4 ways of: s. pan~ha^-bya^karana.
s. vimokkha. - Appanihita^nupassana^; s. vipassana^.
The ”analytical knowledge of meaning”, is one of the 4 kinds of analytical knowledge (patisambhida^, q.v.).
upapi^laka-kamma; s. karma.
cuti-citta, is one of the 14 functions of consciousness (vin~n~a^na-kicca, q.v.).
vica^ra; s. vitakka-vica^ra.
Four Great Elements == 四大
All matters are formed and are composed by four conditioned causes :
(1) earth, which is characterized by solidity and durability
(2) water, which is characterized by liquid/fluid and moisture
(3) fire, which is characterized by energy and warmth
(4) wind, which is characterized by gas/air movement
Four Unlimited Mind == 四無量心
The mind of Bodhisattva:
1. Kindness
2. Compassion
3. Delight
4. Renunciation
sa^man~n~a-phala (q.v.)
a^nupubbi^katha^ (q.v.).
s. ma^na.
s. carita.
s. sobhana.
the 8 ”thoughts of a great man”, are described in A. VIII, 30, and D. 34.
”Middle Path”, is the Noble Eightfold Path which, by avoiding the two extremes of sensual lust and self-torment, leads to enlightenment and deliverance from suffering.
To give oneself up to indulgence in sensual pleasure (ka^ma-sukha), the base, common, vulgar, unholy, unprofitable; and also to give oneself up to self-torment (atta-kilamatha), the painful, unholy, unprofitable, both these two extremes the Perfect One has avoided and has found the Middle Path (s. magga), which causes one both to see and to know, and which leads to peace, to discernment, to enlightenment, to Nibba^na. It is the Noble Eightfold Path, the way that leads to the extinction of suffering, namely: right understanding, right thought, right speech, right bodily action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration" (S. LVI, 11).
eka-voka^ra-bhava (q.v.).
Right Concentration == 正定
right abstraction, the eighth of the Eightfold Path; meditation, focusing the mind without distraction, preparing the mind to attain wisdom.
Right Understanding == 正見
see Right View.