..續本文上一頁Tempter, which appears in a seemingly benevolent form.
57. The Five Khandhas: Form (rupa), feeling (vedana), perception (sañña), conceptualization or mental formations (sankhara) and sense-consciousness (viññana). These comprise the psycho-physical experience known as the "self."
58. Anagami (nonreturner): The third "level" of enlightenment, which is reached on the abandonment of the five "lower fetters" (of a total of ten) which bind the mind to worldly existence. The first two "levels" are sotapanna ("stream-enterer") and sakadagami ("once-returner"), the last being araham ("worthy or accomplished one").
59. That is, one who lives dependent on the generosity of others.
60. Transience, Imperfection, and Ownerlessness.
61. 2522 of the Buddhist Era, or 1979 CE.
62. The pañcavaggiya, or "group of five," who followed the Buddha-to-be (Bodhisatta) when he was cultivating ascetic practices, and who left him when he renounced them for the Middle Way, shortly after which the Bodhisatta attained Supreme Enlightenment.
63. Sankhara: conditioned phenomena. The Thai usage of this term usually refers specifically to the body, though sankhara also refers to mental phenomena.
64. Form is impermanent, feeling is impermanent, perception is impermament, volition is impermanent, consciousness is impermanent.
65. micchaditthi: Wrong-view.
66. The ten paramita (perfections): generosity, morality, renunciation, wisdom, effort, patience, truthfulness, resolution, goodwill and equanimity.
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