Charity == 布施
Or almsgiving, the first Paramita. There are three kinds of charity in terms of goods, doctrines (Dharma) and courage (fearlessness). Out of the three, the merits and virtues of doctrines charity is the most surpassing. Charity done for no reward here and hereafter is called pure or unsullied, while the sullied charity is done for the purpose of personal benefits. In Buddhism, the merits and virtues of pure charity is the best.
ma^na (q.v.); further s. samyojana.
effort of: s. padha^na.
image (during concentration): s. nimitta, kasina, sama^dhi.
the: sankhata (q.v.).
evil views with fixed d.: niyata-miccha^-ditthi (q.v.). Men with fixed d.: niyata-puggala (q.v.). See gati.
upa^saka (q.v.) .
”woeful course” (of existence); s. gati.
8 sources of e.: samvega-vatthu (q.v.). The 4 places rousing emotion; samvejani^ya-ttha^na (q.v.).
mental: s. cetasika. - F. of absorption, s. jha^na - F. of enlightenment, s. bojjhanga.
The 10 f. binding to existence; s. samyojana.
Hua Tou == 話頭
Intense concentration on a question-word which defies any answer and allows no answer at all. Literally, it refers to the source of word before it is uttered. It is a method used in Ch”an Sect to arouse the doubt. The practitioner meditates on questions as who is reciting the Buddha”s name?. He does not rely on experience or reasoning. Sometimes, it is also known as Kung-an.
cf. pan~n~a^, vipassana^, n~a^na.
and ji^vitindriya: ”Life, vitality”, may be either physical (rúpa-ji^vitindriya) or mental (na^ma-ji^vitindriya). The latter is one of the mental factors inseparably associated with all consciousness; cf. na^ma, cetana^, phassa.
”lightness”, or ”agility”, may be of 3 kinds: of corporeality (rúpassa lahuta^; s. khandha, I ), of mental factors (ka^ya-lahuta^), and of consciousness (citta-lahuta^). Cf. Tab. II.
(regarding the absorptions): s. vasi^. - 8 stages of: abhibha^yatana (q.v.).
one, the: gotrabhú (q.v.).
”altruistic (or sympathetic) joy”, is one of the 4 sublime abodes (brahma-viha^ra, q.v.).