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Abhidhamma. See also Psychology and Buddhism.: Abhidhamma Pitaka; A Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma (Introduction) (Bodhi); The Abhidhamma in Practice (Mendis)
Adhitthana (determination, resolution). See also Paramis.: Four determinations: MN 140
Adinava (drawbacks, dangers). See also Gradual instruction.: "Drawbacks" in the Path to Freedom pages; ~ of feeling: MN 13; ~ of form: MN 13; ~ of sensuality: MN 13, MN 14, MN 54, SN 1.20, Iti 95; ~ of clingable phenomena: SN 12.52; ~ of aging, illness, and death: AN 3.62, AN 4.252; ~ of supranormal powers: DN 11; ~ of unskillful thoughts: MN 20; ~ of unskillful conduct: AN 2.18; As one of ten perceptions: AN 10.60
Admonishment. See also Speech.: "Right Speech" in the Path to Freedom pages; Making oneself easy to admonish: MN 21; The Buddha's strong words to his son Rahula: MN 61; What to do if someone just won't listen to reason: AN 4.111
Aging. See also Death; Divine messengers; Illness.: The Buddha spits on ~: SN 48.41; Description of ~: MN 9; Understanding of ~ as a basis for Right View: MN 9; "Aging" (Dhammapada XI); Effects of ~ on the body: Thig 13.1; How to train yourself when your body is old and decrepit: SN 22; You're never too old to realize the Dhamma: Thig 5.8; Age is no measure of wisdom: SN 3.1; Advice to two aging brahmans: AN 3.51, AN 3.52; "Beyond Coping: The Buddha's Teachings on Aging, Illness, Death, and Separation" (Study Guide); "The 1st Noble Truth" in the Path to Freedom pages
AIDS. See also Illness.: "Using Meditation to Deal with Pain, Illness and Death: A talk given to a conference on AIDS, HIV and other Immuno-deficiency Disorders" (Thanissaro); "Beyond Coping: The Buddha's Teachings on Aging, Illness, Death, and Separation" (Study Guide)
Anapanasati (mindfulness of breathing).: The Buddha's principal teaching on ~: MN 118; How ~ leads to Awakening: SN 54.13; ~ should be developed no matter how far along you are in your meditation practice: SN 54.8; As one of the ten Recollections: See Recollections, ten.; As one of the ten Perceptions: AN 10.60; As a method of subduing lust: SN 8.4; As a method of subduing annoying thoughts: Iti 85; Five qualities a practitioner of ~ should develop: AN 5.96, AN 5.97, AN 5.98; Anapana Sati: Meditation on Breathing (Ariyadhamma); "Basic Breath Meditation Instructions" (Thanissaro); Dhamma talks by Thanissaro Bhikkhu: Meditations: Forty Dhamma Talks; Meditations 2; Meditations 3; Meditations 4; "A Guided Meditation" (Thanissaro); "The Agendas of Mindfulness" (Thanissaro); "De-perception" (Thanissaro); Breath Meditation Condensed (Kee); Keeping the Breath in Mind (Lee); See also many other books by Ajaan Lee and Ajaan Fuang.
Anatta (not-self). See also Tilakkhana (three characteristics of existence).: Reflection on ~ as a basis for insight: SN 22.59; Why the Buddha did not take a position on the question of whether or not there is a self: SN 44.10; The views "I have a self" and "I have no self" are equally wrong: MN 22; Identifying the five khandhas as "self" is the cause of affliction: SN 22.1; As one of seven perceptions: AN 7.46; As one of ten perceptions: AN 10.60; Relation of ~ to dependent co-arising: DN 15; Contemplation of the six senses in terms of ~: MN 148; Not understanding ~ is like being a dog tied to a post: SN 22.99; Three Basic Facts of Existence: Volume 3, Egolessness (various authors); "Consciousnesses" (Lee); The No-self Characteristic (Mendis); "No-self or Not-self?" (Thanissaro); "The Not-self Strategy" (Thanissaro); Meditating on No-self (Khema)
Anger. See also Conflict; Ill-will (vyapada); Kilesa (defilements); Khanti (patience); Metta (loving-kindness); Nivarana (hindrances); War.: As the only thing that's good to kill: SN 1.71; What to do if someone is angry with you: SN 7.2, SN 11.4; What to do when ~ arises: Thag 6.12; The best response to ~ (a debate between two deities): SN 11.5; ~ can carve into you like an inscription in stone: AN 3.130; ~ can never be conquered with more ~: SN 11.4, Dhp 3; "Anger" (Dhammapada XVII); The dangers of giving in to ~: AN 7.60; The Elimination of Anger (Piyatissa); Positive Response: How to Meet Evil with Good (Buddharakkhita)
Anicca (impermanence, inconstancy). See also Tilakkhana (three characteristics of existence).: As one of seven perceptions: AN 7.46; As one of ten perceptions: AN 10.60; Ponder ~ constantly: Thag 1.111; Contemplate ~ to overcome ignorance: Iti 85; Everything in the world is subject to disintegration: SN 35.82; The Three Basic Facts of Existence: Volume 1, Impermanence (Nyanaponika, ed); "All About Change" (Thanissaro)
Anusaya (obsession; underlying tendency).: Seven ~: AN 7.11; AN 7.12; Three ~ in relationship to pleasant, painful, and neutral feeling: MN 44; MN 148; SN 36.6; With the end of the categories of objectification, the ~ come to an end: MN 18
Anussati — see Recollections, ten.
Apaya-mukha (path to deprivation).: Advice to householders on how to avoid the ~: AN 8.54, DN 31; "The Path to Peace and Freedom for the Mind," (Lee)
Appamada (heedfulness, zeal).: Defined: SN 35.97, SN 48.56; Difference between ~ and its opposite: SN 35.97; ~ is the foremost skillful quality (ten similes): AN 10.15; As the one quality that can provide security: SN 3.17; What constitutes living with ~: SN 55.40; The Buddha's last words: DN 16, SN 6.15; "Heedfulness" (Dhammapada II); Benefits of ~: Iti 23; Wake up!: Sn 2.10; "A Note on Openness" (Bodhi)
Appropriate attention — see Yoniso-manasikara.
Arahant (fully-awakened being). See also Buddha; Nibbana.: Stock passage describing attainment of arahantship: AN 6.55; Stock passage describing the qualities of an ~: AN 6.55; Who can find fault in an ~?: Ud 7.6; Why an ~ continues meditating: SN 16.5; Does an ~ feel pain?: SN 1.38, SN 4.13; Does an ~ grieve?: SN 21.2; An ~'s actions bear no kammic fruit, good or evil: AN 3.33, Dhp 39, Dhp 267, Dhp 412; What is the difference between an ~ and a Buddha?: SN 22.58; What is the difference between an ~ and a "learner" (sekha)?: SN 48.53; How to recognize if you're an ~: SN 35.152; "Arahants" (Dhammapada VII); "Brahmans" (Dhammapada XXVI); Fate of ~ after death: MN 72, SN 22.85, SN 22.86; Nine unskillful acts an ~ is incapable of doing: AN 9.7; "Arahants, Bodhisattvas, and Buddhas" (Bodhi); "The Conventional Mind, the Mind Released," in Straight From the Heart (Boowa)
Ariya-atthangika magga — see Noble Eightfold Path.
Ariya sacca — see Four Noble Truths.
Asava (fermentations, effluents, outflows, taints). See also Kilesa.: The Buddha's principal teaching on ~: MN 2; Understanding of ~ as a basis for Right View: MN 9; Three ~: Iti 56, Iti 57; ~ and right view: MN 117; Six important aspects of ~ to be understood: AN 6.63
Ascetic practices.: Thirteen ~: Thag 16.7; The Buddha describes the ~ he practiced as a bodhisatta: MN 12; Which ascetic practices should be observed?: AN 10.94
Asoka (Indian King, r. 273-232 B.C.E.).: The Edicts of King Asoka (Dhammika); That the True Dhamma Might Last a Long Time: Readings Selected by King Asoka (Thanissaro)
Asubha (unattractiveness, loathsomeness). See also Body; Nibbida; Sensuality.: Contemplation of ~ to maintain one's resolve towards celibacy: SN 35.127; As one of seven beneficial reflections: AN 7.46; Mastery of ~ is a quality to be developed: MN 152; Unattractiveness of the body as one of ten perceptions: AN 10.60; The body as an unlanced boil: AN 9.15; Using contemplation of ~ to subdue lust: Iti 85; also "The Work of a Contemplative," in Things as They Are (Boowa); Ven. Ananda's advice to Ven. Vangisa on overcoming lust: SN 8.4; Ajaan Maha Boowa's story of conquering lust by contemplating ~: "An Heir to the Dhamma," in Straight From the Heart (Boowa); Ven. Sister Subha plucks out an eye: Thig 14.1; Bag of Bones: A Miscellany on the Body (Khantipalo)
Attachment. See also Sensuality; Tanha (craving).: Does ~ to possessions really bring happiness?: SN 4.8; ~ to loved ones as a cause of sorrow: SN 42.11, AN 5.30, Ud 8.8; ~ to the body as a cause of further pain: Sn 4.2
Attha-sila (the eight precepts) — see Precepts.
Aversion — see Ill-will (vyapada).
Avijja (ignorance). See also Kilesa (defilements); Paticca-samuppada (dependent co-arising).: As a flood: SN 45.171; As a yoke: AN 4.10; As one of the fetters (Sanyojana): AN 10.13; As one of the obsessions (Anusaya): AN 7.11, AN 7.12; As the cause of wrong view, wrong resolve, etc.: SN 45.1; What one thing must one abandon in order to overcome ~?: SN 35.80; "Ignorance" in the Path to Freedom pages; Understanding of ~ as a basis for Right View: MN 9; As an obstruction: Iti 14; "Unawareness Converges...," in Straight From the Heart (Boowa); "Ignorance" (Thanissaro); "The Intricacies of Ignorance" (Kee)
Awakening. See also Nibbana; Vimutti (release).: Factors for ~: see Bojjhanga.; Is ~ "gradual" or "sudden"?: Ud 5.5; "The Meaning of the Buddha's Awakening" — in Part III of Refuge: An Introduction to the Buddha, Dhamma, and Sangha (Thanissaro); "A Refuge in Awakening" (Lee)
Awareness — see Sati.
Ayoniso manasikara (inappropriate attention). See also Yoniso manasikara (appropriate attention).: What to do when the mind is being consumed by unskillful thoughts: SN 9.11

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Bala (the five strengths). See also Bodhipakkhiya-dhamma.: Definition of the ~: AN 5.2; "The Five Strengths" in The Wings to Awakening (Thanissaro); "Food for the Mind" in Food for Thought (Lee); "The Path of Strength," in Things as They Are (Boowa)
Beginning meditation — see Introduction to meditation practice.
Bhava (becoming). See also Paticca-samuppada (dependent co-arising).: As a flood: SN 45.171; As a yoke: AN 4.10; Paradox of Becoming, The (Thanissaro)
Bhikkhu — see Monastic Life.
Bhikkhuni — see Monastic Life.
Biographies.: "A Sketch of the Buddha's Life: Readings from the Pali Canon" in the Path to Freedom pages; Account of the Buddha's life in Chapter 2 of Refuge: An Introduction to the Buddha, Dhamma, and Sangha (Thanissaro); Ananda: Ananda: The Guardian of the Dhamma (Hecker); Anathapindika: Anathapindika: The Great Benefactor (Hecker); Angulimala: Angulimala: A Murderer's Road to Sainthood (Hecker); Buddhist Women: Buddhist Women at the Time of the Buddha (Hecker); Maha Kaccana: Maha Kaccana: Master of Doctrinal Exposition (Bodhi); Maha Kassapa: Maha Kassapa: Father of the Sangha (Hecker); Maha-Moggallana: Life of Maha-Moggallana (Hecker); Sariputta: The Life of Sariputta (Nyanaponika); Ajaan Lee: The Autobiography of Phra Ajaan Lee (Lee); Ajaan ThateThe Autobiography of a Forest Monk (Thate)
Birth — see Jati.
Bisexuality — see Sexual identity.
Bodhipakkhiya-dhamma (37 Wings to Awakening).: The Wings to Awakening: an Anthology from the Pali Canon (Thanissaro); ~ and their relation to the six senses: MN 149; Prerequisites for the development of the ~: AN 9.1; As related to breath meditation: "Wings to Awakening" in The Skill of Release (Lee)
Also look under each of its constituent seven sets:: Satipatthana (4 Frames of Reference);; Sammappadhana (4 Right Exertions);; Iddhipada (4 Bases of Power);; Indriya (5 Mental Faculties);; Bala (5 Strengths);; Bojjhanga (7 Factors for Awakening);; Noble Eightfold Path.
Body. See also Asubha; Attachment; Sensuality.: Mindfulness of the ~: see Satipatthana.; Thirty-two parts of the ~: Khp 3, A Chanting Guide, "Disenchantment" (Suwat); Foulness of ~: AN 9.15, Sn 1.11, Thag 10.5; "Bodily Debts" in Food for Thought (Lee); Bag of Bones: A Miscellany on the Body (Khantipalo); "Body Contemplation" (Study Guide); "This Body of Mine" in Fistful of Sand (Suwat)
Bojjhanga (factors for Awakening). See also Bodhipakkhiya-dhamma.: The right and wrong times to cultivate the ~: SN 46.53; See the suttas in the Bojjhanga-samyutta of the Samyutta Nikaya; The Seven Factors of Enlightenment (Piyadassi); "The Seven Factors for Awakening" in The Wings to Awakening (Thanissaro)
Brahmavihara (Divine abodes; sublime states). See also Metta; Karuna; Mudita; Upekkha.: Systematic cultivation of ~: SN 42.8, SN 46.54, AN 10.208; Practice of ~ as a door to the Deathless: MN 52, AN 11.17; Offering comfort and protection from the cold: Thag 6.2; Five realizations that arise from concentration based on the ~: AN 5.27; Practicing any one of the ~ can take one all the way to fourth jhana: AN 8.63; "Head & Heart Together: Bringing Wisdom to the Brahma-viharas" (Thanissaro); The Four Sublime States (Nyanaponika)
Breath meditation — see Anapanasati.
Buddha. See also Arahant.: "A Sketch of the Buddha's Life: Readings from the Pali Canon" in the Path to Freedom pages; Epithets for the ~: "The many names for the Buddha" in "A Sketch of the Buddha's Life"; As one of the ten Recollections: see Recollections, ten.; Refuge: An Introduction to the Buddha, Dhamma, and Sangha (Thanissaro); Buddha's Awakening: See Tevijja (Threefold Knowledge)
Buddhism — see Introduction to ~.
Burma — see Myanmar.

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Caste system.: Caste (i.e., race, social class, national identity, etc.) does not determine one's virtue or spiritual potential: MN 90, MN 93; Even outcastes can become arahants: Thag 12.2; A bhikkhu has no caste: AN 10.48
Celibacy. See also Nekkhamma (renunciation); Restraint; Sensuality.: Tools to support one's resolve towards ~: SN 35.127; Don't pretend to be celibate if you're not: Iti 48; "A Single Mind" (Fuang)
Ceremonies — see Rituals.
Chanting (Pali). See also Devotion; Rituals and Ceremonies.: The Book of Protection (Paritta) (Piyadassi); A Chanting Guide: Pali Passages with English Translations (Dhammayut Order); The Divine Mantra (Lee)
Characteristics of existence — see Tilakkhana.
Children. See also Parents; Family; Young people (readings for).: Three types of sons and daughters: Iti 74; At one time or another, we have all been each other's ~: SN 15.14; Grieving the death of ~: SN 42.11, Ud 2.7, Ud 8.8; The anguish an aging parent feels when his ~ show no gratitude: SN 7.14; Childish innocence should not be confused with wisdom: MN 78; Showing the proper respect to one's parents: Iti 106; Childrens' duties to their parents: DN 31; Parents' duties to their ~: DN 31; "How should I teach Buddhism to my children?" (Frequently Asked Question)
Clinging — see Upadana.
Commentaries.: Beyond the Tipitaka: A Field Guide to Post-canonical Pali Literature (Bullitt)
Communal harmony. See also Monastic community (Sangha).: Six kinds of behavior that lead to amiability and communal harmony: AN 6.12
Comparative Religions. See also God.: Do all religions point towards the same goal?: DN 21, Thag 1.86; Are all religious paths fruitful?: AN 3.78; "Buddhism and Other Religions" (Bogoda); "A Buddhist Response to Contemporary Dilemmas of Human Existence" (Bodhi); "Dhamma and Non-duality" (Bodhi); "Tolerance and Diversity" (Bodhi); "Toward a Threshold of Understanding" (Bodhi); A Journey into Buddhism (Harris); Vedanta and Buddhism: A Comparative Study (von Glasenapp)
Compassion — see Karuna.
Conceit — see Mana.
Concentration — see Samadhi.
Conflict. See also Anger; Ill-will (vyapada); Papañca; War.: Causes of: Sn 4.8, Sn 4.11, Sn 4.15; Positive Response: How to Meet Evil with Good (Buddharakkhita)
Conscience — see Hiri.
Consciousness — see Viññana.
Contact — see Phassa.
Contentment with little. See also Restraint.: As a vital support for practice: AN 4.28; As a quality of a great person: AN 8.30; Live like a flying bird, whose wings are its only burden: DN 2, DN 11; One thing you should not be content with: AN 2.5
Conviction — see Saddha.: Copyright.
Craving — see Tanha.
Creation (of universe) — see Questions not worth asking.

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Dana (giving; charity). See also Gradual instruction; Paramis.: "Generosity" in the Path to Freedom pages; As one of the greatest protections/blessings: Sn 2.4; As a fundamental requirement for success on the Path: AN 5.254; As a treasure: AN 7.6; As one of the ten Recollections: see Recollections, ten.; To whom should one give so as to reap the greatest fruit?: SN 3.24, AN 3.57; Eight persons worthy of gifts: AN 8.59; Giving to one who has abandoned the hindrances brings good results: SN 3.24; Never regret a generous gift you gave in the past: SN 3.20; Give while you're able, before your house burns to t