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This index can help you locate sutta translations, articles, transcribed talks, books, and other things on this website. This is not an exhaustive index: not every text is indexed here, nor have I included references to each and every occurrence of a given topic in the texts. Nevertheless, I hope you find it helpful in steering you in the right direction.

The tilde (~) stands for the head-word in a given entry. Short essays and individual chapters from books are shown in quotation marks. Books and longer works are shown in italics. Links to terms listed elsewhere in this index are shown in bold face.

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A

Abhidhamma. See also Psychology and Buddhism.
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

AIDS. See also Illness.
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

A Guided Meditation” (Thanissaro)

The Agendas of Mindfulness” (Thanissaro)

De-perception” (Thanissaro)

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

Consciousnesses” (Lee)

No-self or Not-self?” (Thanissaro)

The Not-self Strategy” (Thanissaro)

Selves & Not-self” (Thanissaro)

Anger. See also Conflict; Ill-will (vyapada); Kilesa (defilements); Khanti (patience); Metta (goodwill); 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

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

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

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

“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.).
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

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)

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

B

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)

Beauty.

As a meditative attainment: SN 14.11

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

Three levels on which ~ operates: AN 3.76, AN 3.77

Bhikkhu — see Monastic Life.
Bhikkhuni — see Monastic Life.
Biographies.

Account of the Buddha's life in Chapter 2 of Refuge: An Introduction to the Buddha, Dhamma, and Sangha (Thanissaro)

Anathapindika: Anathapindika: The Great Benefactor (Hecker)

Buddhist Women: Buddhist Women at the Time of the Buddha (Hecker)

Maha Kassapa: Maha Kassapa: Father of the Sangha (Hecker)

Maha-Moggallana: Life of Maha-Moggallana (Hecker)

Sariputta: The Life of Sariputta (Nyanaponika)

Birth — see Jati.
Bisexuality — see Sexual identity.
Bodhipakkhiya-dhamma (37 Wings to Awakening).

~ 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:
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)

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 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

The Four Sublime States (Nyanaponika)

Breath meditation — see Anapanasati.
Buddha. See also Arahant.

As one of the ten Recollections: see Recollections, ten.

Buddha's Awakening: See Tevijja (Threefold Knowledge)

Buddhism — see Introduction to ~.
Burma — see Myanmar.

C

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.
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

Clinging — see Upadana.
Commentaries.
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

Dhamma and Non-duality” (Bodhi)

Tolerance and Diversity” (Bodhi)

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

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.
Craving — see Tanha.
Creation (of universe) — see Questions not worth asking.

D

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 the ground!: SN 1.41

Giving is best done at the proper time: AN 5.36

The blessings inherent in the gift of food: AN 5.37

Giving even one's last meal: Iti 26

The fruits of giving that arises from various motives: AN 7.49

The fruits of giving that can be reaped in this life: AN 5.34

Two kinds of gifts: Iti 98, Iti 100

Gifts of Dhamma: Dhp 354, Iti 98, Iti 100

Citta the householder's final teaching on generosity: SN 41.10

Give to many; don't be like a rainless cloud: Iti 75

Giving is good, but there is still more to be done: AN 5.176

The dangers faced by unvirtuous monks who enjoy pleasures, homage and gifts of the laity: AN 7.68

The scale of good deeds: AN 9.20

See the suttas in the Devata-samyutta of the Samyutta Nikaya

The Economy of Gifts” (Thanissaro)

The Food of Kindness” (Medhanandi)

Dasa-sila (the ten precepts). See also Sila (virtue).

The Ten Precepts” in the Path to Freedom pages

Death. See also Aging; Deathless; Divine messengers; Grief; Illness; Maranassati (mindfulness of death); Murder; Samvega (spiritual urgency).

Five subjects for frequent recollection: AN 5.57

Understanding of ~ as a basis for Right View: MN 9

Why do we grieve when a loved one dies?: SN 42.11

As one of seven beneficial reflections: AN 7.46

As a call to abandon grief and lamentation: Sn 3.8

The greatest protection for the layperson: Sn 2.4

Overcoming ~ by regarding the world as empty: Sn 5.15

Overcoming fear of ~: AN 4.184, Thag 16.1

Heedlessness leads one to ~: Dhp 21

No need for worry as ~ nears: SN 55.21, SN 55.22, AN 6.16

Citta's deathbed conversation with some devas: SN 41.10

Sariputta's teachings to a dying Anathapindika: MN 143

Ven. Ananda's grief over Ven. Sariputta's ~: SN 47.13

The Buddha's reaction to Ven. Sariputta's ~: SN 47.14

Kisa Gotami's grief cured by searching for a mustard seed: ThigA X.1

~ by a runaway cow: MN 140, Ud 1.10, Ud 5.3

~ by murder (see also Murder): Ud 4.3

~ of daughter: Thig 3.5

~ of grandson: Ud 8.8

~ of spouse: AN 5.49

Honor your ancestors and deceased loved ones with gifts: Pv 1.5

Reflections on the brevity of life:

  • Death comes rolling towards you, crushing everything in its path. Are you ready?: SN 3.25
  • Life flies by, faster than any arrow. What are we to do?: SN 20.6
  • No shelter from aging and death: SN 2.19
  • Your last day approaches — this is no time to be heedless! Thag 6.13
  • Life is brief — practice ardently! Ud 5.2

Buddhism and Death (M. O'C. Walshe)

Educating Compassion” (Thanissaro)

Facing Death Without Fear” (De Silva)

Our Real Home” (Chah)

The Last Sermon” in Inner Strength (Lee)

Deathless (amata-dhamma; a synonym for Nibbana) See also Nibbana.

Eleven modes of practice that lead to the deathless: MN 52, AN 11.17

Defilements — see Kilesa.
Dependent Co-arising — see Paticca-samuppada.
Desire (as part of the Path; (dhamma-chanda)).

Does the ~ for Awakening get in the way of Awakening?: MN 126

Ven. Ananda's instructions to Unnabha: SN 51.15

“The Middleness of the Middle Way,” in Things as They Are (Boowa)

Desire (as defilement; lobha, kamacchanda, raga). See also Nivarana (hindrances); Kilesa (defilements); Tanha (craving).

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 suffering and stress: SN 42.11

~ ties down the world: SN 1.69

Why ~ and passion connected with the senses is worth abandoning: SN 27.1-8

Why ~ and passion connected with the khandha (aggregates) is worth abandoning: SN 27.10

Why ~ and passion connected with the dhatu (elements) is worth abandoning: SN 27.9

Devas (celestial beings). See also Kamma; Planes of Existence, Thirty-one; Sagga (heaven).

Citta's deathbed conversation with some ~: SN 41.10

Some ~ gather to see the Buddha on his deathbed: DN 16

A huge gathering of ~ visits the Buddha: DN 20

Conversations with the ~ as a basis for faith: DN 11

Occasions when the ~ raise a cheer for a meditator: Iti 82

Omens that a ~ is about to die: Iti 83

As one of the ten Recollections: see Recollections, ten

Devotion. See also Relics; Rituals and Ceremonies.

The four Buddhist pilgrimage sites: DN 16

Dhamma. See also Teaching the Dhamma.

Basic principles: AN 8.53

Five rewards of listening to ~: AN 5.202

How to listen to the ~: AN 6.88

As one of the ten Recollections: see Recollections, ten.

Dhamma” in the Path to Freedom pages

Dhammapada.
Dhana (treasures) See also Wealth.

Buddha, Dhamma, and Sangha: Khp 6

Seven ~: AN 7.7

Trading Outer Wealth for Inner Wealth” in Food for Thought (Lee)

Dhatu (properties, elements).

The Buddha's explanation of the ~: MN 140

Why desire and passion connected with the ~ is worth abandoning: SN 27.9

Discernment — see Pañña.
Disenchantment — see Nibbida.
Ditthi (views). See also Questions.

As a yoke: AN 4.10

As a flood: SN 45.171

Wisdom has nothing to do with holding to this or that viewpoint: AN 10.96

What is wrong ~?: MN 117

Distinguishing right ~ from wrong ~: AN 10.103, AN 10.104

The many kinds of ~: DN 1, MN 63, SN 41.3, AN 10.93, AN 10.95

Speculative ~: DN 1

Even the view “I have no self” is wrong: MN 22

The thicket of wrong ~: MN 72

Attachment to ~ is the cause of disputes: Sn 4.8

Right View” in the Path to Freedom pages

As a tool: “Beyond Right and Wrong” in Inner Strength (Lee)

From Views to Vision” (Bodhi)

Divine Messengers. See also Aging; Illness; Death.
Doubt (vicikiccha). See also Nivarana (hindrances); Saddha (conviction).

As one of the fetters (Sanyojana): AN 10.13

As one of the obsessions (Anusaya): AN 7.11, AN 7.12

How can one be freed of all ~?: Sn 5.5

Development of jhana as a means of overcoming ~: Ud 5.7

Downfall.

Causes of ~: Sn 1.6

Downloading.
Drawbacks — see Adinava.
Dread (moral) — see Ottappa.
Dreams.

Five ~ that appeared to the Buddha: AN 5.196

How to ensure good ~: AN 11.16

Interpretation of ~ as a form of wrong livelihood for monks: DN 2, DN 11

Drowsiness — see Laziness.
Dukkha (unsatisfactoriness; stress; suffering). See also Paticca-samuppada (dependent co-arising); Tilakkhana (three characteristics of existence).

The Buddha teaches only ~ and its cessation: MN 22

Six important aspects of ~ to be understood: AN 6.63

~ is inherent in everything the body and mind depend upon for nourishment: SN 12.63

As one of seven perceptions: AN 7.46

The Weight of Mountains” (Thanissaro)

Dukkha” in the Path to Freedom pages

E

Ecology — see Nature.
Effluents — see Asava.
Effort — see Viriya.
Eightfold Path — see Noble Eightfold Path.
Emotion. See also Pasada; Psychology; Samvega; Vedana.

The source of ~: MN 137

Emptiness (Suññata).

In what way is world empty?: SN 35.85

Meditation practice that leads to the “entry into ~,” the doorway to liberation: MN 121

Practical aspects of developing a meditative dwelling in ~: MN 122

Conquering death by seeing the world as empty: Sn 5.15

Voidness of the five khandha: SN 22.95

Emptiness” (Thanissaro)

The Integrity of Emptiness” (Thanissaro)

“From Ignorance to Emptiness,” in Things as They Are (Boowa)

Engaged Buddhism — see Social action.
Equanimity — see Upekkha.
Ethics — see Sila.

F

Faculties, five mental — see Indriya.
Faith — see Saddha.
Family. See also Children; Lay Buddhist practice; Parents.

How a ~ can preserve its wealth: AN 4.255

Qualities that hold a ~ together: AN 4.32

Causes of a ~'s downfall: SN 42.9

Fear. See also Death.

In the wilderness, the Buddha comes face-to-face with his ~: MN 4

Ven. Adhimutta reveals his secret for overcoming ~: Thag 16

Four ways of overcoming ~ of death: AN 4.184

Overcoming ~ by recollecting the Buddha, Dhamma, and Sangha: SN 11.3

Your ~ of birth, aging, and death should be greater than your ~ of a dangerous cliff: SN 56.42

Freedom from Fear” (Thanissaro)

Subrahma's Problem” (Bodhi)

Feeling — see Vedana.
Fermentations — see Asava.
Fire imagery. See also “Fire” in the Index of Similes.

Used to describe the nature of clinging: SN 12.52

The Fire Sermon: SN 35.28

Fires of passion, aversion, and delusion: Iti 93

Fire as an illustration of the destiny of a fully Awakened being: MN 72

Fool — see Wise person.
Food (physical and otherwise). See also Nutriment (ahara).

Mindfulness as a preventative against overeating: SN 3.13

The Food of Kindness” (Medhanandi)

Forest traditions. See also Wilderness.

The Customs of the Noble Ones” (Thanissaro)

Forgiveness — see Reconciliation.

The Four Noble Truths (cattari ariya saccani). See also Gradual instruction.

The Buddha's first teaching on ~: SN 56.11

Understanding of ~ as a basis for Right View: MN 9

Direct knowledge of ~ is a hallmark of a true contemplative: Iti 103

As a prequisite for awakening: SN 56.44

Relationship to the Khandha: MN 28

The Four Noble Truths” in the Path to Freedom pages: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th

The Four Noble Truths” in The Wings to Awakening (Thanissaro)

The Truth and its Shadows” in Inner Strength (Lee)

Friendship (admirable) — see Kalyanamittata.

G

Gender identity — see Sexual identity.
Generosity — see Dana.
Giving — see Dana.
Goal of Buddhist practice — see Nibbana.
God (supreme being, Creator, etc.). See also Comparative Religions.

Belief in ~ (instead of in the law of Kamma) is a form of wrong view: AN 3.61

Great Brahma, the deva who mistakenly believes himself to be the supreme being: DN 11

Goodwill — see Metta.
Goodness — see Puñña (merit).
Gradual instruction (anupubbi-katha).

Mentioned in: Ud 5.3

The Path to Freedom pages

See the chapter “Dhamma” in Refuge: An Introduction to the Buddha, Dhamma, and Sangha (Thanissaro)

Gradual training (anupubba-sikkha).
Gratitude. See also Integrity; Respect.

As one of the greatest protections/blessings: Sn 2.4

As a requisite for meaningful progress on the Path: AN 5.254

A grateful person is rare: AN 2.119

The dangers of enjoying a gift without showing the proper ~: AN 7.68

How to repay the debt we owe to our parents: AN 2.32

The anguish an aging parent feels when his children show no ~: SN 7.14

The Lessons of Gratitude” (Thanissaro)

Grief. See also Death.

How to move beyond obsessive grieving: AN 5.49

Do arahants grieve?: SN 21.2

Death and loss are inevitable, but is ~?: Sn 3.8

Guilt — see Hiri (moral shame).

H

Habitual patterns of thought: MN 19
Happiness. See also Vedana (feeling).

True ~ lies beyond the realm of sensual pleasure: MN 75

How Nibbana is understood as happy and pleasant: AN 9.34

Sometimes confused with suffering: Sn 3.12

Seeing even pleasurable feelings as stressful: SN 36.5, Iti 53

There are many kinds and degrees of ~; which one do you want?: DN 2, MN 59, SN 36.19, SN 36.31, Iti 73

Harmlessness — see Non-harming.

Hatred. See Ill-will (vyapada).

Headache, Ven. Sariputta's “slight”: Ud 4.4

Heaven realms — see Sagga.
Heedfulness — see Appamada.
Hell (realm). See also Planes of Existence, Thirty-one; Sagga (heaven); Kamma.

As the destination for one with no discernment: Dhp 137

Hell” (Dhammapada XXII)

Five grave deeds that lead to rebirth in ~: AN 5.129

Causes of rebirth in ~: Iti 70

Heterosexuality — see Sexual identity.
Hindrances — see Nivarana.
Hiri (conscience, moral shame). See also Ottappa (moral dread).

Although your past bad deeds cannot be undone, you can overcome your guilt: SN 42.8

As a quality that distinguishes the true contemplative: MN 39

As a basis for acquiring discernment: AN 8.2

As a quality that safeguards the world: Iti 42

As a rare and fine quality: SN 1.18

As a treasure: AN 7.6

As a guardian: AN 2.9

Associated with skillful qualities: Iti 40

History of Theravada Buddhism.

Buddhism in Thailand (Kusalasaya)

The Edicts of King Asoka (Ven. S. Dhammika)

The Customs of the Noble Ones” (Thanissaro)

Holidays — see Uposatha days.
Homosexuality — see Sexual identity.
Householders. See also Family; Lay Buddhist practice; Marriage; Money; Precepts; Sensuality.

Showing the proper respect to one's parents: Iti 106

~ are dependent on the monastic community (Sangha): Iti 107

~ should put aside all worries as death nears: AN 6.16

Four kinds of bliss available to ~: AN 4.62

Citta the householder's final teaching on generosity: SN 41.10

Household life is crowded and dusty: Sn 3.1, Ud 5.6

Buddhism and Sex (M. O'C. Walshe)

Humility. See also Integrity;

As one of the greatest protections/blessings: Sn 2.4

I

Iddhipada (the four bases of power). See also Bodhipakkhiya-dhamma.

Benefits derived from: SN 51.20

The Buddha declines Mara's invitation to use the ~ for worldly aims: SN 4.20

The Four Bases of Power” in The Wings to Awakening (Thanissaro)

Ignorance — see Avijja.
Ill-will (vyapada). See also Anger; Conflict; Kilesa (defilements); Metta (goodwill); Nivarana (hindrances).

Ten reflections to help overcome hatred: AN 10.80

~ can never be conquered with more ~: Dhp 3

The sources of conflict and hostility: DN 21, MN 18

Illness. See also Aging; Death; Divine messengers.

The Buddha attends to a monk with dysentery: Mv 8.26.1-8

The Buddha's advice to Maha Kassapa during a painful illness: SN 46.14

One need not be sick in mind just because one is sick in body: SN 22.1

How even a sick person can realize Awakening: AN 5.121

Ten perceptions that can heal body and mind: AN 10.60

Even the best medicines for the body don't always work; here's one for the mind that does: AN 10.108

Five qualities that make a sick person easy (or hard) to tend to: Mv 8.26.1-8

Five qualities that make a good (or bad) nurse: Mv 8.26.1-8

Our Real Home” (Chah)

The Last Sermon” in Inner Strength (Lee)

The Truth and its Shadows” in Inner Strength (Lee)

Impermanence — see Anicca.
Indriya (five mental faculties). See also Bodhipakkhiya-dhamma.
Look under each of its constituent members:

A summary of the five faculties: SN 48.10

See the suttas in the Indriya-samyutta of the Samyutta Nikaya

The Five Faculties” in The Wings to Awakening (Thanissaro)

“The Path of Strength,” in Things as They Are (Ajaan Maha Boowa);

Insight — see Vipassana.
Integrity. See also Gratitude; Humility; Respect; Stream-entry (sotapatti); Wise person.

What is a person of ~: MN 110, MN 113, AN 2.31, AN 4.73

How a person of ~ gives gifts: AN 5.148

Intention, intentional action — see Kamma.
Introduction to Buddhism. See also Introduction to meditation practice.

BPS "Bodhi Leaves" on various topics

BPS Newsletter essays on various topics (Bodhi)

Introduction to meditation practice. See also Introduction to Buddhism; Lay Buddhist Practice; Meditation.

A Guided Meditation” (Thanissaro)

Right Attitude” (Suwat)

Buddho (Thate)

Quiet Breathing” in Food for Thought (Lee)

Mental Culture” (Nyanatiloka)

J

Jataka tales (stories from the Buddha's previous lives).

The chariot-maker: AN 3.15

The story of prince Dighavu: Mv 10.2.3-20

See the collection of Jataka stories retold by Ken & Visakha Kawasaki

Jati (birth). See also Aging; Death; Illness; Rebirth.

Understanding of ~ as a basis for Right View: MN 9

Fear of ~ should be even greater than fear of a dangerous cliff: SN 56.42

The darkness of ~ is even greater than that of intergalactic space: SN 56.46

Jhana (meditative absorption). See also Concentration; Nivarana (Hindrances); Noble silence; Samatha (tranquillity, calm).

And mindfulness: SN 2.7

How ~ leads the meditator out from the confines of the mind: AN 9.42

Role of ~ in the development of discernment: AN IX-44

Goes hand-in-hand with discernment (pañña): Dhp 372

Goes hand-in-hand with insight (vipassana): AN 4.170

How insight can be developed during or immediately after ~: MN 111

Paves the way to Nibbana: Dhp 372

Envied by the devas: Dhp 181

Practiced by enlightened ones: Dhp 23

A mark of heedfulness: Dhp 27, Dhp 371

Frees one from Mara's grasp: Dhp 276

A hallmark of a true brahman: Dhp 386, Dhp 395, Dhp 414

One day with ~ is better than a hundred years without: Dhp 110

How does the Buddha practice ~ in the forest?: SN 7.18

Formless attainments leading to Nibbana: MN 52, MN 106, AN 11.17

Possible courses of rebirth from practicing ~: AN 4.123, AN 4.124

Jhana” in the Path to Freedom pages

Right Concentration” (Suwat)

Jhana Not by the Numbers” (Thanissaro)

Joy. See also Piti (rapture;bliss).

The Joy of Effort” (Thanissaro)

Joy, appreciative/sympathetic — see Mudita.

K

Kalyanamittata (admirable friendship). See also Teaching the Dhamma.

As a prerequisite for the development of the wings to Awakening: AN 9.1

What is a true friend?: AN 7.35, Sn 2.3

Benefits of ~: AN 9.1

Having ~ is conducive to the ending of dukkha: Dhp 376

As a crucial support for Dhamma practice: Iti 17

As a way of uplifting your own inner potential: “Potential” (Mun)

~ is the whole of the holy life: SN 45.2

Avoiding lazy people: Iti 78

Choose your friends carefully, for you become like them: Iti 76

What is good friendship for householders?: AN 8.54

Kamma (karma; intentional action). See also Devas; Hell; Planes of Existence, Thirty-one; Rebirth; Sagga (heaven).

Intentional Action” in the Path to Freedom pages

Right Action” in the Path to Freedom pages

The laws of ~ and rebirth are as inviolable as the law of gravity: SN 42.6

As one of the five subjects for frequent recollection: AN 5.57

Reflect on your actions before, during, and after: MN 61

Six important aspects of ~ to be understood: AN 6.63

Actions of body, speech, and mind determine one's future course: MN 41

How to ease the inevitable bad results of one's past bad deeds: SN 42.8

The rewards of skillful ~: AN 2.18, AN 8.40

The results of unskillful ~: AN 2.18, AN 8.40

The ten courses of skillful ~: AN 10.176

The ten courses of unskillful ~: AN 10.176

The difference between “old” and “new” ~: SN 35.145

Present happiness depends on both past and present ~: MN 101

Past ~ alone cannot account for present experience: SN 36.21

Past unskillful ~ can't be “burned away” through ascetic practice: MN 101

The ~ that leads to the ending of ~: AN 4.235

When I perform an action, am I the same person when I experience its results, or am I different?: SN 12.46

Why do the results of bad deeds vary from one person to another?: AN 3.99

The influence of present and past ~ on the development of skillful qualities: AN 6.86

Five bad actions that you should never do: AN 5.129 (also AN 5.87)

Trying to figure out the results of ~ is sure to drive you crazy: AN 4.77

Inner goodness is measured by the goodness of one's actions: AN 4.85

Act like a dog, and that's what you'll become: MN 57

How ~ accounts for the fortune and misfortune of beings: MN 135

A more detailed explanation of ~: MN 136

The Buddha's Words on Kamma (Ñanamoli Thera)

Kamma & Rebirth” (Nyanatiloka)

Karma” (Thanissaro)

Kamma and the Ending of Kamma” in The Wings to Awakening (Thanissaro)

A Remedy for Despair” (Bodhi)

“A Refuge in Skillful Action,” in Refuge: an Introduction to the Buddha, Dhamma, and Sangha (Thanissaro)

Samsara Divided by Zero” (Thanissaro)

Skillfulness” in The Wings to Awakening (Thanissaro)

Karuna (compassion). See also Brahmavihara.

As a factor leading to liberation: AN 6.13

Systematic practice of ~: SN 42.8

Practicing ~ as a way to deal with annoying people: AN 5.161

Educating Compassion” (Thanissaro)

Kayagatasati (mindfulness of the body). See also Satipatthana (frames of reference).

The Buddha's principal teaching on ~: MN 119

Khandha (the five clinging-aggregates). See also Body); Upadana (clinging); Vipassana (insight).

See the suttas in the Khandhavagga of the Samyutta Nikaya.

How we define ourselves in terms of the ~: SN 22.36

A summary of the ~: SN 22.48

Identification with the ~ as the cause of self-view: SN 22.1

Identifying the five ~ as “self” is the cause of affliction: SN 22.1

Voidness of the ~: SN 22.95

Why desire and passion connected with the ~ is worth abandoning: SN 27.10

See each of its constituents:

Rupa (form)

Khanti (patience, forbearance). See also Anger; Paramis.

As one of the greatest protections/blessings: Sn 2.4

Heals the angry person: SN 11.4

How to develop ~: MN 21

Cultivating ~ while being beaten and stabbed (Ven. Punna's view): SN 35.88

A heated debate between two deities on the merits of ~: SN 11.5

The best response to the insults of others (a story): AN 6.54

Kilesa (defilements — passion (lobha), aversion (dosa), and delusion (moha) — in their various forms). See also Anger; Asava; Avijja (ignorance); Nivarana (hindrances).

As a source of harm and suffering in the world: SN 3.23

As putrefaction: AN 3.126

As stains/enemies/murderers/etc.: Iti 88

Abandonment of ~ as a guarantee of non-return: Iti 1-8

~ form the root of unskillful action: Iti 50

~ burn like fire: Iti 93

~ are like dirty stains on an otherwise clean cloth: MN 7

Killing. See also Conflict, Precepts, War.

The one and only thing whose ~ the Buddha approved: SN 1.71

"Getting the Message" (Thanissaro)

Kusala (skillfulness, wholesomeness). See also Manners; Sila (virtue).

Understanding ~ and its opposite as the basis for Right View: MN 9

The Lessons of Unawareness” in Inner Strength (Lee)

Skillfulness” in The Wings to Awakening (Thanissaro)

L

Lay Buddhist practice. See also Family; Householders; Marriage; Parents; Precepts.

The definition of various kinds of lay followers: AN VIII 25

Five subjects for frequent recollection: AN 5.57

Four qualities leading to a householder's happiness: AN 8.54

The duties of the layperson: Sn 2.14

The layperson's code of conduct: DN 31

What it takes for a layperson to become a stream-winner: AN 10.92

How a layperson can best work for the welfare of others: AN 8.26, AN 4.99

Five qualities of a sincere lay follower: AN 5.175

Five rewards a layperson can expect for having conviction: AN 5.38

Actions that only lead to one's downfall: Sn 1.6

How skillful actions and choices can protect you: Sn 2.4, Khp 5

Development of the first six recollections can be done no matter how busy you are: AN 11.13

How to recognize a lay stream-winner: AN 5.179

Examples of lay stream-winners in the suttas (see Stream-entry): Anathapindika: Anathapindika: The Great Benefactor (Hellmuth Hecker); and see his entry in the Index of Names; Nakula's mother: AN 6.16; Suppabuddha (the leper): Ud 5.3; Visakha (a.k.a. “Migara's Mother”): see her entry in the Index of Names; 500 women who perish in a fire: Ud 7.10.

Buddhism and Sex (M. O'C. Walshe)

The Buddhist Layman (Bogoda/Jootla/Walshe)

Dhamma for Everyone” (Lee)

Lay Buddhist Practice (Khantipalo)

Laziness — see Sloth and Drowsiness (thina-middha).
Listening. See also Speech.

How to listen to the Dhamma: AN 6.88

Five rewards in ~ to Dhamma: AN 5.202

Importance of ~ critically to Dhamma: AN 2.46

“A Taste for the Dhamma,” in Straight From the Heart (Boowa)

Livelihood, Right.

Actors and comedians — take note of Talaputa's lesson from the Buddha: SN 42.2

Soldiers — take note of Yodhajiva's lesson from the Buddha: SN 42.3

Right Livelihood” in the Path to Freedom pages

Lokadhamma (worldly conditions).

The failings of the world: AN 8.6

Five kinds of loss, five kinds of gain: AN 5.130

The perils of fame: SN 17.3, SN 17.5, SN 17.8

First Things First” in Food for Thought (Lee)

Nightsoil for the Heart” in Food for Thought (Lee)

Loving-kindness — see Metta.
Lust — see Sensuality.

M

Mana (conceit).

As a motivation for practice: AN 4.159

As a cause of grief: SN 21.2

Ven. Vangisa admonishes himself to abandon ~: Thag 21

As one of the obsessions (Anusaya): AN 7.11, AN 7.12

As one of the fetters (Sanyojana): AN 10.13

Pride and Conceit (Ashby and Fawcett)

Manners. See also Kusala (skillfulness); Sila (virtue).

Respectable people have good ~: AN 7.64

Etiquette and duties for monks: Cv 8

Serving a Purpose” in Food for Thought (Lee)

Mara. See also “Mara” in the Index of Proper Names.

Ten armies of: Sn 3.2

Turning the forces of Mara to our advantage: “The Demons of Defilement” (Lee)

Maranassati (mindfulness of death). See also Death; Illness; Satipatthana (frames of reference).

Death can come at any time; are you ready?: AN 6.20

Mindfulness of death should be developed continuously: AN 6.19

As one of the ten Recollections: see Recollections, ten.

Marriage. See also Lay Buddhist Practice.

How to ensure that you'll be with your spouse in future lives: AN 4.55

Spouses' duties to each other: DN 31

A Single Mind” (Fuang)

Buddhism and Sex (Walshe)

Meditation. See also Anapanasati (mindfulness of breathing); Introduction to Meditation; Maranassati (mindfulness of death); Metta (goodwill); Recollections, ten; Satipatthana (foundations of mindfulness).

~ is practiced for both one's own and others' benefit: SN 16.5, SN 47.19, AN 5.20, AN 7.64

Why bother meditating in the hopes of some future reward when sensual pleasures are available right now?: SN 1.20

Isn't ~ simply a useless and unproductive activity?: SN 7.17

~ is a skill to be developed: AN 9.35, AN 9.36

The danger of overestimating one's progress in ~: MN 105

Formless attainments leading to Nibbana: MN 106

Merit — see Puñña.
Metta (goodwill, loving-kindness). See also Brahmavihara; Paramis.

Karaniya Metta Sutta (Discourse on Loving-kindness): Sn 1.8 and Khp 9

As a protection against harm: Cv 5.6, SN 20.5, AN 4.67

As a factor leading to liberation: AN 6.13

Systematic practice of ~: SN 42.8

Eleven benefits of ~: AN 11.16

Even more fruitful than giving: SN 20.4

Course of rebirths to be expected from those who cultivate ~: AN 4.125

Maintain thoughts of ~ no matter how others address you: MN 21

No one is dearer to one than oneself: Ud 5.1

The radiant brightness of ~: Iti 27

As a basis for the development of jhana: AN 8.63

Practicing ~ as a way to deal with annoying people: AN 5.161

The Heart Awakened (Siriwardhana)

Metta Means Goodwill (Thanissaro)

Middle way (Majjhima-patipada).

Avoiding extreme views: SN 12.15

Buddha's first teachings on the ~: SN 56.11

Middle way between indulgence in sensuality and adherence to fixed rituals and precepts: Ud 6.8

Dependent co-arising as a “middle way” between extremes of views: SN 12.48

“The Middleness of the Middle Way,” in Things as They Are (Boowa)

Mindfulness — see Sati.
Mind-reading.

One's own mind: AN 10.51

Another's mind: See Supranormal powers

Moderation. See also Restraint.

~ with respect to the four requisites: AN 7.64

~ in eating: MN 39, MN 53

Modesty.

As a quality of a great person: AN 8.30

Rare in a person of wealth and power: AN 8.23

Monastic Life. See also Ascetic practices; Vinaya; Work, monastics'.

Permission from one's parents is a prerequisite for ordination: MN 82

Why it took Ven. Sona so long to go forth: Ud 5.6

Ten things for monks to reflect on often: AN 10.48

The fruits of the homeless life: DN 2

Gradual training for monks: MN 107

How to bring harmony to the community: AN 6.12

Five exhortations for new monks: AN 5.114

What it means to live free of society: SN 22.3

A monk's duties: Cv 8

Wrong reasons for a monk to go on almsround: Ud 3.8

Do monks really do any useful work?: Sn 1.4

Meditation monks and Dhamma study monks: Do not disparage each other!: AN 6.46

What makes a monk worthy of respect?: AN 3.94

Duties of the Sangha” (Lee)

The Economy of Gifts” (Thanissaro)

The Food of Kindness” (Medhanandi)

With Robes and Bowl (Khantipalo)

Buddhism in Thailand (Kusalasaya)

Money. See also Householders; Wealth.

~ can't buy true happines: AN 10.46

How to protect and preserve one's wealth: AN 8.54

Are monks allowed to use money?: SN 42.10

The Economy of Gifts” (Thanissaro)

Monk — see Monastic Life.
Moral dread — see Ottappa.
Moral shame — see Hiri.
Morality — see Sila.
Mudita (appreciative/sympathetic joy). See also Brahmavihara.

As a factor leading to liberation: AN 6.13

Systematic cultivation of ~: SN 42.8

The Heart Awakened (Siriwardhana)

Murder. See also Death.

Fate of those who commit ~: MN 135, SN 3.25

Myanmar (Burma). See also Sri Lanka; Thailand.

N

Nama-rupa (name-and-form, mind-and-matter, mentality-materiality). See also Paticca-samuppada (dependent co-arising).

Understanding of ~ as a basis for Right View: MN 9

Mutual dependence of consciousness and ~: SN 12.67

Nature See also Wilderness.
Nekkhamma (renunciation). See also Celibacy; Gradual instruction; Paramis; Restraint; Sensuality.

Renunciation” in the Path to Freedom pages

The bliss of ~: Ud 2.10

Appreciating the value of ~ is a crucial first step in practice: AN 9.41

~ goes “against the flow” (of craving): Iti 109

As the basis for shedding fear of death: AN 4.184

As the escape from sensuality: Iti 72

As a cause for sleeping at ease: AN 3.34

As a profound kind of rest: Sn 5.11, AN 3.38

Renunciation (T. Prince)

Relationship to compassion: “The Balanced Way” (Bodhi)

Nibbana (Unbinding, extinguishing). See also Arahant; Awakening; Deathless; Parinibbana; Stream-entry; Vimutti (release).

Nibbana” in the Path to Freedom pages

The foremost: Dhp 184

The foremost ease: Dhp 202

Heedfulness leads one to ~: Dhp 21, Dhp 32

A hallmark of a true brahman: Dhp 414

What lies beyond ~?: AN 4.174

~ is the goal; there's nothing beyond it: MN 144

~ is beyond Mara's reach: SN 4.19

~ is not a “source” or “ground” from which phenomena (dhamma) arise: MN 1

~ is not itself a phenomenon, but is the final end of phenomena: AN 10.58

Pleasure of ~ exceeds all others: AN 9.34

Two forms of ~ (with fuel remaining, and without fuel remaining): Iti 44

Four qualities to develop that lead one towards ~: AN 4.37

Dhamma and Non-duality” (Bodhi)

Nibbana” (Thanissaro)

A Verb for Nirvana” (Thanissaro)

Samsara Divided by Zero” (Thanissaro)

Nibbida (disenchantment, aversion, and weariness with regard to conditioned phenomena). See also Asubha.

As a mark of practicing Dhamma “in accordance with the Dhamma”: SN 22.39

Nirvana — see Nibbana.
Nivarana (hindrances). See also Anger; Desire; Jhana; Kilesa.

See each of the five hindrances individually:

Feeding and starving the ~: SN 46.51

Antidote: direct the mind towards an inspiring object: SN 47.10

How to abandon the ~: AN 9.64

Abandoning the ~ is a quality that distinguishes the true contemplative: MN 39

Giving to one who has abandoned the ~ brings good results: SN 3.24

~ are to be conquered in all postures: Iti 111

Like canals dissipating the force of a river current: AN 5.51

Concentration: Abandoning the Hindrances” in The Wings to Awakening (Thanissaro)

The Mind Aflame” in Food for Thought (Lee)

Right Concentration” (Suwat)

Noble Eightfold Path (ariya-atthangika magga). See also Bodhipakkhiya-dhamma.

The individual factors of the Path:

Right View (Samma-ditthi).

Conditions for the arising of ~: MN 43

Right View” in the Path to Freedom pages

What is Right View?: MN 9

~ is to be used to the point of overcoming attachment to all views: Sn 4.3

As a tool: “Beyond Right and Wrong” in Inner Strength (Lee)

From Views to Vision” (Bodhi)

Right Resolve/Intention (Samma-sankappo). See also Non-harming.

Right Resolve” in the Path to Freedom pages

~ is to be maintained in all postures: Iti 110

Right Speech (Samma-vaca). See also Speech.

Speak only words that do no harm: Thag 21

Right Speech” in the Path to Freedom pages

Right Speech” (Thanissaro)

Right Action (Samma-kammanto).

Right Action” in the Path to Freedom pages

Right Livelihood (Samma-ajivo).

Right Livelihood” in the Path to Freedom pages

Right Effort (Samma-vayamo).

Right Effort” in the Path to Freedom pages

Right Mindfulness (Samma-sati).

Right Mindfulness” in the Path to Freedom pages

Right Concentration (Samma-samadhi).

The central role of ~ in the Eightfold Path: MN 117

The Craft of the Heart (part II) (Lee)

The Noble Eightfold Path” in The Wings to Awakening (Thanissaro)

“The Outer Space of the Mind,” in Things as They Are (Boowa)

“The Prison World vs. the World Outside,” in Straight From the Heart (Boowa)

Noble silence (second jhana).

~ explained: SN 21.1

No-thinking: Thag 14.1

As a cause for the arising of wisdom: AN 8.2

Either speak Dhamma, or keep noble silence: Ud 2.2

Non-dualism.

Non-dual awareness not the goal: AN 10.29

Dhamma and Non-duality” (Bodhi)

Non-harming, Non-violence. See also “Right Resolve” in Noble Eightfold Path.

Leads to happiness after death: Dhp 132

As a supporting condition for Awakening: Dhp 270

Isn't all there is to the Buddhist path: MN 78

The story of Angulimala the bandit: MN 86

How a wise person moves in society: Dhp 49

The Rod” (Dhammapada X)

Not-self — see Anatta.
Nutriment (ahara). See also Food.

~ for the factors of Awakening: SN 46.51

Four types of physical and mental ~: SN 12.63; SN 12.64

Its relationship to dependent co-arising: SN 12.63; SN 12.11

The need for ~ is what all beings have in common: Khp 1

Nymphs, dove-footed: Ud 3.2

O

Ottappa (moral dread; concern for the results of evil actions). See also Hiri (conscience).

As a quality that distinguishes the true contemplative: MN 39

As a treasure: AN 7.6

As a guardian: AN 2.9

As a quality that safeguards the world: Iti 42

P

Pain. See also Illness; Vedana (feeling).

Don't add mental ~ to your physical ~!: SN 36.6

Preventing physical ~ from invading the mind: SN 52.10

The Buddha shows by example how best to handle physical ~: SN 1.38, SN 4.13

Sariputta's teachings to a dying Anathapindika: MN 143

Mindfulness can protect you from falling into ~'s bottomless pit: SN 36.4

As one of the eight worldly conditions: AN 8.6

Avoiding evil deeds as a way to avoid ~: Ud 5.4

The origin of pleasure and ~: SN 12.25

~ can't be used to purify oneself of past misdeeds: MN 14

The Details of Pain” (Kee)

Pali canon.
Pali language.
Pañca-sila (the five precepts) — see Precepts
Pañña (discernment, wisdom). See also Paramis; Wise person.

Eye of ~: MN 43

Eight requisite conditions for ~: AN 8.2

Which comes first: concentration or ~?: AN 3.73

Goes hand-in-hand with jhana: Dhp 372

As a treasure: AN 7.6

Discernment” in The Wings to Awakening (Thanissaro)

The Lessons of Unawareness” in Inner Strength (Lee)

Observe and Evaluate” in Inner Strength (Lee)

Papañca (complication, objectification, proliferation).

As a cause of conflict in the mind: MN 18, DN 21

Paramis (perfections).
Look under each of its constituent factors:

A Treatise on the Paramis (Acariya Dhammapala (6th c.); Bodhi, trans.)

Parents. See also Children; Family.

How to repay the debt we owe to our ~: AN 2.32

The anguish an aging ~ feels when his children show no gratitude: SN 7.14

~ should at least make sure that their children grow up to respect the precepts: Iti 74

One's ~ should be respected as great teachers and devas: Iti 106

Supporting one's ~: Sn 2.4

At one time or another, we have all been each other's ~: SN 15.14

Reverence for one's ~ as a blessing: Dhp 332

Childrens' duties to their parents: DN 31

Parents' duties to their children: DN 31

Permission from one's ~ is a prerequisite for ordination: MN 82

Parinibbana (total release; complete liberation). See also Nibbana.

Eye-witness accounts of the Buddha's ~: SN 6.15

Parisa (The Buddha's following).

Householders and monastics depend upon each other: Iti 107

The Economy of Gifts” (Thanissaro)

The Food of Kindness” (Medhanandi)

Pasada (clarity and serene confidence). See also Emotion; Samvega.
Paticca-samuppada (Dependent co-arising). See also Samsara.

If you think you understand ~, as did Ven. Ananda, think again: DN 15

How the world arises and falls according to ~: SN 12.44

A synopsis of ~: SN 12.2

Mutual dependence of consciousness and name-and-form: SN 12.67

Buddha's rediscovery of ~ on the eve of his Awakening: SN 12.65

Is there someone or something that lies behind the process of ~?: SN 12.35

As a cause for the arising of right view: SN 12.15

As a cause for the cessation of wrong views: SN 12.20

As a cause for the ending of the asava (effluents): SN 12.23

As a framework for cultivating skillfulness: “Kamma and the Ending of Kamma” in The Wings to Awakening (Thanissaro)

As a “middle way” between extremes of views: SN 12.35, SN 12.48

The Buddha reflects on ~ for seven days after his Awakening: Ud 1.1-3

The origin of pleasure and pain: SN 12.25

An extended treatment of ~ by the Buddha: DN 15

Its relationship to Nutriment //(ahara)//: SN 12.63; SN 12.11

Patience — see Khanti.
Patimokkha (monks' and nuns' rules of conduct). See also Vinaya.
Perception — see Sañña.
Perfections — see Paramis.
Peta loka (realm of the hungry ghosts/shades). See also Planes of Existence, Thirty-one.
Phassa (contact). See also Paticca-samuppada (dependent co-arising).

As the conjunction of sense-base + sensory object + sense consciousness: MN 148

Understanding of ~ as a basis for Right View: MN 9

Piti (rapture; bliss) See also Jhana.

The pleasure and joy of ~:AN 5.176

Planes of Existence, Thirty-one. See also Devas; Hell; Kamma; Peta loka (realm of the hungry ghosts/shades); Sagga (heaven); Samsara.
Pleasure. See also Happiness; Pain; Sensuality; Vedana (feeling).

The many kinds of pleasure: MN 59

The origin of ~ and pain: SN 12.25

Attending to the ~ of things instead of their dukkha gives rise to attachment: SN 22.60

As one of the eight worldly conditions: AN 8.6

Precepts. See also Lay Buddhist practice; Refuge; Sila; Uposatha
Pañcasila — the Five Precepts (for lay men and women)

The precepts as a gift to oneself and others: AN 8.39

The rewards of observing the precepts: AN 8.39

The consequences of failing to observe the precepts: AN 8.40

A Discipline of Sobriety” (Bodhi)

The Five Precepts” in the Path to Freedom pages

Atthasila — the Eight Precepts (for lay men and women)

How the ~ practices are to be practiced: AN 8.43

Right and wrong ways of observing ~: AN 3.70

The Eight Precepts” in the Path to Freedom pages

Dasasila — the Ten Precepts (for novice monks and nuns)

The Bhikkhu Patimokkha (227 rules for ordained monks); Bhikkhuni Patimokkha (311 rules for ordained nuns); see also Vinaya.

Present moment.

This present moment is the only one there is: MN 131

Pride.

Pride and Conceit (Ashby and Fawcett)

Protection. See also Precepts; Sila.

The greatest ~ for the layperson: Sn 2.4

Restraint — the Buddha's defense policy: SN 3.5

Metta (goodwill) as a ~ against harm: SN 20.5, AN 4.67

Ten qualities that provide ~ for the mind: AN 10.17

Watching over oneself, one protects others; watching over others, one protects oneself: SN 47.19

Psychic powers — see Supranormal powers.
Psychology and Buddhism. See also Abhidhamma.
Puñña (merit, inner wealth, inner goodness).

As a blessing: Dhp 331

~ accumulates slowly, like water dripping into a pot: Dhp 122

Benefits of ~ in this life and the next: Dhp 16, Dhp 18

Infidelity erodes one's accumulated ~: Dhp 310

How to gain immeasurable ~: Dhp 195

Do meritorious deeds to increase your store for future lives: SN 3.20

Don't be afraid of ~: Iti 22

The arahant's actions bear no kammic fruit, good or evil: Dhp 39, Dhp 267, Dhp 412

Repeated performance of meritorious deeds brings ease: Dhp 118

Three grounds for meritorious action: Iti 60

As a fund to be looked after: Khp 8

As the means of attaining true happiness: AN 5.43

Is making ~ the best one can aspire to in this short life?: SN 2.19

Merit,” (Fuang)

The Essence of Merit” (Lee)

The Power of Goodness” (Lee)

Q

Quarreling — see Conflict.
Queer identity — see Sexual identity.
Questions. See also Ditthi (views); Yoniso manasikara (appropriate attention).

Four types of ~: AN 4.42

Five motivations behind asking ~: AN 5.165

How to answer ~: AN 3.67

~ not worth asking: DN 9, MN 2, AN 4.77, AN 10.69

~ best answered by silence: SN 44.10

~s that assume an abiding “self” are invalid: SN 12.12

~ the Buddha left unanswered: Avyakata Samyutta

How the Buddha handles difficult ~: MN 72

Questions of Skill” (Thanissaro)

R

Racism — see Caste system.
Radiant Mind

The inherent radiance of mind: AN 1.49

“The Radiant Mind is Unawareness,” in Straight From the Heart (Boowa)

Rapture — see Piti.
Realms of Existence — see Planes of Existence.
Rebirth. See also Hell; Jati (birth); Kamma; Sagga (heaven).

The skillfulness of one's actions in life determine one's destination after death: Dhp 17, Dhp 18, Dhp 240

Causes of favorable or unfavorable ~: MN 135, AN 3.65, Dhp 310, Dhp 316

How to gain rebirth as an elephant or a horse: AN 10.177

The laws of kamma and ~ are as inviolable as the law of gravity: SN 42.6

What's so bad about being reborn?: SN 5.6

Why not just settle for rebirth among the devas?: SN 5.7

The preciousness of our human birth: SN 20.2, SN 56.48

~ witnessed by Buddha on the night of his Awakening: See Buddha's Awakening.

Kamma & Rebirth” (Nyanatiloka)

Dhamma Without Rebirth?” (Bodhi)

Does Rebirth Make Sense?” (Bodhi)

Recollections, ten (anussati).

Recollection of the Buddha (buddhanussati): SN 11.3, AN 3.70, AN 11.12, AN 11.13, Thag 6.2

Recollection of the Dhamma (dhammanussati): SN 11.3, AN 3.70, AN 11.12, AN 11.13, Thag 6.2

As a governing principle: AN 3.40

Recollection of the Sangha (sanghanussati): SN 11.3, AN 3.70, AN 11.12, AN 11.13, Thag 6.2

Recollection of one's own virtues (silanussati): AN 3.70, AN 11.12, AN 11.13

Recollection of one's own generosity (caganussati): AN 11.12, AN 11.13

Recollection of the devas (devatanussati): AN 3.70, AN 11.12, AN 11.13

Recollection of peace (upasamanussati): Iti 90

Reconciliation.

Reconciliation, Right & Wrong” (Thanissaro)

Refuge. See also Precepts; Tiratana (the Three Gems).

The formula for going for ~: Khp 1

The supreme ~: Dhp 188

The Dhamma as one's island and ~: DN 16, SN 47.13, SN 47.14

A Refuge in Awakening” (Lee)

Free at Last” in Food for Thought (Lee)

The Threefold Refuge (Nyanaponika)

Release — see Vimutti.
Relics. See also Devotion.

Origin of relic-worship: DN 16

A Note on the Relics of Sariputta and Maha Moggallana” in The Life of Sariputta (Nyanaponika)

Remorse. See also Sila.

Two causes of ~: Iti 30

Two causes of no ~: Iti 31

Freedom from ~ is the purpose of developing sila (virtue): AN 11.1, AN 11.2

Renunciation — see Nekkhamma.
Respect. See also Children; Gratitude; Parents.

What makes a person an elder worthy of ~?: AN 2.38

What makes a monk worthy of ~?: AN 3.94

As one of the greatest protections/blessings: Sn 2.4

As a basis for acquiring discernment: AN 8.2

As a basis for keeping the Dhamma alive for a long time: AN 7.56

Is there anyone worthy of greater respect than the Buddha?: SN 6.2

First Things First” in Food for Thought (Lee)

Respect for the Truth” in Food for Thought (Lee)

Visakha Puja” (Lee)

Restless and worry (uddhacca-kukkucca).

Antidote for ~: SN 46.53

Restraint. See also Celibacy; Moderation; Contentment with little; Nekkhamma (renunciation); Sensuality.

Definition of ~: SN 35.206

Benefits of ~: Dhp 7, Dhp 9, Dhp 116, Dhp 360, Dhp 362

As the best protection against harm: SN 3.5

As a quality that distinguishes the true contemplative: MN 39, Dhp 391

~ paves the way to Nibbana: Dhp 289

As a refuge: AN 3.52

As a support to meditation: DN 2

Like dressing a wound: MN 33, AN 11.18

Like a tortoise protecting itself by withdrawing safely into its shell: SN 35.199

Contentment with little: DN 11

A deva encourages a monk to restrain his wandering mind: SN 9.1

Revenge.

The story of Prince Dighavu: Mv 10.2.3-20

Right Action — see Noble Eightfold Path.
Right Concentration — see Noble Eightfold Path.
Right Effort — see Noble Eightfold Path.
Right Intention — see Noble Eightfold Path.
Right Livelihood — see Noble Eightfold Path.
Right Mindfulness — see Noble Eightfold Path.
Right Resolve — see Noble Eightfold Path.
Right Speech — see Noble Eightfold Path.
Right View — see Noble Eightfold Path.
Rituals and ceremonies. See also Devotion; Lay Buddhist practice.

Rites don't purify the heart; skillful actions do: AN 10.176

Rituals alone can't take one beyond aging and death: Sn 5.3

Rites and protective charms should be avoided by lay followers: AN 5.175

The best protection comes not from rituals but from generous, moral, and wise actions: Khp 5

Water ablutions cannot wash away one's past bad kamma: Thig 12.1

S

Sacca (truthfulness). See also Paramis.

The Honest Truth” in Food for Thought (Lee)

Saddha (faith; conviction). See also Doubt; “Conviction” in the Subject Index of The Wings to Awakening (Thanissaro).

As a factor of stream-entry: SN 55.1

~ underlies the practice all the way to the Deathless: MN 70

Five rewards a layperson can expect for having ~: AN 5.38

As a treasure: AN 7.6

Conviction” in The Wings to Awakening (Thanissaro)

Relationship between faith and critical inquiry: “Two Faces of the Dhamma” (Bodhi)

Courageous Faith” (Nyanaponika)

Devotion in Buddhism” (Nyanaponika)

Faith in Awakening” (Thanissaro)

Sagga (heaven realms). See also Devas; Gradual instruction; Hell; Kamma; Planes of Existence, Thirty-one.

A rare destination: Dhp 174

Causes of rebirth in ~: Iti 71

Proper use of wealth leads to rebirth in ~: SN 3.19

Heaven” in the Path to Freedom pages

Sakkaya-ditthi (self-identity view, personality-belief). See also Ditthi (views).

As one of the fetters (Sanyojana): AN 10.13

As one of the obsessions (Anusaya): AN 7.11, AN 7.12

Like grabbing hold of a branch with a sticky hand: AN 4.178

How ~ comes about: MN 109

How to develop ~: MN 148

How to relinquish ~: MN 148

What is the origin of self-view?: SN 41.3

Identifying the five khandhas as “self” is the cause of affliction: SN 22.1

Salayatana (the six sense-media). See also Paticca-samuppada (dependent co-arising); Sensuality.

Relation between the ~ and the emotions: MN 137

Understanding of ~ as a basis for Right View: MN 9

Contemplation of ~ in terms of not-self: MN 148

Why desire and passion connected with the ~ is worth abandoning: SN 27.1

How becoming consummate in the ~ leads to Awakening: SN 35.153

See the suttas in the Salayatana-samyutta of the Samyutta Nikaya.

Samadhi (concentration). See also Jhana; Samatha (tranquillity, calm).

Jhana” in the Path to Freedom pages

~ is to be developed in all postures: Iti 111

~ is a progressive practice: MN 66

Five-factored noble ~: AN 5.28

Not every state of ~ is wholesome: MN 108

Five realizations that arise from ~ based on the Brahmavihara (sublime states): AN 5.27

How ~ leads to discernment: SN 22.5

Which comes first: ~ or wisdom?: AN 3.73

Four developments of ~: AN 4.41

Wrong concentration (miccha-samadhi): “Loyalty to Your Meditation” (Lee)

Basic Themes (Lee)

Lessons in Samadhi” in Keeping the Breath in Mind (Lee)

Samatha (tranquillity, calm). See also Samadhi (concentration); Vipassana (insight).

~ is developed in tandem with vipassana (insight): SN 35.205, AN 2.30, AN 4.170, AN 10.71

Relation to vipassana (insight): “One Tool Among Many: The Place of Vipassana in Buddhist Practice” (Thanissaro)

Sammappadhana (the four right exertions). See also Bodhipakkhiya-dhamma; Viriya (persistence, effort).

The Four Right Exertions” in The Wings to Awakening (Thanissaro)

Sampajañña (alertness).

As a component of mindfulness: SN 48.10

Samsara (the round of rebirth). See also Kamma (intentional action); Paticca-samuppada (dependent co-arising); Planes of Existence, Thirty-one.

Lasts long for fools: Dhp 60

Four causes of our long journey in ~: AN 4.1

All the blood we have shed in ~: SN 15.13

All the tears we have shed in ~: SN 15.3

We have suffered hardship in past times: SN 15.11

We have enjoyed happiness in past times: SN 15.12

We wander from birth to birth, as a falling stick sometimes lands on its side, sometimes on its end: SN 15.9

Is a difficult path: Dhp 414

The preciousness of our human birth: SN 20.2, SN 56.48

“Birth and Death,” in Straight From the Heart (Boowa)

Samsara” (Thanissaro)

Samsara Divided by Zero” (Thanissaro)

Samvega (spiritual urgency; chastened dispassion). See also Death; Pasada.

Danger #1 — death threatens from all sides: AN 5.77

Danger #2 — the conditions for practice may never again be so good: AN 5.78

Danger #3 — there may not always be good teachers around: AN 5.79

Danger #4 — the Sangha may someday decline: AN 5.80

Who knows? — tomorrow, death may come: MN 131

A call to wake up: Sn 2.10

Death is crashing in on you, like a huge mountain: SN 3.25

Three urgent duties for meditators: AN 3.91

A Single Mind” (Fuang)

Sangha (1. Monastic community; 2. Community of Noble (Awakened) Ones). See also Monastic life; Tiratana (Triple Gem).

Sangha” in the Path to Freedom pages

Seven conditions for no decline of the Sangha: AN 7.21

Concord in the Sangha: Iti 19

Sangha members are dependent on the lay community: Iti 107

As one of the ten Recollections: See Recollections, ten.

Sankhara (mental fashionings, fabrications, or formations). See also Khandha (clinging-aggregates); Paticca-samuppada (dependent co-arising).

Understanding of ~ as a basis for Right View: MN 9

Fashionings,” in Inner Strength (Lee)

Anicca Vata Sankhara” (Bodhi)

Sanyojana (samyojana) (fetter)

Listed: AN 10.13

Sañña (perception, naming, labeling). See also Khandha (clinging-aggregates).

Four erroneous perceptions that keep you trapped in samsara: AN 4.49

Six important aspects of ~ to be understood: AN 6.63

Why desire and passion connected with ~ is worth abandoning: SN 27.6

Sati (mindfulness). See also Meditation; Satipatthana.

Right Mindfulness” in the Path to Freedom pages

The Buddha praises Ven. Cula Panthaka's mindfulness: Ud 5.10

Definition of ~: SN 48.10

As a quality of a great person: AN 8.30

Mindfulness Defined” (Thanissaro)

The Agendas of Mindfulness” (Thanissaro)

The Power of Mindfulness (Nyanaponika)

Satipatthana (frames of reference/foundations of mindfulness). See also Anapanasati (mindfulness of breathing); Bodhipakkhiya-dhamma; Kayagatasati (mindfulness of the body); Maranassati (mindfulness of death); Sati (mindfulness).

Right Mindfulness” in the Path to Freedom pages

See the suttas in the Satipatthana-samyutta of the Samyutta Nikaya

As a basis for the development of jhana: AN 8.63

“The Four Frames of Reference,” in Things as They Are (Boowa)

Seclusion — see Viveka.
Self-view — see Sakkaya-ditthi.
Sensuality. See also Asubha (unattractiveness, loathsomeness); Body; Nekkhamma (renunciation); Pleasure; Restraint; Salayatana (six sense-media); Sexual identity; Upadana (clinging).

As a yoke: AN 4.10

As a flood: SN 45.171

The allures and drawbacks of ~: MN 13

Dangers of: MN 45

What's wrong with sensual pleasures?: SN 5.6

Like falling into debt: AN 6.45

Be careful with ~ as you would a venomous snake: Sn 4.1

Clinging to sense-pleasures is a fetter: Ud 7.3

Like a fish caught in a trap: Ud 7.4

Like a suckling calf dependent on its mother: Ud 7.4

Renouncing ~ brings an even higher happiness: Ud 3.2

Six important aspects of ~ to be understood: AN 6.63

Ananda's advice to Vangisa on overcoming lust: Thag 21

The source of ~ lies in the mind's passionate response to sense-objects, not in the objects themselves: AN 6.63

Sensuality,” in The Mind Like Fire Unbound (Thanissaro)

Buddhism and Sex (M. O'C. Walshe)

Separation from what is dear and appealing. See also Dukkha.
Sexual identity.

Dwelling on one's ~ is counterproductive to meditation: SN 5.2

Obsessing over one's ~ causes only suffering: AN 7.48

Sexual intercourse. See also Sensuality; Sexual identity.

~ is to be abandoned: AN 4.159

Buddhism and Sex (M. O'C. Walshe)

Sexual misconduct. See also Precepts; Sila.

As a cause of one's downfall: Dhp 309

Causes of promiscuity: AN 2.9

Shame (moral) — see Hiri.
Sickness — see Illness.
Sila (virtue; morality). See also Gradual instruction; Manners; Paramis; Precepts; Uposatha.

If you truly care about your welfare, then develop your inner goodness: SN 3.4

As the foundation upon which the entire path is built: AN 11.1, AN 11.2

As a quality that distinguishes the true contemplative: MN 39

As one of the ten Recollections: see Recollections, ten.

As a treasure: AN 7.6

Guard your ~ well: Iti 76

The Buddha's instructions to his young son: MN 61

Sariputta's teachings to a dying Anathapindika: MN 143

Admirable ~: Iti 97

How to recognize a virtuous person: AN 4.192, Ud 6.2

How to recognize a wise person: AN 3.2

The layperson's code of conduct: DN 31

Development of ~ as a way to ease the inevitable bad results of one's past bad deeds: SN 42.8

Results of transgressing the precepts: AN 8.40

Rewards of observing the precepts: AN 8.39

Rewards of skillful conduct; drawbacks of unskillful conduct: AN 2.18

Standards of ~ for contemplatives: DN 2

Claiming to be enlightened does not justify unrestrained behavior: MN 105

Heightened ~ (adhisila): AN 3.88

Right Speech” in the Path to Freedom pages

Right Action” in the Path to Freedom pages

Right Livelihood” in the Path to Freedom pages

Buddhism and Sex (M. O'C. Walshe)

Virtue” (Mun)

Simplicity.

As a quality of a great person: AN 8.30

Sleep. See also Sloth and Drowsiness (thina-middha).

How to get a good night's ~: SN 10.8, AN 3.34, AN 11.16, Dhp 79, Dhp 168

Sleepiness — see Sloth and Drowsiness (thina-middha).
Sloth and Drowsiness (thina-middha). See also Nivarana (hindrances); Sleep; Viriya (effort).

Antidote for ~ in meditation: SN 46.53, AN 7.58

The eight grounds for laziness: AN 8.80

Excuses: “It's too cold to meditate. It's too hot… It's too…”: Thag 3.5

As an obstruction to Awakening: Iti 34

Smile, what makes the Buddha ~: AN 5.180, Thag 12.2
Social Action.

The Buddha attends to a monk with dysentery: Mv 8.26.1-8

How a layperson can best work for the welfare of others: AN 8.26, AN 4.99

Solitude — see Viveka.
Speech. See also Listening; Noble silence; “Right Speech” in Noble Eightfold Path.

Right Speech” in the Path to Freedom pages

The criteria for determining whether something should be said: MN 58

Five aspects of suitable ~: MN 21

Five keys to blameless ~: AN 5.198

Ten kinds of praiseworthy ~: AN 10.70

Four ways to answer a question: AN 4.42

Lying is to be avoided: Iti 25

Sensual desire is usually the motive behind telling lies: SN 3.7

The nature of well-spoken ~: Sn 3.3

The results of various kinds of wrong ~: AN 8.40

Right ~ does not mean total frankness or openness: AN 4.183

Ten topics of proper conversation: AN 10.69

Either speak Dhamma, or keep noble silence: Ud 2.2

Right Speech” (Thanissaro)

Sri Lanka. See also Myanmar (Burma); Thailand.
Stream-entry, stream-winning (Sotapatti). See also Nibbana; Lay Buddhist Practice (for examples of lay stream-winners); Wise person.

Better than ruling the world or going to heaven: SN 55.1, Dhp 178

Six rewards of ~: AN 6.97

Upon ~, one does away with a vast amount of suffering: SN 13.1, SN 13.2, SN 13.8

Like a thirsty traveler looking into a well: SN 12.68

How to recognize a lay stream-winner: AN 5.179

The kind of conviction and discernment required to attain ~: SN 35.1-10

What it takes for a layperson to become a stream-winner: AN 10.92

How appropriate attention (yoniso manasikara) leads to ~: SN 22.122

The four factors of ~ (and their variations): SN 55.30, SN 55.31, SN 55.32, SN 55.33, AN 10.92

How to recognize — and become — a person of integrity: MN 110

Why doubt does not arise in a stream-winner: AN 7.51

The teaching that led Ven. Ananda to ~: SN 22.83

Suicide. See also Death.

Sappadasa chooses life: Thag 6.6

Supranormal powers.

Is the development of ~ a prerequisite for enlightenment?: SN 12.70

Clairaudience: DN 2, DN 11

Ending of the taints/effluents (asava): DN 2,DN 11

Mind-reading: DN 2, DN 11, AN 3.60

Passing away and reappearance of beings: DN 2, DN 11

Recollection of past lives: DN 2, DN 11

As a miracle: AN 3.60

As the fruit of five-factored noble concentration: AN 5.28

How to reduce a pile of wood to its constituent elements: AN 6.41

Drawbacks of ~: DN 11

A monk displays his ~: SN 41.4

Beware: you can't hide from those with ~: AN 3.40

The Four Bases of Power” in The Wings to Awakening (Thanissaro)

Knowledge” (Lee)

Sutta Pitaka.

How to read a sutta: “Befriending the Suttas

T

Taints — see Asava.
Tanha (craving). See also Kilesa (defilements); Paticca-samuppada (dependent co-arising); Sensuality.

As a motivation for practice: AN 4.159

Craving” in the Path to Freedom pages

Understanding of ~ as a basis for Right View: MN 9

As a fetter: Iti 15

Abandoning ~ for what one holds dear: Sn 5.8

The many kinds of thoughts motivated by ~: AN 4.199

~ causes your thoughts to be influenced by the opinions of others: AN 4.200

Why desire and passion connected with ~ is worth abandoning: SN 27.8

Teaching the Dhamma. See also Kalyanamittata.

The Buddha teaches only dukkha and its cessation: MN 22

The Buddha's simile on ~: SN 22.84

Three frames of reference for becoming a fit teacher: MN 137

Ven. Isidatta wisely declines a teaching invitation from his elders: SN 41.3

How to teach Dhamma: AN 4.111

Meditators and Dhamma scholars: Do not disparage each other!: AN 6.46

Don't teach what you don't know: AN 10.24

The Buddha doesn't hold back any esoteric teachings: DN 16

A skilled teacher is like a ferry-man: Sn 2.8

Dhamma should not be taught for the purpose of material reward: AN 5.159

Five prerequisites to teaching the Dhamma to others: AN 5.159

Teaching alone doesn't mean you're truly committed to the Dhamma: AN 5.73

How to recognize authentic teachings: AN 3.72, AN 7.79, AN 8.53, "Recognizing the Dhamma" (Study Guide)

Examples of lay Dhamma teachers: Anathapindika (AN 10.93); Citta (SN 41.7)

How to choose — and learn from — a teacher: MN 95

How to recognize a teacher: AN 4.192

Three kinds of Dhamma teachers: DN 12

Dhamma teaching compared to medical treatment: AN 3.22

The Buddha asks who is his teacher: Dhp 353

Technical Notes (Bullitt)
Tevijja (Threefold knowledge realized by the Buddha during his Awakening). See also Buddha.

Descriptions of ~: MN 19, MN 125

What makes one a true brahman: Iti 99

The Buddha's Awakening” in The Wings to Awakening (Thanissaro)

Thailand & Thai Buddhism. See also Myanmar (Burma); Sri Lanka.

Buddhism in Thailand (Kusalasaya)

The Customs of the Noble Ones” (Thanissaro)

Theravada Buddhism.
Therigatha.
Thinking — see Thought.
Thought.

Habitual ways of thinking: MN 19

Three kinds of unskillful ~: Iti 87

Three kinds of skillful ~: Iti 87

Distracting thoughts.

How to overcome speculative thinking: SN 5.10

The Relaxation of Thoughts (Vitakkasanthana Sutta, MN 20)

Tilakkhana (the three characteristics of existence). See also Vipassana (insight).
See each one individually:

As marking the path to Awakening: Dhp 277-9

As true regardless of the existence of a Buddha: AN 3.134

Time — see Present moment.
Tipitaka.
Tiratana (the Triple Gem). See also Refuge.

Verified confidence in ~ as a factor of stream-entry: SN 55.1

The Triple Gem“ in the Path to Freedom pages

Tisarana (the Threefold Refuge).

The Threefold Refuge (Nyanaponika)

Transgender — see Sexual identity.
Translators represented on ATI
Truthfulness — see Sacca.

U

Unattractiveness — see Asubha.
Unbinding — see Nibbana.
Universe, origin and fate of — see Questions not worth asking.
Upadana (clinging). See also Khandha; Paticca-samuppada (dependent co-arising).

Understanding of ~ as a basis for Right View: MN 9

The Weight of Mountains“ (Thanissaro)

Chapter III of The Mind Like Fire Unbound (Thanissaro)

Upekkha (equanimity). See also Brahmavihara; Paramis;

As a factor leading to liberation: AN 6.13

Systematic practice of ~: SN 42.8

~ with respect to the sense faculties: MN 152

Three kinds of ~: SN 36.31

Practicing ~ as a way to deal with annoying people: AN 5.161

Equanimity in Concentration and Discernment“ in The Wings to Awakening (Thanissaro)

Uposatha (observance day). See also Sila.

The Eight Precepts“ in the Path to Freedom pages

How the eight ~ practices are to be practiced: AN 8.43

Right and wrong ways of observing the ~: AN 3.70

If you choose to observe the ~, do so consistently: AN 10.46

Uposatha Sila“ (Ñanavara Thera)

V

Vedana (feeling). See also Khandha (clinging-aggregates); Pain; Paticca-samuppada (dependent co-arising).

Understanding of ~ as a basis for Right View: MN 9

Whatever is felt is a form of dukkha: SN 36.11

Seeing even pleasurable ~ as stressful: SN 36.5, Iti 53

Seeing ~ as not-self: DN 15

Three kinds of ~: Iti 52, Iti 53

Six important aspects of ~ to be understood: AN 6.63

Why desire and passion connected with ~ is worth abandoning: SN 27.5

See the suttas in the Vedana-samyutta of the Samyutta Nikaya

Vedanta — see Comparative religions.
Vegetarianism.
Views — see Ditthi.
Vimutti (release, deliverance). See also Awakening.

From what is one released?: AN 10.81

Released through awareness: AN 6.13

Four kinds of awareness-release: SN 41.7

Released through discernment: AN 9.44

Released “both ways”: AN 9.45

The Buddha's question-and-answer session concerning release: Snp ch. 5

“Convention and Liberation,” in A Taste of Freedom (Chah)

Free at Last“ in Food for Thought (Lee)

Vinaya. See also Monastic Life.

Basic principles of: AN 8.53

A monk's duties: Cv 8

How to know if a particular action is allowable: Mv 6.40.1

The standards of sila for contemplatives: DN 2

Are monks allowed to use money?: SN 42.10

Viññana (consciousness). See also Khandha (clinging-aggregates); Paticca-samuppada (dependent co-arising).

Understanding of ~ as a basis for Right View: MN 9

Why desire and passion connected with ~ is worth abandoning: SN 27.3

Mutual dependence of ~ and name-and-form: SN 12.67

Consciousnesses“ (Lee)

Violence — see Non-violence.
Vipassana (insight). See also Samatha (tranquillity); Tilakkhana (three characteristics of existence).

~ is developed in tandem with samatha (tranquillity): SN 35.205, AN 2.30, AN 4.170, AN 10.71

How ~ can be developed during or immediately after jhana: MN 111

As direct knowledge of the five aggregates (khandha):

Analyzing the five aggregates until their appeal is shattered: SN 23.2

Developing skill in applying the four noble truths to the five aggregates: SN 22.56

Developing skill in seeing seven qualities in each of the five aggregates: SN 22.57

A contemplation for every meditator, from beginner to arahant: SN 22.122

Like taking apart a lute in search of its sound: SN 35.205

As direct knowledge of the six sense bases (salayatana): MN 149

Reflection on not-self as a basis for insight: SN 22.59

Basic Themes (Lee)

Stop and Think“ in Food for Thought (Lee)

Viraga (dispassion).

Highest of all Dhammas: Iti 90, Dhp 273

The arahant as having gone beyond both passion and ~: Sn 4.4, Sn 4.6, Sn 4.10

“In the seen there is only the seen…”: SN 35.95, Ud 1.10

At the Tip of Your Nose“ in Keeping the Breath in Mind (Lee)

Consciousnesses“ (Lee)

Viriya (effort, energy). See also Paramis; Samvega; Sloth and Drowsiness (thina-middha).

Right Effort“ in the Path to Freedom pages

Needed for final attainment of truth: MN 95

Wake up!: Sn 2.10

As a quality of a great person: AN 8.30

Five factors that sustain ~: AN 5.53

Virtue — see Sila.
Visakha puja. See also Uposatha.

Visakha Puja“ (Lee)

Viveka (seclusion, solitude). See also Wilderness.

Thoughts of ~ are the mark of a great person: AN 8.30

The pleasure of ~: AN 5.30, AN 6.42

True seclusion is found within: SN 9.1, SN 21.10

It's better to be alone than in the company of fools: Dhp 61, Dhp 328-330

Delighting in the wilds — the mark of a wise person: Dhp 305, Dhp 395, Thag 3.8

“Wander alone, a rhinoceros”: Sn 1.3

The monks' way of life in the wilds: Sn 3.11, Sn 4.9, Sn 4.16

W

Wakefulness. See also Appamada (heedfulness).

As a quality that distinguishes the true contemplative: MN 39

Walking meditation. See also Meditation.

Benefits of ~: AN 5.29

War. See also Anger; Conflict.

In ~, there is no winning side: SN 3.14, SN 3.15

Only forbearance, never revenge, can bring an end to ~: Mv 10.2.3-20

Hostility can never be conquered with hostility: Dhp 3

What kind of rebirth can a soldier expect?: SN 42.3

Is there such a thing as a “just” ~?: See "Getting the Message" (Thanissaro)

Wealth. See also Money; Dhana (treasures); Puñña (merit, inner wealth); references to Anathapindika in the Index of Proper Names.

The ~ of a householder vs. the ~ of one who has lived the renunciate life to its culmination: Sn 1.2

Downfall caused by stinginess: Sn 1.6

How ~ should be both shared and enjoyed: SN 3.19

Actions that lead to the loss of one's material ~: DN 31

~ can't buy true happines: AN 10.46

Focusing on material gain leads one away from Nibbana: Dhp 75

Five skillful ways of using one's ~: AN 5.41

How a family can preserve its ~: AN 4.255

How to safeguard one's material ~: AN 8.54

Relative value of material and spiritual ~: Ud 2.2

The bliss that arises from using ~ wisely: AN 4.62

Few are those who don't get intoxicated by ~: SN 3.6

Contentment is the greatest ~: Dhp 204

Trading Outer Wealth for Inner Wealth“ in Food for Thought (Lee)

Wedding — see Marriage.

Well, parable of the: Ud 7.9

Wilderness. See also Forest traditions; Nature; Viveka (seclusion, solitude).

Where ardent meditators prefer to dwell: Dhp 99, Dhp 305, Dhp 395

Mountains, forests, and grasslands: Dhp 188, Thag 1.41, Thag 1.113, Thag 3.5, Thag 19, Thig 3.4

Qualities required for living in the ~: AN 4.259

As a suitable place for meditation: DN 12, DN 22, MN 118, MN 119, SN 11.3, AN 5.76, AN 8.86, etc.

As a place to sleep at ease: AN 3.34

What can one possibly accomplish by living in the forest, just meditating?: SN 7.17

In the ~, the Buddha comes face-to-face with his fear: MN 4

In the ~, the Buddha shows by example how best to handle physical pain: SN 1.38, SN 4.13

Wandering like a wild deer: Snp I.3

~ is for those not seeking sensual delight: Dhp 99

The Buddha exhorts others to seek out ~: AN 5.114

The hazards of the ~ as an incentive to meditate: AN 5.77

Proper attitude for living with hardship in the ~: Thag 3.8, Thag 5.8

Why do those who live in the forest look so happy?: SN 1.10

Craving follows you, even into the ~: SN 35.63

A lonely monk briefly considers leaving the forest: SN 9.9

An early example of “wilderness poetry”: Thag 18

Ven. Maha Kassapa's life in the forest: Thag 18

Why Ven. Maha Kassapa chose to live in the forest: SN 16.5Why Ajaan Lee chose to live in the forest: in The Autobiography of Phra Ajaan Lee

The Customs of the Noble Ones“ (Thanissaro)

See the teachings from the Thai forest traditions

Wings to Awakening — see Bodhipakkhiya-dhamma.
Wisdom — see Pañña.
Wise person. See also Pañña (discernment, wisdom).

How to recognize a ~: AN 3.2, AN 4.35, AN 4.192, Ud 6.2

What distinguishes the ~ from the fool: SN 12.19, AN 2.21, AN 2.98, AN 4.115

It's better to be alone than in the company of fools: Dhp 61, Dhp 328-330

What the ~ and the fool have in common: MN 33, AN 11.18

Wise reflection — see Yoniso manasikara.
Women and Buddhism. See also the names of individual nuns (“So-and-so, Ven. Sister”) in the Index of Proper Names.

The thought, “Women can't attain Awakening” is not to be believed: SN 5.2

Question & Answers (3): The Bhikkhuni Sangha in A Fistful of Sand (Suwat)

Work, monastics'. See also Monastic life.

Do contemplatives do any useful work? (various answers): SN 7.17; Thig 13.2; Sn 1.4.

World, origin of — see Questions not worth asking.
Worship — see Devotion.

XYZ

Yoniso manasikara (appropriate attention; wise reflection). See also the first six of the Ten Recollections; Questions.

What things should one attend to with ~?: SN 22.122

A remedy for a mind consumed by unskillful thoughts: SN 9.11

As a condition for right view: AN 2.125-126

As the key to abandoning greed, hatred, delusion: AN 3.68

As an important quality to develop: Iti 16

As a means to ending the asava: MN 2

The Seven Factors for Awakening” in The Wings to Awakening (Thanissaro)

Young people (readings for). See also Children.


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