the: a^nantariya (q.v.).
chanda (q.v.) .
(of corporeality, mental factors and consciousness): lahuta^ (q.v.).
”supermundane”, is a term for the 4 paths and 4 fruitions of sota^patti, etc. (s. ariya-puggala), with Nibba^na as ninth. Hence one speaks of ”9 supermundane things” (nava-lokuttara-dhamma). Cf. prec.
lit., ”grown great”, i.e.”developed”, exalted, supernormal. As mahaggata-citta, it is the state of ”developed consciousness”, attained in the fine-material and immaterial absorptions (s. jha^na); it is mentioned in the mind-contemplation of the Satipattha^na Sutta (M. 10). - As mahaggata^rammana, it is the ”developed mental object” of those absorptions and is mentioned in the ”object triad” of the Abhidhamma schedule and Dhs. (s. Guide, p. 6).
”wrongnesses” = prec.
s. oja^, a^ha^ra. - a^ha^ra is one of the 24 conditions (paccaya, q.v.) - n.- produced corporeality; s. samuttha^na.
the 10 o. of meditation: palibodha (q.v.); for the 5 mental obstacles, or hindrances, s. ni^varana.
”learning the doctrine”, the ”wording of the doctrine”. In the ”progress of the disciple” (q.v.), 3 stages may be distinguished: theory, practice, realization, i.e. (1) learning the wording of the doctrine (pariyatti), (2) practising it (patipatti), (3) penetrating it (pativedha) and realising its goal. (App.).
1.”Road”, ”path”; for instance in dukkhanirodha-ga^mini^-patipada^, ”the road leading to the extinction of suffering” (= 4th Noble Truth); majjhima-patipada^, ”the Middle Way”.
2.”Progress” (see also the foll. article). There are 4 modes of progress to deliverance: (1) painful progress with slow comprehension (dukkha^ patipada^ dandha^bhin~n~a^), (2) painful progress with quick comprehension, (3) pleasant progress with slow comprehension, (4) pleasant progress with quick comprehension. In A. IV, 162 it is said:
(1) "Some person possesses by nature excessive greed, excessive hate, excessive delusion, and thereby he often feels pain and sorrow; and also the 5 mental faculties, as faith, energy, mindfulness, concentration and wisdom (s. indriya 15-19) are dull in him; and by reason thereof he reaches only slowly the immediacy (a^nantariya, q.v) to the cessation of all cankers.
(2) Some person possesses by nature excessive greed, etc., but the 5 mental faculties are sharp in him and by reason thereof he reaches quickly the immediacy to the cessation of all cankers ....
(3) "Some person possesses by nature no excessive greed, etc., but the 5 mental faculties are dull in him, and by reason thereof he reaches slowly the immediacy to the cessation of all cankers ....
(4) ”Some person possessess by nature no excessive greed, etc., and the mental faculties are sharp in him, and by reason thereof he reaches quickly the immediacy to the cessation of all cankers ....
See A. IV, 162, 163, 166-169; Dhs. 176ff; Atthasa^lini Tr. I, 243; 11, 291, 317.
practice, or ”pursuance” of the teaching, as distinguished from the mere theoretical knowledge of its wording (pariyatti, q.v.).
s. pariyatti.
s. pariyatti.
”penetration”, signifies the realization of the truth of the Dhamma, as distinguished from the mere acquisition of its wording (pariyatti), or the practice (patipatti) of it, in other words, realization as distinguished from theory and practice. Cf. pariyatti.
anantara, is one of the 24 conditions (paccaya, q.v.).
s. patisambhida^.
Sariputra == 舍利弗
One of the Ten Great Disciples of Shakyamuni, noted for his wisdom and learning. He was also the right-hand attendant on Shakyamuni. He figures prominently in certain sutras. He is represented as standing with Maudgalyayana by the Buddha when entering Nirvana. He is to reappear as Padmaprabha Buddha.
Sensation == 受
or Feeling. The Sanskrit word is Vedana. One of the Five Skandhas. See Five Skandhas.