca: see (Four) Noble Truths.

➥ Ascetic practices: References see dhutaṅga

➥ Asoka: Indian King, r. 273-232 B.C.E.

• The Edicts of King Asoka (Dhammika)
• That the True Dhamma Might Last a Long Time: Readings Selected by King Asoka (Ven. Thanissaro)

➥ Asubha: unattractiveness, loathsomeness, ugly. See also Body; Nibbidā; Sensuality.

• Contemplation of Asubha to maintain one's resolve towards celibacy: SN 35.127
• As one of seven beneficial reflections: AN 7.46
• Mastery of Asubha is a quality to be developed: MN 152
• Unattractiveness of the body as one of ten perceptions: AN 10.60
• The body as an unlanced boil: AN 9.15
• Using contemplation of Asubha to subdue lust: Iti 85; also “The Work of a Contemplative,” in Things as They Are (Boowa)
• Ven. Ananda's advice to Ven. Vangisa on overcoming lust: SN 8.4
• Ajaan Maha Boowa's story of conquering lust by contemplating Asubha: “An Heir to the Dhamma,” in Straight From the Heart (Boowa)
• Ven. Sister Subha plucks out an eye: Thig 14.1
• Bag of Bones: A Miscellany on the Body (Khantipalo)

➥ Attachment: See Taṇhā (craving).

➥ Aversion: — see Ill-will (byāpāda).

➥ Awakening: See also Nibbāna; Vimutti (release).

• Factors for Awakening: see bojjhaṅgā.
• Is Awakening “gradual” or “sudden”?: Ud 5.5
• “The Meaning of the Buddha's Awakening” — in Part III of Refuge: An Introduction to the Buddha, Dhamma, and Saṅgha (Ven. Thanissaro)
• “A Refuge in Awakening” (Lee)

➥ Awareness: — see satī.

➥ Ayoniso-manasikara : (inappropriate attention) See also Yoniso-manasikāra (appropriate attention).

• What to do when the mind is being consumed by unskillful thoughts: SN 9.11

➥ Ādīnava: drawback, danger). See also Gradual instruction.

• “Drawbacks” in the Path to Freedom pages
• Ādīnava of feeling: MN 13
• Ādīnava of form: MN 13
• Ādīnava of sensuality: MN 13, MN 14, MN 54, SN 1.20, Iti 95
• Ādīnava of clingable phenomena: SN 12.52
• Ādīnava of aging, illness, and death: AN 3.62, AN 4.252
• Ādīnava of supranormal powers: DN 11
• Ādīnava of unskillful thoughts: MN 20
• Ādīnava of unskillful conduct: AN 2.18

As one of ten perceptions: AN 10.60

➥ Ānāpāna-satī: Mindfulness of breathing.

• The Buddha's principal teaching on Ānāpānasatī: MN 118
• How Ānāpānasatī leads to Awakening: SN 54.13
• Ānāpānasatī should be developed no matter how far along you are in your meditation practice: SN 54.8
• As one of the ten Recollections: See Recollections, ten.
• As one of the ten Perceptions: AN 10.60
• As a method of subduing lust: SN 8.4
• As a method of subduing annoying thoughts: Iti 85
• Five qualities a practitioner of Ānāpānasatī should develop: AN 5.96, AN 5.97, AN 5.98
• Anapana satī: Meditation on Breathing (Ariyadhamma)
• “Basic Breath Meditation Instructions” (Ven. Thanissaro)
• Dhamma talks by Thanissaro Bhikkhu: Meditations: Forty Dhamma Talks; Meditations 2; Meditations 3; Meditations 4; Meditations 5
• “A Guided Meditation” (Ven. Thanissaro)
• “The Agendas of Mindfulness” (Ven. Thanissaro)
• “De-perception” (Ven. Thanissaro)
• Breath Meditation Condensed (Kee)
• Keeping the Breath in Mind (Lee)
• See also many other books by Ajaan Lee and Ajaan Fuang.

➥ ādīnava: (Ādīnava, danger). See also Gradual instruction.

• “Drawbacks” in the Path to Freedom pages
• drawback of feeling: MN 13
• drawback of form: MN 13
• drawback of sensuality: MN 13, MN 14, MN 54, SN 1.20, Iti 95
• drawback of clingable phenomena: SN 12.52
• drawback of aging, illness, and death: AN 3.62, AN 4.252
• drawback of supranormal powers: DN 11
• drawback of unskillful thoughts: MN 20
• drawback of unskillful conduct: AN 2.18

As one of ten perceptions: AN 10.60

➥ āsavā: fermentations, effluents, outflows, taints). See also Kilesa.

• The Buddha's principal teaching on Āsavā: MN 2
• Understanding of Āsavā as a basis for Right View: MN 9
• Three Āsavā: Iti 56, Iti 57
• Āsavā and right view: MN 117
• Six important aspects of Āsavā to be understood: AN 6.63

➥ bodhi-pakkhiya-dhamma: (37 Wings to Awakening).

• The Wings to Awakening: an Anthology from the Pali Canon (Ven. Thanissaro)
• Bodhi-pakkhiya-dhamma and their relation to the six senses: MN 149
• Prerequisites for the development of the Bodhi-pakkhiya-dhamma: AN 9.1
• As related to breath meditation: “Wings to Awakening” in The Skill of Release (Lee)
• Also look under each of its constituent seven sets:
• sati-paṭṭhāna (4 Frames of Reference);
• Sammāppadhana (4 Right Exertions);
• Iddhi-pada (4 Bases of Power);
• Indriya (5 Mental Faculties);
• Bala (5 Strengths);
• bojjhaṅgā (7 Factors for Awakening);
• Noble Eightfold Path.

➥ bojjhaṅgā: (factors for Awakening). See also Bodhi-pakkhiya-dhamma.

• The right and wrong times to cultivate the Bojjhanga: SN 46.53
• See the suttas in the bojjhaṅgā-samyutta of the Samyutta Nikaya
• The Seven Factors of Enlightenment (Piyadassi)
• “The Seven Factors for Awakening” in The Wings to Awakening (Ven. Thanissaro)

➥ brahma-vihāra: (Divine abodes; sublime states). See also mettā; karuṇa; muditā; upekkhā.

• Systematic cultivation of brahma-vihāra: SN 42.8, SN 46.54, AN 10.208

➥ Bala: (the five strengths). See also Bodhi-pakkhiya-dhamma.

• Definition of the Bala: AN 5.2
• “The Five Strengths” in The Wings to Awakening (Ven. Thanissaro)
• “Food for the Mind” in Food for Thought (Lee)
• “The Path of Strength,” in Things as They Are (Boowa)

➥ Beauty: Subha, see also asubha (ugly).

➥ Beginning meditation: see Introduction to meditation practice.

➥ Bhava: (becoming). See also paṭicca-samuppāda (dependent co-arising).

• As a flood: SN 45.171
• As a yoke: AN 4.10
• Three levels on which Bhava operates: AN 3.76, AN 3.77
• Paradox of Becoming, The (Ven. Thanissaro)

➥ Bhikkhu: see Monastic Life.

➥ Bhikkhunī: see Monastic Life. Biographies:

• “A Sketch of the Buddha's Life: Readings from the Pali Canon” in the Path to Freedom pages
• Account of the Buddha's life in Chapter 2 of Refuge: An Introduction to the Buddha, Dhamma, and Saṅgha (Ven. Thanissaro)
• Ananda: Ananda: The Guardian of the Dhamma (Hecker)
• Anathapindika: Anathapindika: The Great Benefactor (Hecker)
• Angulimala: Angulimala: A Murderer's Road to Sainthood (Hecker)
• Buddhist Women: Buddhist Women at the Time of the Buddha (Hecker)
• Maha Kaccana: Maha Kaccana: Master of Doctrinal Exposition (Bodhi)
• Maha Kassapa: Maha Kassapa: Father of the Saṅgha (Hecker)
• Maha-Moggallana: Life of Maha-Moggallana (Hecker)
• Sariputta: The Life of Sariputta (Nyanaponika)
• Ajaan Lee: The Autobiography of Phra Ajaan Lee (Lee)
• Ajaan ThateThe Autobiography of a Forest Monk (Thate)

➥ Birth: see jāti.

➥ Bisexuality: see Sexual identity.

➥ Body: See also Asubha; Attachment; Sensuality.

• Mindfulness of the Body: see satī-paṭṭhāna.
• Thirty-two parts of the Body: Khp 3, A Chanting Guide, "Disenchantment" (Suwat)
• Foulness of Body: AN 9.15, Sn 1.11, Thag 10.5
• “Bodily Debts” in Food for Thought (Lee)
• Bag of Bones: A Miscellany on the Body (Khantipalo)
• "Body Contemplation" (Study Guide)
• “This Body of Mine” in Fistful of Sand (Suwat)

➥ Breath meditation: see Ānāpānas-satī.

➥ Buddha: See also Arahant.

• “A Sketch of the Buddha's Life: Readings from the Pali Canon” in the Path to Freedom pages
• Epithets for the Buddha: “The many names for the Buddha” in “A Sketch of the Buddha's Life”
• As one of the ten Recollections: see Recollections, ten.
• Refuge: An Introduction to the Buddha, Dhamma, and Saṅgha (Ven. Thanissaro)
• Buddha's Awakening: See te-vijjā (Threefold Knowledge)

➥ Buddhism: see Introduction to Buddhism.

➥ Burma: see Myanmar.

➥ Caste system: * Caste (i.e., race, social class, national identity, etc.) does not determine one's virtue or spiritual potential: MN 90, MN 93

• Even outcastes can become arahants: Thag 12.2
• A bhikkhu has no caste: AN 10.48

➥ Celibacy: See also Nekkhamma (renunciation); Restraint; Sensuality.

• Tools to support one's resolve towards Celibacy: SN 35.127
• Don't pretend to be celibate if you're not: Iti 48
• “A Single Mind” (Fuang)

➥ Ceremonies: see Rituals.

➥ Chanting : (Pāḷi) See also Devotion; Rituals and Ceremonies.

• The Book of Protection (Paritta) (Piyadassi)
• A Chanting Guide: Pali Passages with English Translations (Dhammayut Order)
• The Divine Mantra (Lee)

➥ Characteristics of existence: see Ti-lakkhaṇa.

➥ Children: See also Parents; Family; Young people (readings for).

• Three types of sons and daughters: Iti 74
• At one time or another, we have all been each other's Children: SN 15.14
• Grieving the death of Children: SN 42.11, Ud 2.7, Ud 8.8
• The anguish an aging parent feels when his Children show no gratitude: SN 7.14
• Childish innocence should not be confused with wisdom: MN 78
• Showing the proper respect to one's parents: Iti 106
• Childrens' duties to their parents: DN 31
• Parents' duties to their Children: DN 31

➥ Clinging: see upādāna.

➥ Commentaries: * “Beyond the Tipitaka: A Field Guide to Post-canonical Pali Literature”

➥ Communal harmony: See also Monastic community (Saṅgha).

• Six kinds of behavior that lead to amiability and communal harmony: AN 6.12

➥ Comparative Religions: See also God.

• Do all religions point towards the same goal?: DN 21, Thag 1.86
• Are all religious paths fruitful?: AN 3.78
• “Buddhism and Other Religions” (Bogoda)
• “A Buddhist Response to Contemporary Dilemmas of Human Existence” (Bodhi)
• “Dhamma and Non-duality” (Bodhi)
• “Tolerance and Diversity” (Bodhi)
• “Toward a Threshold of Understanding” (Bodhi)
• A Journey into Buddhism (Harris)
• Vedanta and Buddhism: A Comparative Study (von Glasenapp)

➥ Compassion: see karuṇā.

➥ Conceit: see māna.

➥ Concentration: see samādhi.

➥ Conflict: See also Anger; Ill-will (byāpāda); Papañca; War.

• Causes of: Sn 4.8, Sn 4.11, Sn 4.15
• Positive Response: How to Meet Evil with Good (Buddharakkhita)

➥ Conscience: see Hiri.

➥ Consciousness: see viññāṇa.

➥ Contact: see Phassa.

➥ Contentment: Contentment with little outwardly. See also Restraint.

• As a vital support for practice: AN 4.28
• As a quality of a great person: AN 8.30
• Live like a flying bird, whose wings are its only burden: DN 2, DN 11
• One thing you should not be content with: AN 2.5

➥ Conviction: see saddhā.

➥ Craving: see Taṇhā.

➥ Creation : of the (universe) see Questions not worth asking.

➥ danger: See Ādīnava.

➥ determination: See Adhiṭṭhāna.

➥ dhutaṅga: Ascetic practices

• Thirteen Ascetic practices: Thag 16.7
• The Buddha describes the Ascetic practices he practiced as a bodhisatta: MN 12
• Which ascetic practices should be observed?: AN 10.94

➥ dhātu: (properties, elements).

• The Buddha's explanation of the dhātu: MN 140
• Why desire and passion connected with the dhātu is worth abandoning: SN 27.9

➥ diṭṭhi: (views). See also Questions.

• As a yoke: AN 4.10
• As a flood: SN 45.171
• Wisdom has nothing to do with holding to this or that viewpoint: AN 10.96
• What is wrong diṭṭhi?: MN 117
• Distinguishing right diṭṭhi from wrong diṭṭhi: AN 10.103, AN 10.104
• The many kinds of diṭṭhi: DN 1, MN 63, SN 41.3, AN 10.93, AN 10.95
• Speculative diṭṭhi: DN 1
• Even the view “I have no self” is wrong: MN 22
• The thicket of wrong diṭṭhi: MN 72
• Attachment to diṭṭhi is the cause of disputes: Sn 4.8
• “Right View” in the Path to Freedom pages
• As a tool: “Beyond Right and Wrong” in Inner Strength (Lee)
• “From Views to Vision” (Bodhi)

➥ dosa: See also Conflict; Ill-will (byāpāda); Kilesa (defilements); Khanti (patience); mettā (goodwill); Nīvaraṇa (hindrances); War.

• As the only thing that's good to kill: SN 1.71
• What to do if someone is angry with you: SN 7.2, SN 11.4
• What to do when Anger arises: Thag 6.12
• The best response to Anger (a debate between two deities): SN 11.5
• Anger can carve into you like an inscription in stone: AN 3.130
• Anger can never be conquered with more Anger: SN 11.4, Dhp 3
• “Anger” (Dhammapada XVII)
• The dangers of giving in to Anger: AN 7.60
• The Elimination of Anger (Piyatissa)
• Positive Response: How to Meet Evil with Good (Buddharakkhita)

➥ drawback: See Ādīnava.

➥ dāna: (giving; charity). See also Gradual instruction; Pāramīs.

• “Generosity” in the Path to Freedom pages
• As one of the greatest protections/blessings: Sn 2.4
• As a fundamental requirement for success on the Path: AN 5.254
• As a treasure: AN 7.6
• As one of the ten Recollections: see Recollections, ten.
• To whom should one give so as to reap the greatest fruit?: SN 3.24, AN 3.57
• Eight persons worthy of gifts: AN 8.59
• Giving to one who has abandoned the hindrances brings good results: SN 3.24
• Never regret a generous gift you gave in the past: SN 3.20
• Give while you're able, before your house burns to the ground!: SN 1.41
• Giving is best done at the proper time: AN 5.36
• The blessings inherent in the gift of food: AN 5.37
• Giving even one's last meal: Iti 26
• The fruits of giving that arises from various motives: AN 7.49
• The fruits of giving that can be reaped in this life: AN 5.34
• Two kinds of gifts: Iti 98, Iti 100
• Gifts of Dhamma: Dhp 354, Iti 98, Iti 100
• Citta the householder's final teaching on generosity: SN 41.10
• Give to many; don't be like a rainless cloud: Iti 75
• Giving is good, but there is still more to be done: AN 5.176
• The dangers faced by unvirtuous monks who enjoy pleasures, homage and gifts of the laity: AN 7.68
• The scale of good deeds: AN 9.20
• See the suttas in the Devata-samyutta of the Samyutta Nikaya
• “The Economy of Gifts” (Ven. Thanissaro)
• “The Food of Kindness” (Medhanandi)
• Dana: The Practice of Giving (Bodhi)
• No Strings Attached: The Buddha's Culture of Generosity (Ven. Thanissaro)

➥ Dasa-sīla: (the ten precepts). See also Sīla (virtue).

• “The Ten Precepts” in the Path to Freedom pages

➥ Death: See also Aging; Deathless; Divine messengers; Grief; Illness; maraṇas-satī (mindfulness of death); Murder; saṁvega (spiritual urgency).

• Five subjects for frequent recollection: AN 5.57
• Understanding of Death as a basis for Right View: MN 9
• Why do we grieve when a loved one dies?: SN 42.11
• As one of seven beneficial reflections: AN 7.46
• As a call to abandon grief and lamentation: Sn 3.8
• The greatest protection for the layperson: Sn 2.4
• Overcoming Death by regarding the world as empty: Sn 5.15
• Overcoming fear of Death: AN 4.184, Thag 16.1
• Heedlessness leads one to Death: Dhp 21
• No need for worry as Death nears: SN 55.21, SN 55.22, AN 6.16
• Citta's deathbed conversation with some devas: SN 41.10
• Sariputta's teachings to a dying Anathapindika: MN 143
• Ven. Ananda's grief over Ven. Sariputta's Death: SN 47.13
• The Buddha's reaction to Ven. Sariputta's Death: SN 47.14
• Kisa Gotami's grief cured by searching for a mustard seed: ThigA X.1
• Death by a runaway cow: MN 140, Ud 1.10, Ud 5.3
• Death by murder (see also Murder): Ud 4.3
• Death of daughter: Thig 3.5
• Death of grandson: Ud 8.8
• Death of son: MN 87, SN 42.11 Ud 2.7, Thig 6.1
• Death of spouse: AN 5.49
• Honor your ancestors and deceased loved ones with gifts: Pv 1.5
• Reflections on the brevity of life:
  • Death comes rolling towards you, crushing everything in its path. Are you ready?: SN 3.25
  • Life flies by, faster than any arrow. What are we to do?: SN 20.6
  • No shelter from aging and death: SN 2.19
  • Your last day approaches — this is no time to be heedless! Thag 6.13
  • Life is brief — practice ardently! Ud 5.2

• "Beyond Coping: The Buddha's Teachings on Aging, Illness, Death, and Separation" (Study Guide)
• Buddhism and Death (M. O'C. Walshe)
• “Educating Compassion” (Ven. Thanissaro)
• “Facing Death Without Fear” (De Silva)
• “The 1st Noble Truth” in the Path to Freedom pages
• “Our Real Home” (Chah)
• “The Last Sermon” in Inner Strength (Lee)
• Straight From the Heart (Boowa)
• To The Last Breath — Dhamma Talks on Living and Dying (Boowa)

➥ Deathless: (amata-dhamma; a synonym for Nibbāna) See also Nibbāna.

• Eleven modes of practice that lead to the deathless: MN 52, AN 11.17

➥ Defilements: see Kilesa.

➥ Dependent Co-arising: see paṭicca-samuppāda.

➥ Desire: (as part of the Path; (dhamma-chanda)).

• Does the Desire for Awakening get in the way of Awakening?: MN 126
• Ven. Ananda's instructions to Unnabha: SN 51.15
• “The Middleness of the Middle Way,” in Things as They Are (Boowa)
• “Pushing the Limits: Desire & Imagination in the Buddhist Path” (Ven. Thanissaro)

➥ Devas: Celestial beings, gods. See also Kamma; Planes of Existence , Thirty-one; Sagga (heaven).

• Citta's deathbed conversation with some Devas: SN 41.10
• Some Devas gather to see the Buddha on his deathbed: DN 16
• A huge gathering of Devas visits the Buddha: DN 20
• Conversations with the Devas as a basis for faith: DN 11
• Occasions when the Devas raise a cheer for a meditator: Iti 82
• Omens that a Devas is about to die: Iti 83
• As one of the ten Recollections: see Recollections, ten
• Teacher of the Devas (Jootla)
• “The Thirty-one Planes of Existence” in the Path to Freedom pages

➥ Devotion: See also Relics; Rituals and Ceremonies.

• The four Buddhist pilgrimage sites: DN 16
• The Book of Protection (Paritta) (Piyadassi)
• A Chanting Guide: Pali Passages with English Translations (Dhammayut Order)
• The Divine Mantra (Lee)
• Matrceta's Hymn to the Buddha: An English Rendering of the Satapancasatka (Ven. S. Dhammika)

➥ Dhamma: See also Teaching the Dhamma.

• Basic principles: AN 8.53
• Five rewards of listening to Dhamma: AN 5.202
• How to listen to the Dhamma: AN 6.88
• As one of the ten Recollections: see Recollections, ten.
• “Dhamma” in the Path to Freedom pages

➥ Dhammapada: Dhammapada.

• The Living Message of the Dhammapada (Bodhi)

➥ Dhana: (treasures) See also Wealth.

• Buddha, Dhamma, and Saṅgha: Khp 6
• Seven Dhana: AN 7.7
• “Trading Outer Wealth for Inner Wealth” in Food for Thought (Lee)

➥ Discernment: see Pañña.

➥ Disenchantment: see Nibbidā.

➥ Divine Messengers: See also Aging; Illness; Death.

• “Meeting the Divine Messengers” (Bodhi)

➥ Doubt: (vicikiccha). See also Nīvaraṇa (hindrances); saddhā (conviction).

• As one of the fetters (saṁyojana): AN 10.13
• As one of the obsessions (Anusaya): AN 7.11, AN 7.12
• How can one be freed of all Doubt?: Sn 5.5
• Development of jhāna as a means of overcoming Doubt: Ud 5.7

➥ Downfall: Downfall.

• Causes of Downfall: Sn 1.6

➥ Drawbacks: see ādīnava.

➥ Dread : moral see Ottappa.

➥ Dreams: * Five Dreams that appeared to the Buddha: AN 5.196

• How to ensure good Dreams: AN 11.16
• Interpretation of Dreams as a form of wrong livelihood for monks: DN 2, DN 11

➥ Drowsiness: see Laziness.

➥ Dukkha: (unsatisfactoriness; stress; suffering). See also paṭicca-samuppāda (dependent co-arising); Ti-lakkhaṇa (three characteristics of existence).

• The Buddha teaches only Dukkha and its cessation: MN 22
• Six important aspects of Dukkha to be understood: AN 6.63
• Dukkha is inherent in everything the body and mind depend upon for nourishment: SN 12.63
• As one of seven perceptions: AN 7.46
• Our Reactions to Dukkha (Ashby)
• “The Weight of Mountains” (Ven. Thanissaro)
• “Dukkha” in the Path to Freedom pages
• “The 1st Noble Truth” in the Path to Freedom pages
• "Beyond Coping: The Buddha's Teachings on Aging, Illness, Death, and Separation" (Study Guide)

➥ Ecology: see Nature.

➥ Effluents: see Āsavā.

➥ Effort: see vīriya.

➥ Eightfold Path: see Noble Eightfold Path.

➥ Emotion: See also pasāda; Psychology; saṁvega; vedanā.

• The source of Emotion: MN 137
• “Affirming the Truths of the Heart: The Buddhist Teachings on Samvega and Pasada” (Ven. Thanissaro)
• The Psychology of Emotions in Buddhist Perspective (Padmasiri de Silva)

➥ Emptiness: (Suññata).

• In what way is world empty?: SN 35.85
• Meditation practice that leads to the “entry into Emptiness,” the doorway to liberation: MN 121
• Practical aspects of developing a meditative dwelling in Emptiness: MN 122
• Conquering death by seeing the world as empty: Sn 5.15
• Voidness of the five khandha: SN 22.95
• “Emptiness” (Ven. Thanissaro)
• “The Integrity of Emptiness” (Ven. Thanissaro)
• “Emptiness vs. the Void” (Kee)
• “From Ignorance to Emptiness,” in Things as They Are (Boowa)

➥ Engaged Buddhism: — see Social action.

➥ Equanimity: see upekkhā.

➥ Ethics: see Sīla.

➥ Faith: see saddhā.

➥ Family: See also Children; Lay Buddhist practice; Parents.

• How a Family can preserve its wealth: AN 4.255
• Qualities that hold a Family together: AN 4.32
• Causes of a Family's downfall: SN 42.9
• A Happy Married Life: A Buddhist Perspective (Dhammananda)

➥ Fear: See also Death.

• In the wilderness, the Buddha comes face-to-face with his Fear: MN 4
• Ven. Adhimutta reveals his secret for overcoming Fear: Thag 16
• Four ways of overcoming Fear of death: AN 4.184
• Overcoming Fear by recollecting the Buddha, Dhamma, and Saṅgha: SN 11.3
• Your Fear of birth, aging, and death should be greater than your Fear of a dangerous cliff: SN 56.42
• “Freedom from Fear” (Ven. Thanissaro)
• “Subrahma's Problem” (Bodhi)

➥ Feeling: see vedanā.

➥ Fermentations: see Āsavā.

• Fire imagery. See also “Fire” in the Index of Similes.
• Used to describe the nature of clinging: SN 12.52
• The Fire Sermon: SN 35.28
• Fires of passion, aversion, and delusion: Iti 93
• Fire as an illustration of the destiny of a fully Awakened being: MN 72
• The Mind Like Fire Unbound: An Image in the Early Buddhist Discourses (Ven. Thanissaro)

➥ Food: (physical and otherwise). See also Nutriment (āhāra).

• Mindfulness as a preventative against overeating: SN 3.13
• “The Food of Kindness” (Medhanandi)

➥ Fool: Bāla. ṡSee Wise person.

➥ Forest traditions: See also Wilderness.

• “The Customs of the Noble Ones” (Ven. Thanissaro)
• Thai forest traditions

➥ Forgiveness: see Reconciliation.

➥ Friendship : admirable, see kalyāṇa-mitta.

➥ Gender identity: see Sexual identity.

➥ Generosity: see dāna.

➥ Giving: see dāna.

➥ Goal of Buddhist practice: see Nibbāna.

➥ God: (supreme being, Creator, etc.). See also Comparative Religions.

• Belief in God (instead of in the law of Kamma) is a form of wrong view: AN 3.61
• Great Brahma, the deva who mistakenly believes himself to be the supreme being: DN 11

➥ Goodness: see guṇa (goodness) and Puñña (merit).

➥ Goodwill: see mettā.

➥ Gradual instruction: (anupubbi-katha).

• Mentioned in: Ud 5.3
• The Path to Freedom pages
• See each of its constituent topics: dāna (generosity), Sīla (virtue), Sagga (heaven), ādīnava (drawbacks), Nekkhamma (renunciation), Four Noble Truths.
• See the chapter “Dhamma” in Refuge: An Introduction to the Buddha, Dhamma, and Saṅgha (Ven. Thanissaro)

➥ Gradual training: (anupubba-sikkha).

• DN 2, MN 107.

➥ Gratitude: See also Integrity; Respect.

• As one of the greatest protections/blessings: Sn 2.4
• As a requisite for meaningful progress on the Path: AN 5.254
• A grateful person is rare: AN 2.119
• The dangers of enjoying a gift without showing the proper Gratitude: AN 7.68
• How to repay the debt we owe to our parents: AN 2.32
• The anguish an aging parent feels when his children show no Gratitude: SN 7.14
• “The Lessons of Gratitude” (Ven. Thanissaro)

➥ Greed: Greed as defilement; lobha, kāmacchanda, raga) See also Nīvaraṇa (hindrances); Kilesa (defilements); Taṇhā (craving).

• As one of the fetters (saṁyojana): AN 10.13
• As one of the obsessions (Anusaya): AN 7.11, AN 7.12
• As the cause of suffering and stress: SN 42.11
• Desire ties down the world: SN 1.69
• Why Desire and passion connected with the senses is worth abandoning: SN 27.1-8
• Why Desire and passion connected with the khandha (aggregates) is worth abandoning: SN 27.10
• Why Desire and passion connected with the dhātu (elements) is worth abandoning: SN 27.9

➥ Grief: See also Death.

• How to move beyond obsessive grieving: AN 5.49
• Do arahants grieve?: SN 21.2
• Death and loss are inevitable, but is Grief?: Sn 3.8

➥ Guilt: see Hiri (moral shame).

➥ Habitual: - patterns of thought MN 19

➥ Happiness: See also vedanā (feeling).

• True Happiness lies beyond the realm of sensual pleasure: MN 75
• How Nibbāna is understood as happy and pleasant: AN 9.34
• Sometimes confused with suffering: Sn 3.12
• Seeing even pleasurable feelings as stressful: SN 36.5, Iti 53
• There are many kinds and degrees of Happiness; which one do you want?: DN 2, MN 59, SN 36.19, SN 36.31, Iti 73

➥ Harmlessness: see Non-harming.

➥ Hatred: See Ill-will (byāpāda)

• Headache, Ven. Sariputta's “slight”: Ud 4.4

➥ Heaven realms: see Sagga.

➥ Heedfulness: see Appamāda.

➥ Hell: (realm). See also Planes of Existence, Thirty-one; Sagga (heaven); Kamma.

• As the destination for one with no discernment: Dhp 137
• “Hell” (Dhammapada XXII)
• Five grave deeds that lead to rebirth in Hell: AN 5.129
• Causes of rebirth in Hell: Iti 70
• “The Thirty-one Planes of Existence” in the Path to Freedom pages

➥ Heterosexuality: see Sexual identity.

➥ Hindrances: see Nīvaraṇa.

➥ Hiri: (conscience, moral shame). See also Ottappa (moral dread).

• Although your past bad deeds cannot be undone, you can overcome your guilt: SN 42.8
• As a quality that distinguishes the true contemplative: MN 39
• As a basis for acquiring discernment: AN 8.2
• As a quality that safeguards the world: Iti 42
• As a rare and fine quality: SN 1.18
• As a treasure: AN 7.6
• As a guardian: AN 2.9
• Associated with skillful qualities: Iti 40
• “The Road To Nibbāna is Paved with Skillful Intentions” (Ven. Thanissaro)
• “The Guardians of the World” (Bodhi)

➥ Holidays: see Uposatha days.

➥ Homosexuality: see Sexual identity.

➥ Householders: See also Family; Lay Buddhist practice; Marriage; Money; Precepts; Sensuality.

• Showing the proper respect to one's parents: Iti 106
• Householders are dependent on the monastic community (Saṅgha): Iti 107
• Householders should put aside all worries as death nears: AN 6.16
• Four kinds of bliss available to Householders: AN 4.62
• Citta the householder's final teaching on generosity: SN 41.10
• Household life is crowded and dusty: Sn 3.1, Ud 5.6
• Buddhism and Sex (M. O'C. Walshe)

➥ Humility: See also Integrity;

• As one of the greatest protections/blessings: Sn 2.4

➥ impermanence: References see anicca

➥ inconstancy: References see anicca

➥ Iddhipada: (the four bases of power). See also Bodhi-pakkhiya-dhamma.

• Benefits derived from: SN 51.20
• The Buddha declines Mara's invitation to use the Iddhipada for worldly aims: SN 4.20
• “The Four Bases of Power” in The Wings to Awakening (Ven. Thanissaro)

➥ Ignorance: see avijjā.

➥ Ill-will: byāpāda. See also Anger; Conflict; Kilesa (defilements); mettā (goodwill); Nīvaraṇa (hindrances).

• Ten reflections to help overcome hatred: AN 10.80
• Ill-will can never be conquered with more Ill-will: Dhp 3
• The sources of conflict and hostility: DN 21, MN 18

➥ Illness: See also Aging; Death; Divine messengers.

• The Buddha attends to a monk with dysentery: Mv 8.26.1-8
• The Buddha's advice to Maha Kassapa during a painful illness: SN 46.14
• One need not be sick in mind just because one is sick in body: SN 22.1
• How even a sick person can realize Awakening: AN 5.121
• Ten perceptions that can heal body and mind: AN 10.60
• Even the best medicines for the body don't always work; here's one for the mind that does: AN 10.108
• Five qualities that make a sick person easy (or hard) to tend to: Mv 8.26.1-8
• Five qualities that make a good (or bad) nurse: Mv 8.26.1-8
• "Beyond Coping: The Buddha's Teachings on Aging, Illness, Death, and Separation" (Study Guide)
• “The 1st Noble Truth” in the Path to Freedom pages
• “A Good Dose of Dhamma for Meditators When They Are Ill” (Kee)
• A Handbook for the Relief of Suffering (Lee)
• Ministering to the Sick and Terminally Ill (De Silva)
• “Our Real Home” (Chah)
• Straight from the Heart (Boowa)
• To the Last Breath: Dhamma Talks on Living and Dying (Boowa)
• “The Last Sermon” in Inner Strength (Lee)
• “The Truth and its Shadows” in Inner Strength (Lee)
• “Using Meditation to Deal with Pain, Illness, and Death: A talk given to a conference on AIDS, HIV and other Immuno-deficiency Disorders” (Ven. Thanissaro)

➥ Impermanence: see Anicca.

➥ Indriya: (five mental faculties). See also Bodhi-pakkhiya-dhamma.

• Look under each of its constituent members:
  • saddhā (conviction, faith)
  • vīriya (persistence, effort)
  • satī (mindfulness)
  • samādhi (concentration)
  • Pañña (discernment, wisdom)

• A summary of the five faculties: SN 48.10
  • See the suttas in the Indriya-samyutta of the Samyutta Nikaya
  • “The Five Faculties” in The Wings to Awakening (Ven. Thanissaro)
  • “The Path of Strength,” in Things as They Are (Ajaan Maha Boowa);
  • The Way of Wisdom: The Five Spiritual Faculties (Conze)

➥ Insight: — see vipassanā.

➥ Integrity: See also Gratitude; Humility; Respect; Stream-entry (sotapatti); Wise person.

• What is a person of Integrity: MN 110, MN 113, AN 2.31, AN 4.73

➥ Introduction to Buddhism: See also Introduction to meditation practice.

• Buddhism: A Method of Mind Training (Bullen)
• Buddhism in a Nutshell (Narada)
• “What is Theravada Buddhism?” (FAQ)
• Refuge: An Introduction to the Buddha, Dhamma, and Saṅgha (Ven. Thanissaro)
• BPS "Bodhi Leaves" on various topics
• BPS Newsletter essays on various topics (Bodhi)
• Beginnings: Suggested Entry Points to this Website

➥ jarā: see also aging, Death; Divine messengers; Illness.

• The Buddha spits on Aging: SN 48.41
• Description of Aging: MN 9
• Understanding of Aging as a basis for Right View: MN 9
• “Aging” (Dhammapada XI)
• Effects of Aging on the body: Thig 13.1
• How to train yourself when your body is old and decrepit: SN 22
• You're never too old to realize the Dhamma: Thig 5.8
• Age is no measure of wisdom: SN 3.1
• Advice to two aging brahmans: AN 3.51, AN 3.52
• "Beyond Coping: The Buddha's Teachings on Aging, Illness, Death, and Separation" (Study Guide)
• “The 1st Noble Truth” in the Path to Freedom pages

➥ jhāna : (meditative absorption) See also Concentration (samādhi); Nīvaraṇa (Hindrances); Noble silence; Samatha (tranquillity, calm).

• And mindfulness: SN 2.7
• How jhāna leads the meditator out from the confines of the mind: AN 9.42
• Role of jhāna in the development of discernment: AN IX-44
• Goes hand-in-hand with discernment (pañña): Dhp 372
• Goes hand-in-hand with insight (vipassanā): AN 4.170
• How insight can be developed during or immediately after jhāna: MN 111
• Paves the way to Nibbāna: Dhp 372
• Envied by the devas: Dhp 181
• Practiced by enlightened ones: Dhp 23
• A mark of heedfulness: Dhp 27, Dhp 371
• Frees one from Mara's grasp: Dhp 276
• A hallmark of a true brahman: Dhp 386, Dhp 395, Dhp 414
• One day with jhāna is better than a hundred years without: Dhp 110
• How does the Buddha practice jhāna in the forest?: SN 7.18
• Formless attainments leading to Nibbāna: MN 52, MN 106, AN 11.17
• Possible courses of rebirth from practicing jhāna : AN 4.123, AN 4.124
• “jhāna” in the Path to Freedom pages
• “Right Concentration” in the Path to Freedom pages
• Dhamma talks by Thanissaro Bhikkhu: Meditations: Forty Dhamma Talks; Meditations 2; Meditations 3; Meditations 4; Meditations 5
• “Right Concentration” (Suwat)
• The Craft of the Heart (Lee)
• The Jhanas in Theravada Buddhist Meditation (Gunaratana)
• Keeping the Breath in Mind (Lee)
• “The Path of Concentration and Mindfulness” (Ven. Thanissaro)
• “Jhana Not by the Numbers” (Ven. Thanissaro)

➥ jāti : (birth) See also Aging; Death; Illness; Rebirth.

• Understanding of jāti as a basis for Right View: MN 9
• Fear of jāti should be even greater than fear of a dangerous cliff: SN 56.42
• The darkness of jāti is even greater than that of intergalactic space: SN 56.46

➥ Jataka: Jataka tales (stories from the Buddha's previous lives).

• The chariot-maker: AN 3.15
• The story of prince Dighavu: Mv 10.2.3-20
• See the collection of Jataka stories retold by Ken & Visakha Kawasaki

➥ Joy: See also pīti (rapture; bliss).

• “The Joy of Effort” (Ven. Thanissaro)
• appreciative/sympathetic Joy: see muditā.

➥ kalyāṇa-mitta : (admirable friendship) See also Teaching the Dhamma.

• “Admirable friendship” in the Path to Freedom pages
• As a prerequisite for the development of the wings to Awakening: AN 9.1
• What is a true friend?: AN 7.35, Sn 2.3
• Benefits of kalyāṇamitta : AN 9.1
• Having kalyāṇamitta is conducive to the ending of dukkha: Dhp 376
• As a crucial support for Dhamma practice: Iti 17
• As a way of uplifting your own inner potential: “Potential” (Mun)
• kalyāṇamitta is the whole of the holy life: SN 45.2
• Avoiding lazy people: Iti 78
• Choose your friends carefully, for you become like them: Iti 76
• What is good friendship for householders?: AN 8.54
• “Association with the Wise” (Bodhi)

➥ karuṇā: (compassion) See also brahma-vihāra.

• As a factor leading to liberation: AN 6.13
• Systematic practice of karuṇā: SN 42.8
• Practicing karuṇā as a way to deal with annoying people: AN 5.161
• Detachment and Compassion in Early Buddhism (Harris)
• “Educating Compassion” (Ven. Thanissaro)

➥ kāya-gatā-satī: Mindfulness of the body. See also sati-paṭṭhāna (frames of reference).

• The Buddha's principal teaching on Kayagatasatī: MN 119

➥ Kamma: (karma; intentional action) See also Devas; Hell; Planes of Existence, Thirty-one; Rebirth; Sagga (heaven).

• “Intentional Action” in the Path to Freedom pages
• “Right Action” in the Path to Freedom pages
• The laws of Kamma and rebirth are as inviolable as the law of gravity: SN 42.6
• As one of the five subjects for frequent recollection: AN 5.57
• Reflect on your actions before, during, and after: MN 61
• Six important aspects of Kamma to be understood: AN 6.63
• Actions of body, speech, and mind determine one's future course: MN 41
• How to ease the inevitable bad results of one's past bad deeds: SN 42.8
• The rewards of skillful Kamma: AN 2.18, AN 8.40
• The results of unskillful Kamma: AN 2.18, AN 8.40
• The ten courses of skillful Kamma: AN 10.176
• The ten courses of unskillful Kamma: AN 10.176
• The difference between “old” and “new” Kamma: SN 35.145
• Present happiness depends on both past and present Kamma: MN 101
• Past Kamma alone cannot account for present experience: SN 36.21
• Past unskillful Kamma can't be “burned away” through ascetic practice: MN 101
• The Kamma that leads to the ending of Kamma: AN 4.235
• When I perform an action, am I the same person when I experience its results, or am I different?: SN 12.46
• Why do the results of bad deeds vary from one person to another?: AN 3.99
• The influence of present and past Kamma on the development of skillful qualities: AN 6.86
• Five bad actions that you should never do: AN 5.129 (also AN 5.87)
• Trying to figure out the results of ~ is sure to drive you crazy: AN 4.77
• Inner goodness is measured by the goodness of one's actions: AN 4.85
• Act like a dog, and that's what you'll become: MN 57
• How ~ accounts for the fortune and misfortune of beings: MN 135
• A more detailed explanation of ~: MN 136
• The Buddha's Words on Kamma (Ñanamoli Thera)
• “Kamma & Rebirth” (Nyanatiloka)
• “Karma” (Ven. Thanissaro)
• "Kamma" (Study Guide)
• “Kamma and the Ending of Kamma” in The Wings to Awakening (Ven. Thanissaro)
• “A Remedy for Despair” (Bodhi)
• “A Refuge in Skillful Action,” in Refuge: an Introduction to the Buddha, Dhamma, and Saṅgha (Ven. Thanissaro)
• “The Road to Nirvana is Paved with Skillful Intentions” (Ven. Thanissaro)
• “Saṁsara Divided by Zero” (Ven. Thanissaro)
• “Skillfulness” in The Wings to Awakening (Ven. Thanissaro)
• “The Thirty-one Planes of Existence” in the Path to Freedom pages

➥ Khandha: (the five clinging-aggregates) See also Body); upādāna (clinging); vipassanā (insight).

• See the suttas in the Khandhavagga of the Samyutta Nikaya.
• How we define ourselves in terms of the Khandha: SN 22.36
• A summary of the Khandha: SN 22.48
• Identification with the Khandha as the cause of self-view: SN 22.1
• Identifying the five Khandha as “self” is the cause of affliction: SN 22.1
• Voidness of the Khandha: SN 22.95
• Why desire and passion connected with the Khandha is worth abandoning: SN 27.10
• "Body Contemplation" (Study Guide)
• "Five Piles of Bricks: The Khandhas as Burden & Path" (Ven. Thanissaro)
• "The Five Aggregates" (Study Guide)
• The Self-made Private Prison (De Silva)
• See each of its constituents:
  • Rupa (form)
  • vedanā (feeling)
  • saññā (perception)
  • saṅkhāra (mental fashionings)
  • viññāṇa (consciousness)

➥ Khanti : (patience, forbearance) See also Anger; Pāramīs.

• As one of the greatest protections/blessings: Sn 2.4
• Heals the angry person: SN 11.4
• How to develop Khanti : MN 21
• Cultivating Khanti while being beaten and stabbed (Ven. Punna's view): SN 35.88
• A heated debate between two deities on the merits of Khanti : SN 11.5
• The best response to the insults of others (a story): AN 6.54

➥ Kilesa: (defilements — passion (lobha), aversion (dosa), and delusion (moha) — in their various forms). See also Anger; Āsavā; avijjā (ignorance); Nīvaraṇa (hindrances).

• As a source of harm and suffering in the world: SN 3.23
• As putrefaction: AN 3.126
• As stains/enemies/murderers/etc.: Iti 88
• Abandonment of Kilesa as a guarantee of non-return: Iti 1-8
• Kilesa form the root of unskillful action: Iti 50
• Kilesa burn like fire: Iti 93
• Kilesa are like dirty stains on an otherwise clean cloth: MN 7

➥ Killing: See also Conflict, Precepts, War.

• The one and only thing whose Killing the Buddha approved: SN 1.71
• "Getting the Message" (Ven. Thanissaro)

➥ Kusala : (skillfulness, wholesomeness)

See also Manners; Sīla (virtue).

• Understanding Kusala and its opposite as the basis for Right View: MN 9
• “The Lessons of Unawareness” in Inner Strength (Lee)
• “Skillfulness” in The Wings to Awakening (Ven. Thanissaro)

➥ loathsomeness: References see asubha.

➥ Lay Buddhist practice: See also Family; Householders; Marriage; Parents; Precepts.

• The definition of various kinds of lay followers: AN VIII 25
• Five subjects for frequent recollection: AN 5.57
• Four qualities leading to a householder's happiness: AN 8.54
• The duties of the layperson: Sn 2.14
• The layperson's code of conduct: DN 31
• What it takes for a layperson to become a stream-winner: AN 10.92
• How a layperson can best work for the welfare of others: AN 8.26, AN 4.99
• Five qualities of a sincere lay follower: AN 5.175
• Five rewards a layperson can expect for having conviction: AN 5.38
• Actions that only lead to one's downfall: Sn 1.6
• How skillful actions and choices can protect you: Sn 2.4, Khp 5
• Development of the first six recollections can be done no matter how busy you are: AN 11.13
• How to recognize a lay stream-winner: AN 5.179
• Examples of lay stream-winners in the suttas (see Stream-entry): Anathapindika: Anathapindika: The Great Benefactor (Hellmuth Hecker); and see his entry in the Index of Names; Nakula's mother: AN 6.16; Suppabuddha (the leper): Ud 5.3; Visakha (a.k.a. “Migara's Mother”): see her entry in the Index of Names; 500 women who perish in a fire: Ud 7.10.
• Buddhism and Sex (M. O'C. Walshe)
• Buddhist Culture, The Cultured Buddhist (Bogoda)
• The Buddhist Layman (Bogoda/Jootla/Walshe)
• “Dhamma for Everyone” (Lee)
• A Happy Married Life: A Buddhist Perspective (Dhammananda)
• Life's Highest Blessings (Soni)
• “Lifestyles and Spiritual Progress” (Bodhi)
• Nothing Higher to Live For (Nyanasobhano)
• Everyman's Ethics: Four Discourses by the Buddha, (Narada)
• Lay Buddhist Practice (Khantipalo)
• A Simple Guide to Life (Bogoda)
• A Chanting Guide: Pali Passages with English Translations (Dhammayut Order)
• Buddhist Monk's Discipline, The: Some Points Explained for Laypeople (Khantipalo)

➥ Laziness: — see Sloth and Drowsiness (thina-middha).

➥ Listening: See also Speech.

• How to listen to the Dhamma: AN 6.88
• Five rewards in Listening to Dhamma: AN 5.202
• Importance of Listening critically to Dhamma: AN 2.46
• “A Taste for the Dhamma,” in Straight From the Heart (Boowa)

➥ Livelihood: Right Livelihood

• Actors and comedians — take note of Talaputa's lesson from the Buddha: SN 42.2
• Soldiers — take note of Yodhajiva's lesson from the Buddha: SN 42.3
• “Right Livelihood” in the Path to Freedom pages
• “Right Livelihood: The Noble Eightfold Path in the Working Life” (Jootla)

➥ Loka-dhamma: (worldly conditions).

• The failings of the world: AN 8.6
• Five kinds of loss, five kinds of gain: AN 5.130
• The perils of fame: SN 17.3, SN 17.5, SN 17.8
• “First Things First” in Food for Thought (Lee)
• “Nightsoil for the Heart” in Food for Thought (Lee)

➥ Loving-kindness: see mettā.

➥ Lust: see Sensuality.

➥ maraṇa-nus-satī: (mindfulness of death). See also Death; Illness; sati-paṭṭhāna (frames of reference).

• Death can come at any time; are you ready?: AN 6.20
• Mindfulness of death should be developed continuously: AN 6.19
• As one of the ten Recollections: see Recollections, ten.
• “Mindfulness of Death: Insight Meditation” (Lee)
• Buddhist Reflections on Death (V.F.Gunaratna)
• To the Cemetery and Back (Price)
• Words Leading to Disenchantment: Two Essays (Soma)

➥ meditation: Introduction to meditation practice: See also Introduction to Buddhism; Lay Buddhist Practice; Meditation.

• “Basic Breath Meditation Instructions” (Ven. Thanissaro)
• “A Guided Meditation” (Ven. Thanissaro)
• “Right Attitude” (Suwat)
• Breath Meditation Condensed (Kee)
• Buddho (Thate)
• “The Path of Concentration and Mindfulness” (Ven. Thanissaro)
• “Quiet Breathing” in Food for Thought (Lee)
• Starting Out Small: A Collection of Talks for Beginning Meditators (Lee)
• Starting Out Small: A Collection of Talks for Beginning Meditators (Portfolio 2) (Lee)
• Starting Out Small: A Collection of Talks for Beginning Meditators (Portfolio 3) (Lee)
• Light of Discernment: Meditation Instructions (Suwat)
• Practical Advice for Meditators (Khantipalo)
• Dhamma talks by Thanissaro Bhikkhu: Meditations: Forty Dhamma Talks; Meditations 2; Meditations 3; Meditations 4; Meditations 5
• Anapana Sati: Meditation on Breathing (Ariyadhamma)
• Beginning Insight Meditation (Figen)
• Buddhist Meditation (Story)
• “Mental Culture” (Nyanatiloka)
• Itivuttaka.

➥ mental Faculties: see Indriya.

➥ mettā: (goodwill, loving-kindness). See also brahma-vihāra; Pāramīs.

• Karaniya Metta Sutta (Discourse on Loving-kindness): Sn 1.8 and Khp 9
• As a protection against harm: Cv 5.6, SN 20.5, AN 4.67
• As a factor leading to liberation: AN 6.13
• Systematic practice of mettā: SN 42.8
• Eleven benefits of mettā: AN 11.16
• Even more fruitful than giving: SN 20.4
• Course of rebirths to be expected from those who cultivate mettā: AN 4.125
• Maintain thoughts of mettā no matter how others address you: MN 21
• No one is dearer to one than oneself: Ud 5.1
• The radiant brightness of mettā: Iti 27
• As a basis for the development of jhāna: AN 8.63
• Practicing mettā as a way to deal with annoying people: AN 5.161
• Metta: The Philosophy and Practice of Universal Love (Buddharakkhita)
• “Head & Heart Together: Bringing Wisdom to the Brahma-viharas” (Ven. Thanissaro)
• The Heart Awakened (Siriwardhana)
• Nothing Higher to Live For (Nyanasobhano)
• The Power of Good Will (Lee)
• Metta Means Goodwill (Ven. Thanissaro)
• The Practice of Loving-kindness (mettā) (Ñanamoli Thera)

➥ mindfulness of breathing: Ānāpānasatī.

• The Buddha's principal teaching on Ānāpānasatī: MN 118
• How Ānāpānasatī leads to Awakening: SN 54.13
• Ānāpānasatī should be developed no matter how far along you are in your meditation practice: SN 54.8
• As one of the ten Recollections: See Recollections, ten.
• As one of the ten Perceptions: AN 10.60
• As a method of subduing lust: SN 8.4
• As a method of subduing annoying thoughts: Iti 85
• Five qualities a practitioner of Ānāpānasatī should develop: AN 5.96, AN 5.97, AN 5.98
• Anapana Sati: Meditation on Breathing (Ariyadhamma)
• “Basic Breath Meditation Instructions” (Ven. Thanissaro)
• Dhamma talks by Thanissaro Bhikkhu: Meditations: Forty Dhamma Talks; Meditations 2; Meditations 3; Meditations 4; Meditations 5
• “A Guided Meditation” (Ven. Thanissaro)
• “The Agendas of Mindfulness” (Ven. Thanissaro)
• “De-perception” (Ven. Thanissaro)
• Breath Meditation Condensed (Kee)
• Keeping the Breath in Mind (Lee)
• See also many other books by Ajaan Lee and Ajaan Fuang.

➥ monastics Work : See also Monastic life.

• Do contemplatives do any useful work? (various answers): SN 7.17; Thig 13.2; Sn 1.4.

➥ muditā: appreciative/sympathetic joy). See also brahma-vihāra.

• As a factor leading to liberation: AN 6.13
• Systematic cultivation of muditā: SN 42.8
• A Fistful of Sand (Suwat)
• The Heart Awakened (Siriwardhana)
• Mudita: The Buddha's Teaching on Unselfish Joy (various)

➥ māna: (conceit).

• As a motivation for practice: AN 4.159
• As a cause of grief: SN 21.2
• Ven. Vangisa admonishes himself to abandon māna: Thag 21
• As one of the obsessions (Anusaya): AN 7.11, AN 7.12
• As one of the fetters (saṁyojana): AN 10.13
• Pride and Conceit (Ashby and Fawcett)

➥ Manners: See also Kusala (skillfulness); Sīla (virtue).

• Respectable people have good Manners: AN 7.64
• Etiquette and duties for monks: Cv 8
• “Serving a Purpose” in Food for Thought (Lee)

➥ Mara: See also “Mara” in the Index of Proper Names.

• Ten armies of: Sn 3.2
• Turning the forces of Mara to our advantage: “The Demons of Defilement” (Lee)
• The Buddha's Encounters With Mara (Guruge)

➥ Marriage: See also Lay Buddhist Practice.

• How to ensure that you'll be with your spouse in future lives: AN 4.55
• Spouses' duties to each other: DN 31
• “A Single Mind” (Fuang)
• A Happy Married Life: A Buddhist Perspective (Dhammananda)
• Nothing Higher to Live For (Nyanasobhano)
• Buddhism and Sex (Walshe)

➥ Meditation: See also ānāpāna-sati (mindfulness of breathing); Introduction to Meditation; maraṇa-anus-satī (mindfulness of death); mettā (goodwill); Recollections, ten; sati-paṭṭhāna (foundations of mindfulness).

• Meditation is practiced for both one's own and others' benefit: SN 16.5, SN 47.19, AN 5.20, AN 7.64
• Why bother meditating in the hopes of some future reward when sensual pleasures are available right now?: SN 1.20
• Isn't Meditation simply a useless and unproductive activity?: SN 7.17
• Meditation is a skill to be developed: AN 9.35, AN 9.36
• The danger of overestimating one's progress in Meditation: MN 105
• Formless attainments leading to Nibbāna: MN 106
• Dhamma talks by Thanissaro Bhikkhu: Meditations: Forty Dhamma Talks; Meditations 2; Meditations 3; Meditations 4; Meditations 5
• Practical Advice for Meditators (Khantipalo)
• Uposatha observance days

➥ Merit: — see Puñña.

➥ Middle way: Majjhima-patipada.

• Avoiding extreme views: SN 12.15
• Buddha's first teachings on the Middle way: SN 56.11
• Middle way between indulgence in sensuality and adherence to fixed rituals and precepts: Ud 6.8
• Dependent co-arising as a “middle way” between5 extremes of views: SN 12.48
• “The Middleness of the Middle Way,” in Things as They Are (Boowa)

➥ Mind-reading: * One's own mind: AN 10.51

• Another's mind: See Supranormal powers
• Reading the Mind (Kee)

➥ Mindfulness: — see satī.

➥ Moderation: See also Restraint.

• Moderation with respect to the four requisites: AN 7.64
• Moderation in eating: MN 39, MN 53

➥ Modesty: * As a quality of a great person: AN 8.30

• Rare in a person of wealth and power: AN 8.23

➥ Monastic Life: See also Ascetic practices; Vinaya; Work, monastics'.

• Permission from one's parents is a prerequisite for ordination: MN 82
• Why it took Ven. Sona so long to go forth: Ud 5.6
• Ten things for monks to reflect on often: AN 10.48
• The fruits of the homeless life: DN 2
• Gradual training for monks: MN 107
• How to bring harmony to the community: AN 6.12
• Five exhortations for new monks: AN 5.114
• What it means to live free of society: SN 22.3
• A monk's duties: Cv 8
• Wrong reasons for a monk to go on almsround: Ud 3.8
• Do monks really do any useful work?: Sn 1.4
• Meditation monks and Dhamma study monks: Do not disparage each other!: AN 6.46
• What makes a monk worthy of respect?: AN 3.94
• The Autobiography of a Forest Monk (Thate)
• The Autobiography of Phra Ajaan Lee (Lee)
• The Bhikkhus' Rules — A Guide for Laypeople: The Theravadin Buddhist Monk's Rules Compiled and Explained (Ariyesako)
• The Blessings of Pindapata (Khantipalo)
• The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volume I: The Patimokkha Training Rules Translated and Explained (Ven. Thanissaro)
• The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volume II: The Khandhaka Rules Translated and Explained (Ven. Thanissaro)
• Buddhist Monk's Discipline, The: Some Points for Laypeople (Khantipalo)
• “Duties of the Saṅgha” (Lee)
• Going Forth: A Call to Buddhist Monkhood (Sumana)
• Things as They Are (Boowa)
• “The Economy of Gifts” (Ven. Thanissaro)
• “The Food of Kindness” (Medhanandi)
• With Robes and Bowl (Khantipalo)
• A Taste of the Holy Life: An Account of an International Ordination in Myanmar (Jootla)
• Buddhism in Thailand (Kusalasaya)

➥ Money: See also Householders; Wealth.

• Money can't buy true happines: AN 10.46
• How to protect and preserve one's wealth: AN 8.54
• Are monks allowed to use money?: SN 42.10
• “The Economy of Gifts” (Ven. Thanissaro)

➥ Monk: see Monastic Life.

➥ Moral dread: see Ottappa.

➥ Moral shame: see Hiri.

➥ Morality: see Sīla.

➥ Murder: See also Death.

• Fate of those who commit Murder: MN 135, SN 3.25

➥ Myanmar: Burma. See also Sri Lanka; Thailand.

• Buddhism in Myanmar: a Short History (Bischoff)

➥ nāma-rūpa: Name-and-form, mind-and-matter, mentality-materiality). See also paṭicca-samuppāda (dependent co-arising).

• Understanding of nāma-rūpa as a basis for Right View: MN 9
• Mutual dependence of consciousness and nāma-rūpa: SN 12.67

➥ Nature: See also Wilderness.

• “The Buddhist Attitude Towards Nature” (De Silva)

➥ Nekkhamma: (renunciation). See also Celibacy; Gradual instruction; Pāramīs; Restraint; Sensuality.

• “Renunciation” in the Path to Freedom pages
• The bliss of Nekkhamma: Ud 2.10
• Appreciating the value of Nekkhamma is a crucial first step in practice: AN 9.41
• Nekkhamma goes “against the flow” (of craving): Iti 109
• As the basis for shedding fear of death: AN 4.184
• As the escape from sensuality: Iti 72
• As a cause for sleeping at ease: AN 3.34
• As a profound kind of rest: Sn 5.11, AN 3.38
• “Trading Candy for Gold: Renunciation as a Skill” (Ven. Thanissaro)
• Renunciation (T. Prince)
• Relationship to compassion: “The Balanced Way” (Bodhi)

➥ Nibbidā: (disenchantment, aversion, and weariness with regard to conditioned phenomena). See also Asubha.

• As a mark of practicing Dhamma “in accordance with the Dhamma”: SN 22.39
• "Disenchantment" (Suwat)
• Words Leading to Disenchantment: Two Essays (Soma)

➥ Nibbāna: (Unbinding, extinguishing). See also Arahant; Awakening; Deathless; Pari-nibbāna; Stream-entry; Vimutti (release).

• “Nibbāna” in the Path to Freedom pages
• “The 3rd Noble Truth” in the Path to Freedom pages
• The foremost: Dhp 184
• The foremost ease: Dhp 202
• Heedfulness leads one to Nibbāna: Dhp 21, Dhp 32
• A hallmark of a true brahman: Dhp 414
• What lies beyond Nibbāna?: AN 4.174
• Nibbāna is the goal; there's nothing beyond it: MN 144
• Nibbāna is beyond Mara's reach: SN 4.19
• Nibbāna is not a “source” or “ground” from which phenomena (dhamma) arise: MN 1
• Nibbāna is not itself a phenomenon, but is the final end of phenomena: AN 10.58
• Pleasure of Nibbāna exceeds all others: AN 9.34
• Two forms of Nibbāna (with fuel remaining, and without fuel remaining): Iti 44
• Four qualities to develop that lead one towards Nibbāna: AN 4.37
• “Dhamma and Non-duality” (Bodhi)
• “Nibbāna” (Ven. Thanissaro)
• Nibbāna As Living Experience:The Buddha and The Arahant: Two Studies from the Pali Canon (De Silva)
• “A Verb for Nirvana” (Ven. Thanissaro)
• “Saṁsara Divided by Zero” (Ven. Thanissaro)
• The Mind Like Fire Unbound: An Image in the Early Buddhist Discourses (Ven. Thanissaro)

➥ Nirvana: — see Nibbāna.

➥ Noble Eightfold Path: Ariya-aṭṭhangika-magga. See also Bodhi-pakkhiya-dhamma.

• “The 4th Noble Truth” in the Path to Freedom pages
• The individual factors of the Path:
  • Right View (Sammā-diṭṭhi).
  • Conditions for the arising of Noble Eightfold Path: MN 43
  • “Right View” in the Path to Freedom pages
  • What is Right View?: MN 9
  • Noble Eightfold Path is to be used to the point of overcoming attachment to all views: Sn 4.3
  • As a tool: “Beyond Right and Wrong” in Inner Strength (Lee)
  • “From Views to Vision” (Bodhi)

➥ Noble silence: The second jhāna.

• Noble silence explained: SN 21.1
• No-thinking: Thag 14.1
• As a cause for the arising of wisdom: AN 8.2
• Either speak Dhamma, or keep noble silence: Ud 2.2

➥ Non-dualism: * Non-dual awareness not the goal: AN 10.29

• “Dhamma and Non-duality” (Bodhi)

➥ Non-harming: Non-violence. See also “Right Resolve” in Noble Eightfold Path.

• Leads to happiness after death: Dhp 132
• As a supporting condition for Awakening: Dhp 270
• Isn't all there is to the Buddhist path: MN 78
• The story of Angulimala the bandit: MN 86
• How a wise person moves in society: Dhp 49
• “The Rod” (Dhammapada X)
• "Non-violence" (Study Guide)

➥ Not-self: Anatta. See also Tilakkhaṇa (three characteristics of existence).

• Reflection on Anatta as a basis for insight: SN 22.59
• Why the Buddha did not take a position on the question of whether or not there is a self: SN 44.10
• The views “I have a self” and “I have no self” are equally wrong: MN 22
• Identifying the five khandhas as “self” is the cause of affliction: SN 22.1
• As one of seven perceptions: AN 7.46
• As one of ten perceptions: AN 10.60
• Relation of Anatta to dependent co-arising: DN 15
• Contemplation of the six senses in terms of Anatta: MN 148
• Not understanding Anatta is like being a dog tied to a post: SN 22.99
• Three Basic Facts of Existence: Volume 3, Egolessness (various authors)
• “Consciousnesses” (Lee)
• The No-self Characteristic (Mendis)
• “No-self or Not-self?” (Ven. Thanissaro)
• “The Not-self Strategy” (Ven. Thanissaro)
• “Selves & Not-self” (Ven. Thanissaro)
• Meditating on No-self (Khema)

➥ Not-self: see Anatta.

➥ Nutriment: āhāra. See also Food.

• Nutriment for the factors of Awakening: SN 46.51
• Four types of physical and mental Nutriment: SN 12.63; SN 12.64
• Its relationship to dependent co-arising: SN 12.63; SN 12.11
• The need for Nutriment is what all beings have in common: Khp 1
• Four Nutriments of Life, The (Nyanaponika)

➥ Nymphs: dove-footed: Ud 3.2

➥ Nīvaraṇa: (hindrances). See also Anger; Desire; jhāna; Kilesa.

• See each of the five hindrances individually:
  • Sensual desire (lobha) (kāma-cchanda)
  • Ill-will (byāpāda)
  • Sloth and Drowsiness (thina-middha)
  • Restlessness and worry (uddhacca-kukkucca)

➥ obsession: References see anusaya

➥ Ottappa: (moral dread; concern for the results of evil actions). See also Hiri (conscience).

• As a quality that distinguishes the true contemplative: MN 39
• As a treasure: AN 7.6
• As a guardian: AN 2.9
• As a quality that safeguards the world: Iti 42
• “The Guardians of the World” (Bodhi)

➥ pasāda: (clarity and serene confidence). See also Emotion; saṁvega.

• “Affirming the Truths of the Heart: The Buddhist Teachings on Samvega and Pasada” (Ven. Thanissaro)

➥ paṭicca-samuppāda: (Dependent co-arising). See also Saṁsara.

• If you think you understand paṭicca-samuppāda, as did Ven. Ananda, think again: DN 15
• How the world arises and falls according to paṭicca-samuppāda: SN 12.44
• A synopsis of paṭicca-samuppāda: SN 12.2
• Mutual dependence of consciousness and name-and-form: SN 12.67
• Buddha's rediscovery of paṭicca-samuppāda on the eve of his Awakening: SN 12.65
• Is there someone or something that lies behind the process of paṭicca-samuppāda?: SN 12.35
• As a cause for the arising of right view: SN 12.15
• As a cause for the cessation of wrong views: SN 12.20
• As a cause for the ending of the āsavā (effluents): SN 12.23
• As a framework for cultivating skillfulness: “Kamma and the Ending of Kamma” in The Wings to Awakening (Ven. Thanissaro)
• As a “middle way” between extremes of views: SN 12.35, SN 12.48
• The Buddha reflects on paṭicca-samuppāda for seven days after his Awakening: Ud 1.1-3
• The origin of pleasure and pain: SN 12.25
• “The 3rd Noble Truth” in the Path to Freedom pages
• “paṭicca-samuppāda: Dependent Origination” (Nyanatiloka)
• Transcendental Dependent Arising: A Translation and Exposition of the Upanisa Sutta (Bodhi)
• An extended treatment of paṭicca-samuppāda by the Buddha: DN 15
• Its relationship to Nutriment (āhāra): SN 12.63; SN 12.11
• The Shape of Suffering: A Study of Dependent Co-arising (Ven. Thanissaro)
• See each of its constituent factors: avijjā (ignorance);

➥ pīti: (rapture; bliss) See also jhāna.

• The pleasure and joy of pīti:AN 5.176

➥ Pain: See also Illness; vedanā (feeling).

• Don't add mental Pain to your physical Pain!: SN 36.6
• Preventing physical Pain from invading the mind: SN 52.10
• The Buddha shows by example how best to handle physical Pain: SN 1.38, SN 4.13
• Sariputta's teachings to a dying Anathapindika: MN 143
• Mindfulness can protect you from falling into Pain's bottomless pit: SN 36.4
• As one of the eight worldly conditions: AN 8.6
• Avoiding evil deeds as a way to avoid Pain: Ud 5.4
• The origin of pleasure and Pain: SN 12.25
• Pain can't be used to purify oneself of past misdeeds: MN 14
• “The Details of Pain” (Kee)
• Straight from the Heart (Boowa)
• Pāḷi canon.
• "'When you know for yourselves...': The Authenticity of the Pali Suttas" (Ven. Thanissaro)

➥ Papañca: (complication, objectification, proliferation).

• As a cause of conflict in the mind: MN 18, DN 21

➥ Paramis: (perfections).

• Look under each of its constituent factors:
  • dāna (generous action)
  • Sīla (virtue)
  • Nekkhamma (renunciation)
  • Pañña (wisdom, discernment)
  • vīriya (energy, effort)
  • Khanti (patience)
  • Sacca (truthfulness)
  • adhiṭṭhāna (determination, resolution)
  • mettā (goodwill, loving-kindness)
  • upekkhā (equanimity)
  • "The Ten Perfections" (Study Guide)
• A Treatise on the Paramis (Acariya Dhammapala (6th c.); Bodhi, trans.)

➥ Parents: See also Children; Family.

• How to repay the debt we owe to our Parents: AN 2.32
• The anguish an aging Parents feels when his children show no gratitude: SN 7.14
• Parents should at least make sure that their children grow up to respect the precepts: Iti 74
• One's Parents should be respected as great teachers and devas: Iti 106
• Supporting one's Parents: Sn 2.4
• At one time or another, we have all been each other's Parents: SN 15.14
• Reverence for one's Parents as a blessing: Dhp 332
• Childrens' duties to their parents: DN 31
• Parents' duties to their children: DN 31
• Permission from one's Parents is a prerequisite for ordination: MN 82

➥ Pari-nibbāna: (total release; complete liberation). See also Nibbāna.

• Eye-witness accounts of the Buddha's Pari-nibbāna: SN 6.15

➥ Parisa: (The Buddha's following).

• Householders and monastics depend upon each other: Iti 107
• “The Economy of Gifts” (Ven. Thanissaro)
• “The Food of Kindness” (Medhanandi)
• The Blessings of Pindapata (Khantipalo)

➥ Patience: see Khanti.

➥ Patimokkha: (monks' and nuns' rules of conduct). See also Vinaya.

• The Bhikkhu Patimokkha
• The Bhikkhuni Patimokkha

➥ Pañca-sīla: (the five precepts) — see Precepts

➥ Pañña: (discernment, wisdom). See also Pāramīs; Wise person.

• Eye of Pañña: MN 43
• Eight requisite conditions for Pañña: AN 8.2
• Which comes first: concentration or Pañña?: AN 3.73
• Goes hand-in-hand with jhāna: Dhp 372
• As a treasure: AN 7.6
• “Discernment” in The Wings to Awakening (Ven. Thanissaro)
• “The Lessons of Unawareness” in Inner Strength (Lee)
• “Observe and Evaluate” in Inner Strength (Lee)

➥ Perception: see saññā.

➥ Perfections: see Pāramīs.

➥ Peta-loka: (realm of the hungry ghosts/shades). See also Planes of Existence, Thirty-one.

• Ajaan Lee's description, in "Knowledge"
• “The Thirty-one Planes of Existence” in the Path to Freedom pages

➥ Phassa: (contact). See also paṭicca-samuppāda (dependent co-arising).

• As the conjunction of sense-base + sensory object + sense consciousness: MN 148
• Understanding of Phassa as a basis for Right View: MN 9

➥ Planes of Existence: The thirty one… See also Devas; Hell; Kamma; Peta-loka (shades); Sagga (heaven); Saṁsara.

• “The Thirty-one Planes of Existence” in the Path to Freedom pages

➥ Pleasure: See also Happiness; Pain; Sensuality; vedanā (feeling).

• The many kinds of pleasure: MN 59
• The origin of Pleasure and pain: SN 12.25
• Attending to the Pleasure of things instead of their dukkha gives rise to attachment: SN 22.60
• As one of the eight worldly conditions: AN 8.6

➥ Precepts: See also Lay Buddhist practice; Refuge; Sīla; Uposatha

• Pañca-sīla — the Five Precepts (for lay men and women)
• The precepts as a gift to oneself and others: AN 8.39
• The rewards of observing the precepts: AN 8.39
• The consequences of failing to observe the precepts: AN 8.40
• “A Discipline of Sobriety” (Bodhi)
• “The Five Precepts” in the Path to Freedom pages
• The Craft of the Heart (Lee)
• Radical Therapy: Buddhist Precepts in the Modern World (De Silva)
• aṭṭha-sīla — the Eight Precepts (for lay men and women)
• How the Precepts practices are to be practiced: AN 8.43
• Right and wrong ways of observing Precepts: AN 3.70
• “The Eight Precepts” in the Path to Freedom pages
• The Craft of the Heart (Lee)
• dasa-sīla — the Ten Precepts (for novice monks and nuns)
• The Bhikkhu Patimokkha (227 rules for ordained monks); Bhikkhuni Patimokkha (311 rules for ordained nuns); see also Vinaya.

➥ Present moment: * This present moment is the only one there is: MN 131

➥ Pride: * Pride and Conceit (Ashby and Fawcett)

➥ Protection: See also Precepts; Sīla.

• The greatest Protection for the layperson: Sn 2.4
• Restraint — the Buddha's defense policy: SN 3.5
• mettā (goodwill) as a Protection against harm: SN 20.5, AN 4.67
• Ten qualities that provide Protection for the mind: AN 10.17
• Watching over oneself, one protects others; watching over others, one protects oneself: SN 47.19
• Protection Through Satipatthana (Nyanaponika)
• The Book of Protection (Paritta) (Piyadassi)

➥ Psychic powers: see Supranormal powers.

➥ Psychology: and Buddhism. See also Abhidhamma.

• Abhidhamma Pitaka
• Buddhist Meditation and Depth Psychology (Burns)
• The Psychology of Emotions in Buddhist Perspective (Padmasiri de Silva)

➥ Puñña: (merit, inner wealth, inner goodness).

• As a blessing: Dhp 331
• Puñña accumulates slowly, like water dripping into a pot: Dhp 122
• Benefits of Puñña in this life and the next: Dhp 16, Dhp 18
• Infidelity erodes one's accumulated Puñña: Dhp 310
• How to gain immeasurable Puñña: Dhp 195
• Do meritorious deeds to increase your store for future lives: SN 3.20
• Don't be afraid of Puñña: Iti 22
• The arahant's actions bear no kammic fruit, good or evil: Dhp 39, Dhp 267, Dhp 412
• Repeated performance of meritorious deeds brings ease: Dhp 118
• Three grounds for meritorious action: Iti 60
• As a fund to be looked after: Khp 8
• As the means of attaining true happiness: AN 5.43
• Is making Puñña the best one can aspire to in this short life?: SN 2.19
• "Merit" (Study Guide)
• “Merit,” (Fuang)
• “The Essence of Merit” (Lee)
• “The Power of Goodness” (Lee)
• “Merit and Spiritual Growth” (Bodhi)

➥ Pāḷi: language.

• Pali Language Aids
• Glossary of Pāḷi and Buddhist Terms
• A Chanting Guide: Pali Passages with English Translations (Dhammayut Order)
• The role of Pali in Theravada

➥ Quarreling: see Conflict.

➥ Queer identity: see Sexual identity.

➥ Questions: See also diṭṭhi (views); Yoniso-manasikāra (appropriate attention).

• Four types of Questions: AN 4.42
• Five motivations behind asking Questions: AN 5.165
• How to answer Questions: AN 3.67
• Questions not worth asking: DN 9, MN 2, AN 4.77, AN 10.69
• Questions best answered by silence: SN 44.10
• Questionss that assume an abiding “self” are invalid: SN 12.12
• Questions the Buddha left unanswered: Avyakata Samyutta
• How the Buddha handles difficult Questions: MN 72
• “Questions of Skill” (Ven. Thanissaro)
• Skill in Questions: How the Buddha Taught (Ven. Thanissaro)

➥ resolution: See Adhiṭṭhāna.

➥ Racism: see Caste system.

➥ Radiant Mind: The inherent radiance of mind: AN 1.49

• “The Radiant Mind is Unawareness,” in Straight From the Heart (Boowa)

➥ Rapture: see pīti.

➥ Realms of Existence: see Planes of Existence.

➥ Rebirth: See also Hell; jāti (birth); Kamma; Sagga (heaven).

• The skillfulness of one's actions in life determine one's destination after death: Dhp 17, Dhp 18, Dhp 240
• Causes of favorable or unfavorable Rebirth: MN 135, AN 3.65, Dhp 310, Dhp 316
• How to gain rebirth as an elephant or a horse: AN 10.177
• The laws of kamma and Rebirth are as inviolable as the law of gravity: SN 42.6
• What's so bad about being reborn?: SN 5.6
• Why not just settle for rebirth among the devas?: SN 5.7
• The preciousness of our human birth: SN 20.2, SN 56.48
• Rebirth witnessed by Buddha on the night of his Awakening: See Buddha's Awakening.
• “Kamma & Rebirth” (Nyanatiloka)
• “Dhamma Without Rebirth?” (Bodhi)
• “Does Rebirth Make Sense?” (Bodhi)
• “The Thirty-one Planes of Existence” in the Path to Freedom pages

➥ Recollections: The ten recollection (anussatī).

• Recollection of the Buddha (buddha-anus-sati): SN 11.3, AN 3.70, AN 11.12, AN 11.13, Thag 6.2
• Recollection of the Dhamma (dhamma-anus-sati): SN 11.3, AN 3.70, AN 11.12, AN 11.13, Thag 6.2
• As a governing principle: AN 3.40
• Recollection of the Saṅgha (saṅgha-anus-sati): SN 11.3, AN 3.70, AN 11.12, AN 11.13, Thag 6.2
• Recollection of one's own virtues (sīla-anus-sati): AN 3.70, AN 11.12, AN 11.13
• Recollection of one's own generosity (caga-anus-sati): AN 11.12, AN 11.13
• Recollection of the devas (devatanussatī): AN 3.70, AN 11.12, AN 11.13
• Mindfulness of death (maraṇa-ans-sati) (see also sati-paṭṭhāna).
• Mindfulness of the body (kāyagatāsatī) (see also sati-paṭṭhāna).
• Mindfulness of breathing (ānāpānassati) (see also sati-paṭṭhāna).
• Recollection of peace (upasama-anus-sati): Iti 90
• "A Meditator's Tools: A Study Guide on the Ten Recollections"

➥ Reconciliation: * “Reconciliation, Right & Wrong” (Ven. Thanissaro)

➥ Refuge: Ti-saraṇa. See also Precepts; Ti-ratana (the Three Gems).

• The formula for going for Refuge: Khp 1
• The supreme Refuge: Dhp 188
• The Dhamma as one's island and Refuge: DN 16, SN 47.13, SN 47.14
• “A Refuge in Awakening” (Lee)
• “The Threefold Refuge” in the Path to Freedom pages
• “What is the Triple Gem?” (Lee)
• “Free at Last” in Food for Thought (Lee)
• Going for Refuge:Taking the Precepts (Bodhi)
• The Threefold Refuge (Nyanaponika)
• Refuge: an Introduction to the Buddha, Dhamma, and Saṅgha (Ven. Thanissaro)

➥ Release: see Vimutti.

➥ Relics: See also Devotion.

• Origin of relic-worship: DN 16
• “A Note on the Relics of Sariputta and Maha Moggallana” in The Life of Sariputta (Nyanaponika)
• Autobiography of Phra Ajaan Lee (Lee)

➥ Remorse: See also Sīla.

• Two causes of Remorse: Iti 30
• Two causes of no Remorse: Iti 31
• Freedom from Remorse is the purpose of developing sīla (virtue): AN 11.1, AN 11.2

➥ Renunciation: see Nekkhamma.

➥ Respect: See also Children; Gratitude; Parents.

• What makes a person an elder worthy of Respect?: AN 2.38
• What makes a monk worthy of Respect?: AN 3.94
• As one of the greatest protections/blessings: Sn 2.4
• As a basis for acquiring discernment: AN 8.2
• As a basis for keeping the Dhamma alive for a long time: AN 7.56
• Is there anyone worthy of greater respect than the Buddha?: SN 6.2
• “Opening the Door to the Dhamma: Respect in Buddhist Thought & Practice” (Ven. Thanissaro)
• “First Things First” in Food for Thought (Lee)
• “Respect for the Truth” in Food for Thought (Lee)
• “Visakha Puja” (Lee)

➥ Restless and worry: (uddhacca-kukkucca).

• Antidote for Restless and worry: SN 46.53

➥ Restraint: See also Celibacy; Moderation; Contentment with little; Nekkhamma (renunciation); Sensuality.

• Definition of Restraint: SN 35.206
• Benefits of Restraint: Dhp 7, Dhp 9, Dhp 116, Dhp 360, Dhp 362
• As the best protection against harm: SN 3.5
• As a quality that distinguishes the true contemplative: MN 39, Dhp 391
• Restraint paves the way to Nibbāna: Dhp 289
• As a refuge: AN 3.52
• As a support to meditation: DN 2
• Like dressing a wound: MN 33, AN 11.18
• Like a tortoise protecting itself by withdrawing safely into its shell: SN 35.199
• Contentment with little: DN 11
• A deva encourages a monk to restrain his wandering mind: SN 9.1
• Dhamma talks by Thanissaro Bhikkhu: Meditations: Forty Dhamma Talks; Meditations 2; Meditations 3; Meditations 4; Meditations 5
• “Stop, Look, and Let Go” (Kee)

➥ Revenge: * The story of Prince Dighavu: Mv 10.2.3-20

➥ Right Action : (Sammā-kammanto).

• “Right Action” in the Path to Freedom pages

➥ Right Action: see Noble Eightfold Path.

➥ Right Concentration : Sammā-samādhi.

• “Right Concentration” in the Path to Freedom pages
• The central role of Right Concentration in the Eightfold Path: MN 117
• The Craft of the Heart (part II) (Lee)
• “The Noble Eightfold Path” in The Wings to Awakening (Ven. Thanissaro)
• The Noble Eightfold Path: The Way to the End of Suffering (Bodhi)
• “The Outer Space of the Mind,” in Things as They Are (Boowa)
• “The Path to Peace and Freedom for the Mind,” (Lee)
• “The Prison World vs. the World Outside,” in Straight From the Heart (Boowa)

➥ Right Concentration: see Noble Eightfold Path.

➥ Right Effort: see Noble Eightfold Path.

➥ Right Intention: see Noble Eightfold Path.

➥ Right Livelihood : (Sammā-ajivo).

• “Right Livelihood” in the Path to Freedom pages
• “Right Livelihood: The Noble Eightfold Path in the Working Life” (Jootla)

➥ Right Livelihood: see Noble Eightfold Path.

➥ Right Mindfulness : (Sammā-satī).

• “Right Mindfulness” in the Path to Freedom pages

➥ Right Mindfulness: see Noble Eightfold Path.

➥ Right Resolve: (Sammā-sankappo) See also Non-harming.

• “Right Resolve” in the Path to Freedom pages
• Right Resolve/Intention is to be maintained in all postures: Iti 110
• “The Road to Nirvana is Paved with Skillful Intentions” (Ven. Thanissaro)

➥ Right Resolve: see Noble Eightfold Path.

➥ Right Speech : Sammā-vāca). See also Speech.

• Speak only words that do no harm: Thag 21
• “Right Speech” in the Path to Freedom pages
• “Right Speech” (Ven. Thanissaro)
• "Noble Conversation" (Study Guide)