The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha
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veramaṇı̄ abstinence
vessa merchant (caste)
vossagga relinquishment
vohāra expression
*vyāpajjitar one who undertakes (work) (124.32)
saṁyojana fetter
saṁvaṭṭa world-contraction
saṁvara restraint
saṁvega sense of urgency
saṁsāra round of births
sakadāgāmin once-returner
sakkāya identity
sakkāyadiṭṭhi identity view
sakkāra honour
sagga heaven
sankappa intention
sankilesa defilement
sankhata conditioned
sankhāra formation
sangaṇika society
sangha untranslated: (1) the Buddhist monastic order; (2) the community of noble disciples
sacca truth
saññā perception
*saññūḷha concocted (56.30)
sati mindfulness
satipaṭṭhāna foundation of mindfulness
satta being
sattapada position of beings
saddhamma (1) true Dhamma; (2) good quality
saddhā faith
saddhānusārin faith-follower
santa peaceful
santi peace
santosa contentment
sandiṭṭhika visible here and now
sappurisa true man
sabba all
sabbaññū omniscient
sama righteous
samaṇa recluse
samatha (1) serenity; (2) stilling (of formations); (3) settlement (of litigation)
*samanvāneti to find (131.4)
samācāra conduct, behaviour
samādhi concentration
samāpatti attainment (in meditation)
samudaya origin, arising
sampajañña full awareness
samphappalāpa gossip
sambojjhanga enlightenment factor
sambodhi enlightenment
sammā (1) fully, completely; (2) right(ly)
saraṇa refuge
sallekha effacement
saḷāyatana sixfold base
sassata eternal
sāṭheyya fraud
sāmaggı̄ concord
sārambha rivalry
sāsana Dispensation (of Buddha)
sikkhā training
sikkhāpada training precept
siloka praise
sı̄la (1) virtue; (2) habit; (3) rule
sı̄labbata rules and observances
sukha pleasure, pleasant, bliss
sugata sublime, Sublime One
sugati good destination
suññatā voidness
suta (1) heard; (2) learning
sudda worker (caste)
suddhāvāsa Pure Abodes
subha beauty, beautiful
*suvaca easy to admonish (15.4)
*suvihata fully stretched out (121.5)
*susamanniṭṭha well investigated (pp. su + samannesati) (47.16)
sekha disciple in higher training
senāsana resting place
soka sorrow
sotāpanna stream-enterer
somanassa joy
*hassaka ridiculous (80.15; 99.10)
hita welfare
hiri shame
hetu cause
Index of Subjects
THIS INDEX LISTS SIGNIFICANT REFERENCES only. Italicised numbers refer to the page numbers of the Introduction; references to sutta passages give sutta number followed by section number. The abbreviation “ff.” is here used to indicate that the term of entry pertains to a continuing or repetitive sequence of sections and does not necessarily mean that the term occurs in every section of the sequence. References may be listed under an entry even when the term itself does not appear in the text, as long as the passage is pertinent to the term of entry.
When a stock formulation is applied to each term in a set of categories, the reference is usually given only under the name of the set, not under the individual items belonging to that set. For example, the passage on the enlightenment factors at 2.21 is registered under Enlightenment factors, but not under the names of the individual factors. Cross-references ensure that essential references are not overlooked.
Pali equivalents are provided for all key doctrinal terms, though not for terms of lesser importance or for entries without an exact Pali counterpart. With few exceptions, the Pali term is given in the singular, even though the English entry may be plural. When two Pali words with a different denotation are rendered by a single English word, the two are listed as separate entries—e.g., Mind is listed twice, corresponding to citta and to mano. When a single English word represents two Pali words with overlapping meanings but different contextual usage, the two sets of references are classified within the same entry separated by a slash—e.g., Compassion as a rendering for both karuṇā and anukampā.
Abhidhamma
Acquisition (upadhi); objects of
Action (kamma) and feelingbeings heirs of fourfold; great exposition of; Nigaṇṭhas’ theory of; purification of; that ends action; threefold. See also Conduct; Divine Eye; Reappearance
Action (kammanta): right; wrong. See also Noble Eightfold Path
Adhesion (ālaya)
Ageing (jarā); and death
Aggregates (khandha); and clinging; and Tathāgata; as basis for agitation; as feeble, etc.; as impermanent, etc.; as not self; as personality; as self; as suffering; delight in; gratification in, etc., ; rise and fall of
Agitation (paritassanā)
Air element (vāyodhātu); meditation like. See also Elements
Ājı̄vakas
All (sabba)
Almsfood (piṇḍapāta). See also Ascetic practices; Eating
Altruistic joy (muditā); as basis for insight; as immeasurable deliverance; as path to Brahma-world
Anattalakkhaṇa Sutta
Anger (kodha, kopa). See also Hate; Ill will
Animal realm (tiracchānayoni)
Annihilationism (ucchedavāda). See also Views: wrong
Applied thought (vitakka). See also Jhāna
Approval (ruci)
Arahant; achievement of; as brahmin; epithets of; foundations of; no conceiving; ten factors of; testing claims of; torments none; typology of
Arrogance (atimāna)
Ascetic practices
Assemblies
Attained-to-view (diṭṭhippatta)
Avarice (macchariya)
Aversion (paṭigha). See also Anger; Hate; Ill will
Bad character (tassapāpiyyasika)
Bases (āyatana); as impermanent, etc.; as not self; desire for; external; internal; not clinging to See also Faculties, sense
Beauty; liberation of; sign of
Being (bhava); cessation of; renewal of. See also Taints
Beings (bhūta)
Bhikkhu: called a recluse, etc.; crossed attachment; difficult to correct; easy to correct; evil wishes of; honoured; how he shines,; (in)capable of growth; liberated; master of thoughts; restrained from taints; reviewing self; tamed death; worthy of gifts
Bhikkhunı̄(s)
Birth (jāti)
Blemish (angaṇa)
Bliss of renunciation, etc.
Bodhisatta. See Buddha
Body (kāya); as not self; contemplation of; mindfulness of
Body-witness (kāyasakkhin)
Brahmā(s); assembly of; B.-world; Wheel of. See also Index of Proper Names, Baka the B.; B. Sahampati; B. Sanankumāra
Brahmajāla Sutta
Brahmin(s); arahant as. See also Castes; Recluses and brahmins
Buddha: and omniscience; arouser of path; as knowledge and vision; conception and birth; conduct; confidence in; definition of; early life; enlightenment; eye of; footprints of; fully enlightened; good report of; honoured by disciples; impossible for; leader of men; lucidity of wisdom;
not subject to delusion,; quest for enlightenment; past and future; physical characteristics; praise of; supernormal powers; teacher of group See also Tathāgata
Castes
Celibacy (brahmacariya)
Cessation (nirodha); of being; of formations; of identity; of suffering. See also Four Noble Truths; Nibbāna
Cessation of perception and feeling (saññāvedayitanirodha); and death; as basis for insight; as blindfolding Māra; as liberation
Charnel ground contemplations
Clinging (upādāna); and five aggregates; best object of; to doctrine of self
Cognized (viññāta)
Compassion (karuṇā); as basis for insight as immeasurable deliverance; as path to Brahma-world / (anukampā); for disciples
Conceit (māna),
Conceiving (maññita)
Concentration (samādhi); complacency over; enlightenment factor; obstacles to. See also Enlightenment factors; Faculties, spiritual; Jhānas; Noble Eightfold Path; Spiritual power, bases for
Conception (of embryo)
Concord (sāmaggı̄)
Conduct (caraṇa) / (samācāra). See also Action
Confession of wrong
Confidence (pasāda); unwavering. See also Faith
Conflict (raṇa)
Confrontation (sammukhā)
Consciousness (viññāṇa); aggregate of; bound by desire; dependently arisen; distracted externally; impermanent; leading to rebirth; manifestation of; mind-c.; not self; stuck internally. See also Aggregates
Contact (phassa); not self
Contempt (makkha)
Contentment (santosa)
Converting magic
Cordiality, principles of (sārāṇı̄yā dhammā)
Counsellor-treasure
Covering with grass
Covetousness (abhijjhā); abandoning of. See also Greed; Lust; Sensual desire
Craving (taṇhā); abandoned; as arrow; deliverance from; not self; origin of personality; origin of suffering. See also Four Noble Truths; Taints
Cruelty (vihiṁsā). See also Killing
Death (maraṇa); in Noble One’s Discipline; realm of
Deathless (amata). See also Nibbāna
Deceit (māyā)
Defiled Radiance, gods of (sankiliṭṭhābhā devatā)
Defilement (sankilesa)
Delight (nandı̄); and lust; in Dhamma / (rati)
Delight in creating, gods who (nimmānaratı̄ devā)
Deliverance (vimutti); by wisdom (paññāvimutti); of mind (cetovimutti); perpetual (asamaya); unshakeable (akuppa); with simile. See also Knowledge of destruction of taints; Liberation
Delusion (moha). See also Ignorance
Dependent origination (paṭicca samuppāda); as the Dhamma; hard to see
Desire (chanda). See Craving; Lust; Sensual desire
Desireless (appaṇihita)
Despair (upāyāsa)
Destination (gati). See also Divine eye; Reappearance
Dhamma: as refuge; badly proclaimed; confidence in; desire for; doubt about; good in the beginning, etc.; growth in; hearing; heirs in; higher (abhidhamma); inspiration in; man’s own wealth; monuments to; profound; purpose of; reflective acceptance of; similar to raft; summaries of; teaching of; visible here and now; vision of; well proclaimed; Wheel of. See also Dispensation; Holy life
Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta
Dhamma-follower (dhammānusārin)
Diligence (appamāda)
Direct knowledge (abhiññā); consummation of
Disciple in higher training (sekha). See also Noble disciple
Discontent (arati)
Disenchantment (nibbidā) / (anabhirati)
Dispassion (virāga). See also Fading away
Dispensation (sāsana). See also Dhamma; Holy life
Dispute (vivāda); six roots of
Diversity (nānatta)
Divine abodes (brahmavihāra) See also Altruistic joy; Compassion; Equanimity; Loving-kindness
Divine ear (dibbasota)
Divine eye (dibbacakkhu); and Buddha’s knowledge of kammic retribution; and theories of rebirth.; with simile
Divine messengers (devad̄ūta)
Doubt (vicikicchā); abandoning of; purification by overcoming See also Fetters; Hindrances
Earth element (pạhavı̄dh̄ātu); meditation like. See also Elements
Eating: at right time; at single session; little; meat; moderation in; to excess
Eel-wriggling (amar̄vikkhepa)
Effacement (sallekha)
Effort, right (samm̄ā v̄āȳāma). See also Energy; Noble Eightfold Path; Striving: right
Elation (ubbilla)
Elements (dhātu); eighteen; great elements (mah̄bh̄ta); six
Elephant-treasure
Endurance (adhiv̄āsan̄ā)
Energy (viriya); enlightenment factor of See also Enlightenment factors; Faculties, spiritual; Striving: right
Enlightenment (sambodhi); bliss of
Enlightenment factors (bojjhanga)
Enthusiasm (ussolhi)
Envy (iss̄ā)
Equanimity (upekkhā); as divine abode,; as immeasurable deliverance; as path to Brahma-world; based on diversity; based on unity; enlightenment factor of; insight based on; of household life; of renunciation See also Enlightenment factors; Jhānas
Eternalism (sassatavāda). See also Views: speculative
Evil One. See Index of Proper Names, Māra
Evil wishes (pāpicchā)
Exalted deliverance of mind (mahaggatacetovimutti)
Expressions (vohāra)
Extinguishing (parinibbāna)
Extolling and disparaging
Faculties, sense (indriya) See also Bases; Restraint of faculties
Faculties, spiritual (indriya)
Fading away (virāga). See also Dispassion
Faith (saddhā); supported by reasons. See also Confidence; Faculties, spiritual
Faith-follower (saddhānusārin)
False speech (musāvāda); abstention from
Fear (bhaya)
Fear of wrongdoing (ottappa)
Feeling (vedanā); aggregate of; and growth towards wholesome; and underlying tendencies; contemplation of; dependent on contact; full understanding of; impermanent; in arahant; in noble disciple; in ordinary person; in realms of rebirth; in Tathāgata; Niga˚ṭhas’ theory; not self. See also Aggregates
Fetters (saṁyojana)
Final knowledge (aññā). See also Arahant; Knowledge of destruction of taints
Fire element (tejodhātu); meditation like. See also Elements
Fool (bāla)
Forest dwelling
Formations (sankhāra); as aggregate; as volitional actions; bodily, verbal, mental; not self; vital. See also Aggregates
Foulness (asubha)
Foundations (adhitthāna)
Foundations of mindfulness. See Mindfulness, foundations of
Four Great Kings, gods of (cātummahārājikā devā)
Four Noble Truths (ariyasacca); as Buddhas’ special teaching; as Wheel of Dhamma. See also Knowledge of destruction of taints
Fraud (sāṭheyya)
Fruition attainment (phalasamāpatti)
Full admission (upasampadā) See also Going forth
Full awareness (sampajañña). See also Mindfulness: foundations of
Full understanding (pariññā); of aggregates; of clinging; of everything; of feeling; of material form; of sensual pleasures
Gain and honour
Generation (yoni)
Generosity (cāga). See also Giving
Ghosts (peta)
Giving (dāna)
Gladness (pāmojja)
Goal (niṭṭhā)
Gods (deva)
Going forth (pabbajjā); out of faith; without faith; why go forth?
Good qualities (saddhamma)
Gossip (samphappalāpa)abstention fromSee also Talk: pointless<
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Gradual training (anupubbasikkhā)
Great Fruit, gods of (vehapphalā devā)