Buddhist+Glossary

BUDDHIST GLOSSARY // However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them? Buddha // 
 * || Abhidhamma/Abhidharma || The third section of the Buddhist canon devoted to human psychology and philosophy ||  ||
 * || Anapanasati || Mindfulness of breathing ||  ||
 * || Arahant || Enlightened one; someone whose mind is completely free from the defilements; a person who is no longer bound to cyclic existence ||  ||
 * || Beginner’s Mind || A mind that is open to the experience of the moment, free of conceptual overlays; first made popular by the Zen teacher Suzuki Roshi ||  ||
 * || Bhikkhu  || A Buddhist monk ||   ||
 * || Bhikkhuni || A Buddhist nun ||  ||
 * || Bodhi || Enlightenment, awakening ||  ||
 * || Bodhisatta/Bodhisattva || One who has taken a vow to become a fully enlightened Buddha; someone known for an unbounded readiness and availability to help all sentient beings ||  ||
 * || Buddha || Fully awakened one ||  ||
 * || Buddha-Dharma/Dhamma || The teachings of the Buddha ||  ||
 * || Dana || The practice of giving; generosity. ||  ||
 * || Dukkha  || Suffering; of pain, both mental and physical, of change, and endemic to cyclic existance; ||   ||
 * || Feeling Tone || the pleasant, unpleasant or neutral tone that arises with every experience; ||  ||
 * || Karma/Kamma || Action, deed; the law of cause and effect; intentional action, either wholesome or unwholesome that brings either pleasant or unpleasant results respectively ||  ||
 * || Mental Noting || A technique used in meditation to help direct the mind to the object of meditation ||  ||
 * || Metta || Loving kindness, gentle friendship; a practice for generating lovingkindness said to be first taught by the Buddha as an antidote to fear. ||  ||
 * || Middle Way || A spiritual path that avoids extremes of self-mortification and self-indulgence, as discovered and taught by the Buddha ||  ||
 * || Saddha || Faith, confidence; ||  ||
 * || Samadhi || Concentration; a deep state of meditation; ||  ||
 * || Sankhara || Mental or physical formation ||  ||
 * || Sense Doors || The six perceptual gates through which we experience the world. ||  ||
 * || Theravada || Path of the Elders; the form of Buddhism found throughout many parts of Southeast Asia. ||  ||
 * || Vinaya        || Discipline; the rules and regulations governing the conduct of Buddhist monks and nuns ||   ||
 * || Viriya || The physical and mental energy needed for diligent mindfulness practice; the strong, courageous heart of energy. ||  ||
 * || Yogi || One who is undertaking the spiritual path of awakening; a meditator ||  ||