s. paccaya.
a ”person with a fixed destiny”, may be either one who has committed one of the 5 ”heinous deeds with immediate result” (a^nantarika-kamma, q.v.), or one who follows ”wrong views with fixed destiny” (niyata-miccha^-ditthi, q.v.), or one who has reached one of the 4 stages of holiness (s. ariya-puggala). About the latter cf. the frequent passage: "Those disciples in whom the 3 fetters (of personality-belief, sceptical doubt and attachment to mere rules and ritual; s. samyojana) have vanished, they all have entered the stream, have forever escaped the states of woe; fixed is their destiny (niyata), assured their final enlightenment."
magga-paccaya, is one of the 24 conditions (paccaya, q.v.).
cf. puggala, paramattha-sacca, desana^, anatta^, satta.
s. hetu.
s. kappa.
”the sources of emotion”, or of a sense of urgency, are 8: "birth, old age, disease, death, being 4; the suffering in the lower states of existence being the 5th; further, the misery of the past rooted in the cycle of rebirth, the misery of the future rooted in the cycle of rebirth, the misery of the present rooted in the search after food" (Vis.M. III.).
the 4 ”ways of showing favour” are liberality, kindly speech, beneficial actions, impartiality (A. IV, 32; VIII, 24).
Six Fulfilment == 六成就(佛经开卷的内容:如是、我闻、说法的时间、说法人、地点、听众)
the six requirements indicating that the Sutra is a true record of teachings given directly by the Buddha. They are the fulfilment of meeting the requirement
1.on belief 2.on hearing 3.on time 4.on of the host 5.on place 6.on audiences
s. carita.
Ten Directions == 十方
the ten directions of space, i.e. the eight points of the compass and the nadir and zenith. There is a Buddha in each direction.
Ten Good Deeds == 十善
The Ten Forms of Good Actions for layman, or Ten Wholesomeness.
1.No killing
2.No stealing
3.No adultery
4.No lying
5.No slandering
6.No harsh speech
7.No idle talks
8.No greed
9.No hatred
10.No illusion
It is essential for the rebirth in Deva realm.
power of: s. iddhi.
anicca (q.v.).
Twelve Nidanas == 十二因缘
see the Twelve Links of Dependent Origination.
”annihilation-view”; s. ditthi.
s. nimitta.
”one who already during a given explanation comes to penetrate the truth” (Pug.). This is one of four types of persons classified according to their ability of acquiring insight, mentioned in A. IV, 133. Cf. also vipacitan~n~u, neyya, pada-parama. See The Requisites of Enlightenment, by Ledi Sayadaw (WHEEL 171/174) p. 1ff.