..續本文上一頁al reality, while transcendence (vimutti) refers to the liberation from attachment to or delusion within it.

　　29. Mara: the Buddhist personification of evil, the Tempter, that force which opposes any attempts to develop goodness and virtue.

　　30. The play on words here between the Thai "phadtibut" (practice) and "wibut" (disaster) is lost in the English.

　　31. These are the two extremes pointed out as wrong paths by the Buddha in his First Discourse. They are normally rendered as "Indulgence in sense pleasures" and "Self mortification."

　　32. "Pa-kow: an eight-precept postulant, who often lives with bhikkhus and, in addition to his own meditation practice, also helps them with certain services which bhikkhus are forbidden by the Vinaya from doing.

　　33. The level of nothingness, one of the "formless absorptions," sometimes called the seventh "jhana," or absorption.

　　34. Bimba, or Princess Yasodhara, the Buddha”s former wife; Rahula, his son.

　　35. Rupa -- material or physical objects; nama -- immaterial or mental objects -- the physical and mental constituents of being.

　　36. Nibbana -- the state of liberation from all conditioned states.

　　37. The Thai word for bhava -- "pop" -- would have been a familiar term to Ajahn Chah”s audience. It is generally understood to mean "Sphere of rebirth." Ajahn Chah”s usage of the word here is somewhat unconventional, emphasizing a more practical application of the term.

　　38. Both the red ants and their eggs are used for food in North East Thailand, so that such raids on their nests were not so unusual.

　　39. The first line of the traditional Pali words of homage to the Buddha, recited before giving a formal Dhamma talk. Evam is the traditional Pali word for ending a talk.

　　40. Glot -- the Thai "dhutanga" or forest-dwelling monks” large umbrella from which, suspended from a tree, they hang a mosquito net in which to stay while in the forest.

　　41. The body on the first night had been that of a child.

　　42. The last line of the traditional Pali lines listing the qualities of the Dhamma.

　　43. Mahanikai and Dhammayuttika are the two sects of Theravada sangha in Thailand.

　　44. A Thai expression meaning, "Don”t overdo it."

　　45. Thirteen practices allowed by the Buddha over and above the general disciplinary code, for those who which to practice more ascetically.

　　46. Part of a Pali verse, traditionally recited at funeral ceremonies. The meaning of the full verse if, "Alas, transient are all compounded things/Having arisen, they cease/Being born, they die/The cessation of all compounding is true happiness."

　　47. Novices.

　　48. The word dhamma can be used in different ways. In this talk, the Venerable Ajahn refers to Dhamma -- the teachings of the Buddha; to dhammas -- "things"; and to Dhamma -- the experience of transcendent "Truth."

　　49. At that time Sariputta had his first insight into the Dhamma, attaining sotapatti, or "stream-entry."

　　50. That is, nibbida, disinterest in the lures of the sensual world.

　　51. The Truth of Suffering, the Truth of its Cause, the Truth of its Cessation and the Truth of the Way (leading to the cessation of suffering): The Four Noble Truths.

　　52. Observance days, held roughly every fortnight, on which monks confess their offenses and recite the disciplinary precepts, the Patimokkha.

　　53. The heartwood from the jackfruit tree is boiled down and the resulting color used both to dye and to wash the robes of the forest monks.

　　54. Bojjjhanga -- the Seven Factors of Enlightenment: sati, recollection; dhamma-vicaya, inquiry into dhammas; viriya, effort; piti, joy; passadhi, peace; samadhi, concentration; and upekkha, equanimity.

　　55. The central body of the monastic code, which is recited fortnightly in the Pali language.

　　56. Devaputta Mara -- the Mara, or …

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