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N Part, chapter, section.
M [Kitchen].
T [Cause / Support, help].
M Distinction made between causes and effects.
M Distinct.
M [Distinct (pacceka); The one who knows (buddha)] Being who reaches the knowledge of the four nobles truths by himself, but who remains alone, being devoid of the capacity to teach dhamma to others. A paccekabuddha appears– by definition– apart from a sásana.
M [Fact to cancel a determination].
M Fault due to a bhikkhu's negligence that can be purified by means of the desaná. There are 92 pácittiyas.
See also: The 92 pácittiyas
M [Main, essential].
M Main element necessary to the realisation of nibbána.
M [that which is provided with síla (pakatatta); being who renounces (bhikkhu)]. bhikkhu who has a pure and blameless síla.
M Part, side, wing. Period of rising and waning moon.
Dialect spoken by the contemporaries of the Buddha in the north of modern India. pá¦i was a languages particularly adapted to philosophical doctrines and legal affairs.
Buddha gave the whole of his teaching in pá¦i.
See also: The pali characters
M [Impediment, inconvenience, disturbance]. Circumstances or a situation not allowing one to be satisfied (lodging, food, clothing or hygiene).
M/F/N [Fact to kill].
T Wisdom.
F [Designation, term of calling]. That which is conventional.
M [Wisdom (pañña); proprietor, owner (inda)]. The one who is endowed with wisdom.
S [Specialist].
T [That which does generate loss]. Serious fault causing the loss of the status of bhikkhu for life. There are four párájikas (sexual intercourse, theft, murder, claim about non-obtained realisations). There are 4 párájika.
See also: The 4 párájikas
M [Absolute reality]. The universe is constituted with four paramatthas.
F [Noble practice, noble accomplishment]. Positive action by means of the body, speech or the mind, which is motivated by a will to progress on the path to perfection, the path of dhamma.
Only when the development of the páramís reaches the peak of its maturity can nibbána be experienced. There are 10 páramís:
| Name in Pali | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | dána páramí | Forsaking one's goods and possessions (animals or non living objects) by making gifts. |
| 2 | síla páramí | Control of one's actions and speeches in order to refrain from evil actions. |
| 3 | nekkhamma páramí | Renouncement of the life of the laity to the sake of a solitary life (bhikkhu, ermite). |
| 4 | pañña páramí | Development of knowledge and understanding through study and analytical reflection. Imparting knowledge to others. Making use of one's wisdom so as to take the highest benefits from it. |
| 5 | víriya páramí | Effort to do good to others as much as possible and to the peril one's life. |
| 6 | khantí páramí | Establishment of an always perfect tolerance, whatever, on others' behalf, performed actions and uttered speeches might be. |
| 7 | saccá páramí | Truthfulness (to tell only what is fair). |
| 8 | adhitthána páramí | Decision to solely perform beneficial actions and to stick to them. |
| 9 | mettá páramí | Cultivation of a state of mind turned towards others' happiness, to practice love towards all beings. |
| 10 | upekkhá páramí | Rejection of hatred and adoration. Not to stick to an idea in particular. Keeping one's mind even-minded. |
M [Surrounding (para); to address some reproaches (anuváda)]. The fact to be addressed some reproaches by others.
M Follower of a heretical school of thought. Monks affiliated to a school of thought teaching rituals rooted in false views (miccha ditthi).
N In a well determined manner, quite accurate.
M Fact to repeatedly indulge into healthy and positive actions such as generosity, benevolence and virtue (concentration is not involved here).
N [Definitive disappearance of all mental defilements]. As soon as nibbána (see this word) is experienced without the slightest attachment remaining , physical and mental phenomena do no longer have reasons to reappear; This is parinibbána.
See also: parinibbána
F Verbal attestation delivered to the saµgha by a bhikkhu, to indicate that his síla has been purified. This procedure permits to exempt a bhikkhu from participating again in the uposatha after having done it already in another monastery.
F [Barrier, protection]. Formula that is recited so as to bestow a general protection. There do exist several kinds of parittas. Notably, the paritta udaka and the paritta sutta:
The paritta udaka is meant for an effulgence of protection by means of water in direction of which the protective formula is being recited.
The paritta sutta is recited according to a procedure that is somehow similar, except that a thread is being utilised so as to disseminate the protection.
M [Fulfilment of an obligation (vasa) at a predetermined spot (pari)]. Obligation fulfilled to the sake of purifying oneself from a saµghádisesa.
Prior to be fit for full reintegration within the saµgha, the bhikkhu who has committed a saµghádisesa must perform the parivása: He must sleep in a building located apart and into which there should be no other bhikkhus. If he leaves the monastery's compound, he must be accompanied with another bhikkhu and cannot go away from him of a distance that exceeds twelve cubits.
F [Study of the dhamma].
N [Calm].
M [Inhaled air].
N [Bowl].
F [Earth].
N [Concentration at its deepest stage (pa†ibhága); image, object (nimitta)]. Meditation object that is perfectly clear, steady and devoid of any element causing disturbance.
F Analytical understanding of well structured rhetoric and discourses (oral and written), destined to make the dhamma easily understood by others.
Conditioned production of the twelve interdependent causes. It is the explanation of the anatta process, it rules over the appearance and disappearance of each phenomenon.
See also: paticca samuppáda
[That which is admitted, acknowledged]. Offence admitted openly. There are 4 pá†idesaníyas.
See also: The 4 pá†idesaníyas
F Contemplation of the loathsome character of the body. Observation of the 32 parts of the body (the 32 ko††hásas).
N [Fact to be careful about sth, to take care of]. Rule designed for watching one's behaviour.
Set of the two hundred twenty seven rules of conduct and training that each bhikkhu is supposed to observe. These rules are not subject to a preestablished disciplinary code, they have only been gradually established, as faults were commited from time to time.
See also: The pátimokkha
[Method, path, way to do].
F [Putting into practice of the dhamma].
M [To dwell (patirípa); region (desa); appropriate (vása)]. Spot that is a propitious place to live. Region, climate and conditions, which are appropriate for living without difficulties.
F Analytical understanding. This understanding can take place only upon reaching the stage of arahanta, but it is not systematic.
F Exasperation, general fed up with the way things are going, complete disinterest towards the world.
M [Realisation of the dhamma] (nibbána).
N [Fact to eat with a bowl (pattapišðndika); state of mind (aýga)]. (dhutaýga 6).
Practice taught by Buddha, but which is not compulsory according to vinaya and which lies in eating only by means of one's bowl, without utilising other utensils.
F Closing day of the vassa.
Traditionally, this day gives rise to a great ceremony of offerings. The paváraná takes place on the day following the full moon of October.
N [Interdiction, refusal].
See also: pácittiya 35
M Being living in the compound of apáya worlds, situated between the world of animals and the world of hells.
N [Fruit] Benefit, effect, consequence.
N Knowledge of an effect out of suspicion. Fact to guess the consequence of something owing to fact of knowing its causes.
F [Coarse language]. Abusive, vulgar and rude language, .
M [Tactile sense]. Contact, tactile sense.
[Food offered to the bhikkhus].
[Food being offered to the bhikkhus (pinda); bowl (páta)] Fact to go to receive (concerning a bhikkhu) some food (within the bowl), while silently waiting in front of houses, holding the bowl in front of oneself, ready to lift up the lid as soon as someone comes close to oneself for offering food.
F [Slanderous speech, calumny, slandering].
M Joy, enthusiasm. Sensation of physical and mental lightness given by the purity of consciousness.
N [In advance (pubba); work (karaša)]. Preparations that are to take place within the símá before the uposatha:
See also: The four pubbakaranas
M [Related to a premonition].
N [In advance (pubba); case (kicca)]. Things that are to be reported at the beginning of the uposatha:
See also: The five pubbakiccas
F [Before (pubbe); action (kata); merit (puññatá)]. Merit owing to former actions.
N Knowledge enabling to see past lives.
Ordinary being (the opposite of an "ariyá"). A puthujjana is a being who hasn't experienced nibbána yet, who is still under the power of false views.
