A
abhijjhā: covetousness, desires
abhijjhādomanassa: desires and discontent
absorption: jhāna
adherence: abhinivesa
advantage: assāda
agreeable: appaṭikkūla
aggregate: khandha
ajjhatta: internal
akusala: unwholesome
ālokasaññā: clarity of cognition
ānāpānasati: mindfulness of breathing
anattā: not-self
anger: dosa
angry despair: kodhupāyāsa
anicca: impermanent
anupassanā: contemplation
anusaya: latent tendency
anussati: recollection
anuttara: unsurpassable
anuvyañjana: detail, secondary characteristic
arising: samudaya
ariyasacca: noble truth
arrogance: atimāna
arūpa: immaterial
āsava: influx
asubha: unattractive
asuci: impure
ātāpī: diligent
attention: manasikāra
austerity: tapa
avarice: macchariya
aversion: byāpāda
avijjā: ignorance
awakening factor: bojjhaṅga
awareness: sati
āyatana: (sense-)sphere
B
bahiddhā: external
bala: power
bhāvanā: development
body contemplation: kāyānupassanā
bojjhaṅga: awakening factor
brahmavihāra: divine abode
byāpāda: aversion
C
calm: samatha
cessation: nirodha
cetovimutti: freedom of the mind
chanda: desire
citta: mind, state of mind
cittassekaggatā: unification of the
mind
clarity of cognition: ālokasaññā
clearly knowing: sampajāna
clinging to particular rules and observances: sīlabbataparāmāsa
cognition: saññā
compassion: karuṇā
complaisance: anunaya
conceit: māna
concentration: samādhi
conceptual proliferation: papañca
confidence: saddhā
consciousness: viññāṇa
consternation: chambhitatta
contact: phassa
contemplation: anupassanā
contracted: saṅkhitta
counterpart: paṭibhāga
covetousness: abhijjhā
craving: taṇhā
D
delight: pāmojja
delusion: moha
dependent co-arising: paṭicca samuppāda
desire: chanda
desires: abhijjhā
desires and discontent: abhijjhādomanassa
Dhamma: the teaching of the Buddha
dhamma: mental object, factor for, nature of
dhammānupassanā: contemplation of dhammas
dhammavicaya: investigation-of-dhammas
diligent: ātāpī
direct intuition: abhiññā
direct path: ekāyano
disadvantage: ādīnava
disagreeable: paṭikkūla
discontent: domanassa
discrimination: paṭisambhidā
disenchantment: anabhirati
dispassion: virāga
dissatisfaction: arati
distortion: vipallāsa
distracted: vikkhitta
diṭṭhi: view
divine abode: brahmavihāra
domanassa: discontent
dosa: anger
doubt: vicikicchā
dukkha: unsatisfactory
E
effort: vāyāma
ekāyano: direct path
elation: uppila
element: dhātu
emptiness: suññatā
energy: viriya
envy: issā
equanimity: upekkhā
ethical conduct: sīla
evil: pāpa
existence: bhava
external: bahiddhā, bāhira
F
faculty: indriya
fading away: virāga
false speech: musāvāda
feeling: vedanā
fetter: saṃyojana
form: rūpa
formation: saṅkhāra
freedom by wisdom: paññāvimutti
freedom of the mind: cetovimutti
G
good: puñña/kusala
great: mahaggata
greed: lobha
H
happiness: sukha
hindrance: nīvaraṇa
honest: asaṭha
I
idappaccayatā: specific conditionality
iddhipāda: road to power
ignorance: avijjā
immaterial: arūpa
impermanent: anicca
impure: asuci
inattention: amanasikāra
indriya saṃvara: sense-restraint
influx: āsava
in front: parimukhaṃ
insight: vipassanā
intention: saṅkappa
internal: ajjhatta
investigation-of-dhammas: dhammavicaya
irritation: paṭigha
J
jhāna: absorption
jhāna-aṅga: factor of absorption
joy: pīti, somanassa
K
kāmacchanda: sensual desire
kāyagatāsati: mindfulness directed to the body
kāyānupassanā: body contemplation
khandha: aggregate
knowledge: ñāṇa
kukkucca: worry
kusala: wholesome, skilful, good
L
latent tendency: anusaya
letting go: paṭinissagga, vossagga
liberated: vimutta
liberation: vimokkha
lobha: greed
logical reasoning: ākāraparivitakka
longing: abhijappā
loving kindness: mettā
luminous mind: pabhassara citta
lust: rāga
M
magga: path
mahaggata: great
malicious speech: pisuṇavāca
manasikāra: attention
material form: rūpa
mano: mind
mental application, initial: vitakka
mental application, sustained: vicāra
mental object: dhamma
meritorious: puñña
method: ñāya
mettā: loving kindness
micchā sati: wrong mindfulness
middha: torpor
mind: citta or mano
mindfulness: sati
mindfulness directed to the body: kāyagatāsati
mindfulness of breathing: ānāpānasati
moha: delusion
N
nāmarūpa: name-and-form
name: nāma
name-and-form: nāmarūpa
ñāya: method
neutral: adukkhamasukha
nimitta: sign, cause
nirāmisa: unworldly
nīvaraṇa: hindrance
noble: ariya
noble truth: ariyasacca
non-returner: anāgāmi
not-self: anattā
nutriment: āhāra
O
once-returner: sakadāgāmi
oral tradition: anussava
P
pabhassara citta: luminous mind
pajānāti: he knows
paññā: wisdom
paññāvimutti: freedom by wisdom
pāpa: evil
papañca: conceptual proliferation
parimukhaṃ: in front
passaddhi: tranquillity
passing away: atthagama, vaya
pasture: gocara
path: magga
paṭicca samuppāda: dependent co-arising
patience: khanti
paṭṭhāna: foundation, cause
paṭigha: irritation
paṭinissagga: letting go
pīti: joy
phassa: contact
pleasant: sukha
power: bala
presence: upaṭṭhāna
puñña: good, meritorious
purification: visuddhi
R
rāga: lust
rapacious greed: giddhilobha
recollection: anussati
repulsive: paṭikkūla
restlessness: uddhacca
right: sammā
right action: sammā kammanta
right concentration: sammā samādhi
right effort: sammā vāyāma
right livelihood: sammā ājīva
right mindfulness: sammā sati
right speech: sammā vācā
right thought: sammā saṅkappa
right view: sammā diṭṭhi
road to power: iddhipāda
rūpa: form
S
saddhā: confidence
samādhi: concentration
samatha: calm
sāmisa: worldly
sammā: right
sammā ājīva: right livelihood
sammā diṭṭhi: right view
sammā kammanta: right action
sammā samādhi: right concentration
sammā saṅkappa: right thought
sammā sati: right mindfulness
sammā vāca: right speech
sammā vāyāma: right effort
sampajañña: clear knowledge
sampajāna: clearly knowing
samudaya: arising
saṃyojana: fetter
saṅkhāra: volition, formation
saṅkhitta: contracted
saññā: cognition
saññāvedayitanirodha: cessation of cognition and feeling
sappurisa: worthy person
sati: awareness, mindfulness
satipaṭṭhāna: presence of mindfulness
sa-uttara: surpassable
seclusion: viveka
sense-restraint: indriya saṃvara
sense-sphere: āyatana
sensual desire: kāmacchanda
sign: nimitta
signless: animitta
sīla: ethical conduct
sīlabbataparāmāsa: clinging to particular rules and observances
skilful: kusala
sloth: thīna
specific conditionality: idappaccayatā
spiteful scolding: nindārosa
standpoint: adhiṭṭhāna
state of mind: citta
stream-enterer: sotāpanna
suññatā: emptiness
sukha: happiness
supatiṭṭhita: well established
surpassable: sa-uttara
T
taṇhā: craving
tevijjā: threefold higher knowledge
thīna: sloth
thought: vitakka
torpor: middha
train: sikkhati
tranquillity: passaddhi
truth: sacca
U
uddhacca: restlessness
unattractive: asubha
unease: duṭṭhulla
unification of the mind: cittassekaggatā
unity: ekatta
unpleasant: dukkha
unsatisfactory: dukkha
unsurpassable: anuttara
unworldly: nirāmisa
upaṭṭhāna: presence
upekkhā: equanimity
V
vaya: passing away
vāyāma: effort
vedanā: feeling
vicāra: sustained mental application
vicikicchā: doubt
view: diṭṭhi
vikkhitta: distracted
vimutta: liberated
viññāṇa: consciousness
vipallāsa: distortion
vipassanā: insight
virāga: fading away, dispassion
viriya: energy
vision: dassana
vitakka: initial mental application
volition: saṅkhāra
W
way out: nissaraṇa
well established: supatiṭṭhita
wholesome: kusala
wisdom: paññā
wise attention: yoniso manasikāra
worldling: puthujjana
worldly: sāmisa
worry: kukkucca
worthy person: sappurisa
wrong mindfulness: micchā sati
Y
yoniso manasikāra: wise attention