s. a^ka^sa.
Stupa == 塔
It refers to a place where the Buddha”s true body resides.
kinha (or-kinna): s. deva, II.
Sudra == 首陀罗
the lowest of the four Indian Castes at the time of Shakyamuni. They were peasants, slaves and serfs.
pleasant, happy; happiness, pleasure, joy, bliss. It is one of the three feelings (s. vedana^) and may be either bodily or mental. The texts distinguish between the happiness of the senses and the h. of renunciation (A. II), worldly (carnal; sa^misa) and unworldly (non-carnal; nira^misa) happiness (M. 10). See A. II, ch. VIII. - Happiness is an indispensable condition for attaining concentration of mind (sama^dhi, q.v.), and therefore it is one of the 5 factors (or constituents) of the 1st absorption (jha^nanga; s. jha^na) and is present up to the 3rd absorption inclusively."The mind of the happy one has concentration as its fruit and reward" (A.X,1). - "In him who is filled with happiness, right concentration has found a foundation" (A.X,3).
Sutra == 经
It is a "path" necessarily passed through in the cultivation of the Way.
kasina ”wind-kasina”, is one of the kasina exercises (kasina, q.v.).
The 5 kinds of vasi^ are probably found first in the Vis.M.
”mastery”. Vis.M. IV speaks of 5 kinds of m., which anyone who wishes to develop the absorptions (jha^na, q.v.) should acquire first of all, with regard to the 1st absorption, namely: mastery in adverting to it (a^vajjana-vasi^), in entering it (sama^pajjana-vasi^), in determining it (adhittha^na-vasi^), in rising therefrom (vuttha^na-vasi^), in retrospection (paccavekkhana-vasi^). - (App.).
"If wherever, whenever, and for whatever duration desired, one enters the 1st absorption, and at one”s entering it, no slowness is experienced, this is called mastery in entering the absorption, etc. In an analogous way, the 4 remaining kinds are to be explained" (Vis.M. IV, 131f; XXIII, 27ff.).
1.”round”, 2.”round of rebirths”.
(1) With reference to the dependent origination (paticcasamuppa^da, q.v.), Vis.M. XVII speaks of 3 rounds: the karma round (kamma-vatta) comprising the karma-formations and the karmaprocess (2nd and 10th links); the round of defilements (kilesa-vatta) comprising ignorance, craving and clinging (1st, 8th and 9th links); the round of results (vipa^ka-vatta) comprising consciousness, mind and corporeality, 6 bases, impression, feeling (3rd-7th links). Cf. paticcasamuppa^da (diagram).
(2) round of rebirth = samsa^ra (q.v.).
Vigor == 精进
the fourth Paramita, pure and unadulterated progress, i.e. zealous and courageous progressing in the good, and eliminating the evil.
kasina, white-k., wind-k.: s. kasina.
period, formation, dissolution: s. kappa.
the 3-fold: loka (q.v.).
understanding (or view), w. thought, w. speech; etc: s. miccha^-magga.
Yaksa == 夜叉
The demons in the lower realm, like the Ghost Realm. They are evil, malignant and violent. They live on earth or in air.
yoga, q.v.
- 庄春江居士编