on what the Buddha taught
| PALI | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|
| ājīva | way of life | |
| ākiñcañña | non-ownership | |
| anattā | not self | |
| aññāṇa | ignorance | |
| arahant | virtuous one | |
| ariyasāvaka | disciple of nobleness | |
| āsava | drain | |
| avijjā | not-knowing | |
| āvuso | friend | |
| āyasma | senior | |
| bhante | venerable (used by junior almsmen towards seniors and by lay towards almsmen and wanderers/ascetics from other sects) | |
| bhava | existence | |
| bhāvanā | development | |
| bhikkhā | alms | |
| bhikkhu | almsman | |
| bhikkhunī | almswoman | |
| bhuddha | awakened; awakened one | |
| bhūta | essence (from esse 'be': become, ghost, being, result of becoming) | |
| byāpāda | anger | |
| ceto | mentality | |
| cetanā | intention | |
| chandarāgo | desire and passion | |
| citta | mind | |
| cittassa ekaggataṃ | focus of mind (=concentration) | |
| dhamma | principle | |
| dhātu | aspect | |
| dosa | hate | |
| dukkha | suffering | |
| ekaggatā | focus | |
| jhāna | radiance | |
| kamma | action | |
| kāma | lust | |
| kāmacchanda | lustful desire | |
| kāya | body | |
| khandha | mass | |
| lobha | greed | |
| māna | esteem | |
| manasi karoti | pay attention to | |
| manasikāra | attention | |
| mano | intellect | |
| manosañcetanā | willpower (one of the foods to carry on) | |
| micchā | wrong | |
| moha | delusion | |
| ñāṇa | knowledge | |
| nāmarūpa | name-and-form | |
| nibbāna | peace | |
| nidāna | situation | |
| nimitta | sign | |
| nīvaraṇa | obstruction | |
| paccaya | support | |
| pañc'upādānakkhandhā | five masses-with-grasping | |
| parimukha | peripheral | |
| paṭigha | resistance (as in friction) | |
| phala | fruit | |
| phassa | touch | |
| punabbhava | following existence | |
| rāga | passion | |
| sakkāya | embodiment | |
| sakkāyadiṭṭhi | the view of embodiment | |
| saḷāyatana | hexad base (ṣaḍ° ordinarily chal°: see cha (=six); ṣaḍ reminds of hextad (hĕk′săd′); hexad or sextet, indicating a group of six) | |
| samādhi | concentration | |
| sammā | right | |
| sampajañña | awareness (mindfulness, consciousness) | |
| saṃyojana | yoke | |
| saññā | perception | |
| suññatā | emptiness | |
| saṅkappa | attitude | |
| saṅkhāra | inclination | |
| sati | recollection | |
| sīla | conduct | |
| sīlabbata | conduct and practise | |
| sīlabbataparāmāsa | superstition | |
| somanassa | contentment | |
| taṇhā | drought, thirst; fig. longing, craving | |
| thera | elder (vs senior: an elder is more looked upon for guidance with wisdom and a senior is more used about the position in an organisation. One can be a elder without being senior, AN2.38) | |
| thinamiddha | dullness | |
| uddhacca | agitation | |
| uddhaccakukkucca | remorse | |
| vedanā | feeling | |
| vicāra | thinking | |
| vicikiccā | unclarity | |
| viññāṇa | cognition | |
| vipāka | ripening | |
| vipariṇāma | change for the worse | |
| vipassanā | insight | |
| vitakka | thought |