A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
A
Abandoning of arisen evil, unskillful qualities – see Right Effort (sammā-vāyāma) (70)
Abbot (15)
Abhayagiri Monastery (75)
abhidhamma (4)
abhippamodaya citta [Gladdening the mind] (33)
Abortion (1)
Abuse/violence (5)
abyākatā dhammā [Indeterminate qualities]
Accomplishment in virtue – see Virtue (sīla) (49)
Activism (6)
Addiction (2)
adhiṭṭhāna [Determination] (16)
adinnādāna [Stealing] (4)
adukkhamasukhā vedanā [Neutral feeling] (7)
Advertizing (2)
āgama (1)
Ageing (jarā) (21)
Aggregates (khandhā) (32)
āhāra [Food] (37)
āhāra [Nutriment] (5)
Aids to Awakening (bodhipakkhiyādhammā) (1)
Aids to Enlightenment – alternative translation of bodhipakkhiyādhammā [Aids to Awakening] (1)
Ajahn Chah Remembrance Day (2)
akusalā dhammā [Unskillful qualities] (31)
akusala-mūla [Unwholesome Roots] (45)
Alertness – alternative translation of sampajañña [Clear comprehension] (46)
Almsbowl (7)
Almsfood (piṇḍapāta) (23)
Almsround (Pindapat Thai) (26)
āloka-saññā [Perception of light] (1)
amanussa [Non-human beings] (1)
Amaro, Ajahn (11)
amata [Deathless] (4)
America, History (1)
Amulets (1)
anāgamī [Non-return] (2)
anagārika [Postulants] (7)
Anan Akiñcano, Ajahn (10)
Anando, Ajahn (1)
ānāpānassati [Mindfulness of breathing] (101)
anattā [Not-self] (69)
anicca [Impermanence] (60)
Animal (16)
anupubbikathā [Gradual Teaching] (17)
anusati [Recollection] (44)
aparihānāya dhammā [Qualities for non-decline] (1)
appamāda [Heedfulness] (5)
Applied and sustained thought – alternative translation of vitakka-vicāra [Directed thought and evaluation] (71)
Appropriate attention (yoniso manasikāra) (15)
arahant (11)
Ardency (ātāpi) (27)
Arising and ceasing – see Impermanence (anicca) (60)
Arising of unarisen skillful qualities – see Right Effort (sammā-vāyāma) (70)
ariya aṭṭaṅgika magga [Noble Eightfold Path] (39)
ariya-pariyesanā [Spiritual search] (10)
Arom kong git Thai [Moods of the mind] (3)
arūparāga [Craving for immaterial existence]
āruppa [Formless attainments] (8)
asaṅkhata [Unconditioned] (10)
āsava [Outflows] (4)
Ascetic practices (dhutaṅga) (19)
Asia, Culture (1)
Asokaram, Wat (1)
Association with people of integrity (sappurisasaṁseva) (11)
asubha [Unattractiveness] (29)
asubha/dvattiṁsākāra [Unattractiveness/32 parts] (29)
atammayatā [Not-made-of-that] (2)
ātāpi [Ardency] (27)
Attachment – see Clinging (upādāna) (62)
Attachment to rites and rituals (sīlabbata-parāmāsa) (7)
aṭṭaṅgika magga [Eightfold Path] (39)
attavādupādāna [Doctrine-of-self clinging] (2)
aṭṭha lokadhammā [Eight Worldly Conditions] (3)
aṭṭha sikkhāpadāni [Eight Precepts] (5)
Aversion (dosa) (62)
avijjāsava [Ignorance] (6)
āyatana [Sense bases] (25)
B
Ban Tat, Wat Pah (4)
Bases of Success (iddhipādā) (4)
Beauty (2)
Becoming (bhavāsava) (21)
bhāvanā [Meditation] (57)
bhavāsava [Becoming] (21)
bhaya [Fear] (56)
bhikkhunī (2)
bhojane mattaññū [Moderation in eating] (1)
Birth (jāti) (7)
Blame and praise (nindā ca pasaṃsā ca) (4)
Bodhi Tree (1)
Bodhi, Bhikkhu (8)
bodhipakkhiyādhammā [Aids to Awakening] (1)
bodhisattva (3)
Body – alternative translation of rūpa [Form] (7)
Body scanning (5)
bojjhaṅgā [Factors of Awakening] (7)
Boon Choo Ṭhitaguṇo, Ajahn (7)
Bowing (8)
brahmacariyā [Celibacy] (2)
brahmavihārā [Divine Abidings] (17)
Buddha (36)
Buddha images (5)
Buddha, Recollection (buddhānussati) (15)
Buddha/Biography (38)
Buddhadāsa Indapañño, Ajahn (12)
buddhānussati [Recollection/Buddha] (15)
Buddhist identity (23)
Buddho mantra (5)
Bunjong, Ajahn (1)
Burapha, Wat (3)
Buridat, Wat (2)
byādhi [Sickness] (56)
byāpāda [Ill-will] (12)
C
cāgānussati [Recollection/Generosity] (6)
Calming meditation (samatha) (34)
caṅkama [Posture/Walking] (21)
cattāri ariya-saccāni [Four Noble Truths] (33)
cattāro āhārā [Four Nutriments] (5)
cattāro iddhipādā [Four Bases of Success] (4)
Cause of Suffering (dukkha-samudayo) (16)
Celibacy (brahmacariyā) (2)
Ceremony/ritual (10)
Cessation (nirodha) (27)
Cessation of Suffering (dukkha-nirodho) (37)
cetanā [Volition] (29)
Chah Subhaddo, Ajahn (320)
chanda [Desire] (42)
Chanting (69)
Characteristics of existence (20)
Children (6)
Christianity (22)
citta [Heart/mind] (27)
citta-sati [Mindfulness of mind] (36)
City of Ten Thousand Buddhas (2)
cīvara [Robes] (10)
Cleanliness (11)
Clear comprehension (sampajañña) (46)
Clinging (upādāna) (62)
Commentaries (17)
Commerce/economics (25)
Communal harmony (12)
Community (33)
Compassion (karuṇā) (71)
Competitiveness (1)
Conceit (māna) (16)
Concentration (samādhi) (70)
Conditionality (idappaccayatā) (63)
Confession (2)
Conflict (14)
Conscience and concern – alternative translation of hiri-otappa [Conscience and prudence] (12)
Conscience and prudence (hiri-otappa) (12)
Consciousness (viññāṇa) (23)
Contact (phassa) (12)
Contentment (santuṭṭhi) (16)
Continuity of mindfulness (29)
Conventions (9)
Conviction – alternative translation of saddhā [Faith] (71)
Corruption (2)
Courage (2)
Craving (taṇhā) (38)
Craving for immaterial existence (arūparāga)
Craving for material existence (rūparāga) (1)
Craving for sensuality – see Sensual desire (kāmacchanda) (33)
Craving not to become (vibhava-taṇhā) (15)
Craving to become – see Becoming (bhavāsava) (21)
Crime (4)
Cultural context (13)
Culture/Asia (1)
Culture/India (20)
Culture/Natural environment (23)
Culture/Thailand (113)
Culture/West (91)
D
Dalai Lama, The (6)
dāna [Generosity] (66)
Danger of sensual pleasure – see Sensual desire (kāmacchanda) (33)
dasa pāramiyo [Ten Perfections] (8)
dasa samyojana [Fetters] (3)
dasa saṃyojanā [Ten Fetters] (3)
Death (maraṇa) (96)
Death, Recollection (maraṇassati) (25)
Deathless, The (amata) (4)
Defilement – see Three Unwholesome Roots (akusala-mūla) (45)
Defilements – see Three Unwholesome Roots (akusala-mūla) (45)
Delusion (moha) (44)
Dependence (nissaya) (1)
Dependent origination (paticca-samuppāda) (20)
Depression (13)
Desire (chanda) (42)
Determination (adhiṭṭhāna) (16)
Deva (26)
Devas, Recollection (devatānussati) (10)
devatānussati [Recollection/Devas] (10)
Devotion to wakefulness (jāgariyaṁ anuyutto) (14)
Devotional practice (22)
Dhamma (41)
Dhamma books (28)
Dhamma online (5)
Dhamma, Recollection (dhammānussati) (13)
dhammā-sati [Mindfulness of dhammas] (8)
dhamma-vicaya [Investigation of states] (31)
dhammaniymatā [Lawfulness] (2)
dhammānudhammappaṭipatti [Practicing in accordance with Dhamma] (26)
dhammānussati [Recollection/Dhamma] (13)
dhammaṭṭhitatā [Naturalness] (9)
dhana [Treasures] (7)
dhātu [Elements] (21)
dhutaṅga [Ascetic practices] (19)
Dipa Ma (1)
Direct experience (29)
Directed thought and evaluation (vitakka-vicāra) (71)
Disasters (1)
Discernment (paññā) (92)
Disenchantment (nibbidā) (8)
Dispassion (virāga) (16)
Disrobing (10)
Distress – alternative translation of domanassa [Grief] (23)
diṭṭhāsava [Views] (26)
Divine Abidings (brahmavihārā) (17)
Divisive tale-bearing – alternative translation of pisuṇāya vācā [Malicious speech] (5)
Doctrine-of-self clinging (attavādupādāna) (2)
Dōgen (1)
domanassa [Grief] (23)
dosa [Aversion] (62)
Doubt (vicikiccha) (27)
Dreams (5)
Dtao Dtum Monastery (10)
dukkha [Suffering] (117)
dukkha [Pain] (26)
dukkha ariya-sacca [Noble Truth of Suffering] (13)
dukkha-nirodha ariya-saccaṃ [Noble Truth of the Cessation of Suffering] (37)
dukkha-nirodho [Cessation of Suffering] (37)
dukkha-samudaya ariya-sacca [Noble Truth of the Cause of Suffering] (16)
dukkha-samudayo [Cause of Suffering] (16)
E
Eating after noon (vikāla-bhojana) (2)
Economics – see Commerce/economics (25)
Eight Precepts (aṭṭha sikkhāpadāni) (5)
Eight Worldly Conditions (aṭṭha lokadhammā) (3)
Eightfold Path (aṭṭaṅgika magga) (39)
ekaggatā [One pointedness] (12)
Elements (dhātu) (21)
Emotion (14)
Empathetic joy (muditā) (8)
Emptiness (suññatā) (11)
Energy (viriya) (30)
Entertainment and adornment (nacca-gīta-vādita) (6)
Environment (23)
Equanimity (upekkhā) (28)
Etymology (9)
Euthanasia (3)
Excercise (3)
F
Factors for stream entry (sotāpattiyaṅga) (1)
Factors of Awakening (bojjhaṅgā) (7)
Faculties (indriyā) (5)
Fading away – alternative translation of virāga [Dispassion] (16)
Fah Krahm, Wat (3)
Faith (saddhā) (71)
False speech (musā-vādā) (6)
Fame and disrepute (yaso ca ayaso ca) (1)
Family (59)
Fasting (2)
Fear (bhaya) (56)
Feedback – see Admonishment/feedback (18)
Feeling (vedanā) (43)
Festival days (2)
Fetters (dasa samyojana) (3)
Five Aggregates (pañcakkhandhā) (32)
Five aggregates affected by clinging – see Five Aggregates (pañcakkhandhā) (32)
Five Faculties (pañca indriyā) (5)
Five Hindrances (pañca nīvaraṇāni) (21)
Five Precepts (pañca sikkhāpadāni) (10)
Food (āhāra) (37)
Forgiveness (11)
Form (rūpa) (7)
Formless attainments (āruppa) (8)
Foundations of Mindfulness – see Right Mindfulness (sammā-sati) (58)
Four Bases of Spiritual Power – alternative translation of cattāro iddhipādā [Four Bases of Success] (4)
Four Bases of Success (cattāro iddhipādā) (4)
Four Noble Truths (cattāri ariya-saccāni) (33)
Four Nutriments (cattāro āhārā) (5)
Four Postures (8)
Four Requisites (8)
Four Right Efforts – see Right Effort (sammā-vāyāma) (70)
Freedom – alternative translation of vimutti [Liberation] (54)
Fulfillment of arisen skillful qualities – see Right Effort (sammā-vāyāma) (70)
Full awareness – alternative translation of sampajañña [Clear comprehension] (46)
Fun Ācāro, Ajahn (3)
Funerals (10)
G
Gain and loss (lābho ca alābho ca)
Gavesako, Ajahn (2)
Generosity (dāna) (66)
Generosity, Recollection (cāgānussati) (6)
Ghost (6)
gilāna-paccaya-bhesajja-parikkhāraṃ [Medicinal requisites] (10)
Gladdening the mind (abhippamodaya citta) (33)
God (1)
Goenka, S. N. (3)
Goodwill (mettā) (90)
Gradual Teaching, The (anupubbikathā) (17)
Gratitude (kataññu) (46)
Great disciples (24)
Greed (lobha) (8)
Grief (domanassa) (23)
H
Habits (18)
Happiness (sukha) (98)
Harsh speech (pharusāya vācā) (1)
Health (20)
Health care (32)
Hearing the true Dhamma (saddhammassavana) (13)
Heart/mind (citta) (27)
Heaven – see Deva (26)
Heedfulness (appamāda) (5)
Heedlessness (pamāda) (4)
Hell (2)
High and luxurious beds (uccāsayana-mahāsayanā) (1)
Hindrances (nīvaraṇāni) (21)
Hinduism (3)
hiri-otappa [Conscience and prudence] (12)
History (3)
History/America (1)
History/Other Theravāda traditions (3)
History/Sri Lankan Buddhism (8)
History/Western Buddhist monasticism (16)
Hospitality (1)
Hua tou Chinese (1)
Human (36)
Humility (6)
Humor (18)
I
idappaccayatā [Conditionality] (63)
iddhipādā [Bases of Success] (4)
Idealism (27)
Idle chatter (samphappalāpa) (3)
Ignorance (avijjāsava) (6)
Ill-will (byāpāda) (12)
Impermanence (anicca) (60)
Inadequacy – see Guilt/shame/inadequacy (21)
Indeterminate qualities (abyākatā dhammā)
India, Culture (20)
indriyā [Faculties] (5)
indriyesu guttadvāro [Sense restraint] (12)
Industry (2)
Insight meditation (vipassanā) (31)
Insight Meditation Society (3)
Interest – alternative translation of chanda [Desire] (42)
Internet (3)
Intoxicants (surāmeraya-majja-pamādaṭṭhānā) (20)
Intuition (3)
Investigation – see Discernment (paññā) (92)
Investigation of Dhamma – alternative translation of dhamma-vicaya [Investigation of states] (31)
Investigation of states (dhamma-vicaya) (31)
Islam (2)
J
jāgariyaṁ anuyutto [Devotion to wakefulness] (14)
jarā [Ageing] (21)
jāti [Birth] (7)
Jayasaro, Ajahn (15)
Jealousy (1)
jhāna (74)
Jia Cundo, Ajahn (2)
Jotipālo, Ajahn (4)
Judaism (1)
Judgementalism (19)
K
kabaliṅkāra āhāra [Physical food] (37)
Kaew, Mae Chee (7)
kalyāṇa-mittatā [Spiritual friendship] (28)
kāmacchanda [Sensual desire] (33)
kāmesu micchācāra [Sexual misconduct] (7)
kamma (63)
Kappel, Joseph (3)
karuṇā [Compassion] (71)
kasiṇa (2)
kataññu [Gratitude] (46)
kaṭhina (3)
kāyagatā-sati [Mindfulness of body] (61)
Kee Nanayon, Upasikā (23)
Keun, Wat (8)
Kevali, Ajahn (1)
khandhā [Aggregates] (32)
khanti [Patience] (37)
kiccavatta [Protocols] (11)
Killing (pāṇātipāta) (18)
Knowing itself (35)
Knowledge and vision (ñāṇadassana) (14)
kusalā dhammā [Skillful qualities] (55)
L
lābho ca alābho ca [Gain and loss]
Language (32)
Lawfulness (dhammaniymatā) (2)
Lay life (36)
Lay teachers (5)
Leadership (5)
Learning (suta) (62)
Leisure – see Recreation/leisure/sport (5)
Letting go – see Relinquishment (paṭinissagga) (108)
Liberation (vimutti) (54)
Listening (5)
lobha [Greed] (8)
lokadhammā [Worldly Conditions] (3)
Long-term practice (32)
Lunar observance days (uposatha) (12)
M
Mae Chee Thai (1)
Mahā Adisak Dhammābhinando, Ajahn (1)
Mahā Amorn Khemacitto, Ajahn (3)
Mahā Boowa Ñāṇasampanno, Ajahn (36)
Mahā In, Ajahn (1)
Mahasi Sayadaw (2)
Mahāyāna (5)
Mahāyāna Buddhism, History (4)
majjhimā paṭipadā [Middle Path] (21)
Malas (1)
Malicious speech (pisuṇāya vācā) (5)
māna [Conceit] (16)
manosañcetanā [Mental volition] (29)
Mantra (6)
Māra (9)
maraṇa [Death] (96)
maraṇassati [Recollection/Death] (25)
Media (8)
Medicinal requisites (gilāna-paccaya-bhesajja-parikkhāraṃ) (10)
Meditation (bhāvanā) (57)
Meditation retreats (16)
Meditation/General advice (20)
Meditation/Unusual experiences (14)
Memory (6)
Mental illness (3)
Mental volition (manosañcetanā) (29)
Mentoring (10)
Merit (puñña) (33)
mettā [Goodwill] (90)
Metta, Wat (1)
micchā-samādhi [Wrong concentration] (3)
Middle Path (majjhimā paṭipadā) (21)
Middle Way – alternative translation of majjhimā paṭipadā [Middle Path] (21)
Military (12)
Mind – see Heart/mind (citta) (27)
Mindfulness (sati) (81)
Mindfulness immersed in the body – alternative translation of kāyagatā-sati [Mindfulness of body] (61)
Mindfulness of body (kāyagatā-sati) (61)
Mindfulness of breathing (ānāpānassati) (101)
Mindfulness of dhammas (dhammā-sati) (8)
Mindfulness of feeling (vedanā-sati) (21)
Mindfulness of mind (citta-sati) (36)
Moderation in eating (bhojane mattaññū) (1)
moha [Delusion] (44)
Monasteries (6)
Monasteries in other traditions
Monastery organizational structure (2)
Monastic crafts (2)
Monastic life (128)
Monastic precepts – see Vinaya (48)
Monastic titles (10)
Mongut (Rama IV), King – see Vajirayan Vajirañāno, Ajahn (1)
Monuments – see Stupas/monuments (3)
Moods of the mind (Arom kong git Thai) (3)
Moral shame and moral dread – alternative translation of hiri-otappa [Conscience and prudence] (12)
muditā [Empathetic joy] (8)
Munindo, Ajahn (1)
musā-vādā [False speech] (6)
Mutual lay/Saṅgha support (19)
N
nacca-gīta-vādita [Entertainment and adornment] (6)
Name and form – see Five Aggregates (pañcakkhandhā) (32)
Nanachat, Wat Pah (40)
ñāṇadassana [Knowledge and vision] (14)
Ñāṇiko, Ajahn (12)
Natural environment, Culture (23)
Naturalness (dhammaṭṭhitatā) (9)
Nature of mind (33)
Nature of the cosmos (10)
Neither-painful-nor-pleasant feeling (adukkhamasukhā vedanā) (7)
nekkhamma [Renunciation] (13)
Neutral feeling (adukkhamasukhā vedanā) (7)
News (2)
Nibbāna (25)
nibbidā [Disenchantment] (8)
nimitta (9)
nindā ca pasaṃsā ca [Blame and praise] (4)
nirodha [Cessation] (27)
nissaya [Dependence] (1)
nīvaraṇāni [Hindrances] (21)
Noble Eightfold Path (ariya aṭṭaṅgika magga) (39)
Noble Truth of Stress – alternative translation of dukkha ariya-sacca [Noble Truth of Suffering] (13)
Noble Truth of Suffering (dukkha ariya-sacca) (13)
Noble Truth of the Cause of Stress – alternative translation of dukkha-samudaya ariya-sacca [Noble Truth of the Cause of Suffering] (16)
Noble Truth of the Cause of Suffering (dukkha-samudaya ariya-sacca) (16)
Noble Truth of the Cessation of Stress – alternative translation of dukkha-nirodha ariya-saccaṃ [Noble Truth of the Cessation of Suffering] (37)
Noble Truth of the Cessation of Suffering (dukkha-nirodha ariya-saccaṃ) (37)
Non-arising – alternative translation of nirodha [Cessation] (27)
Non-arising of unarisen evil, unskillful qualities – see Right Effort (sammā-vāyāma) (70)
Non-contention (4)
Non-cruelty – see Compassion (karuṇā) (71)
Non-human beings (amanussa) (1)
Non-ill-will – see Goodwill (mettā) (90)
Non-return (anāgamī) (2)
Nong Pah Pong, Wat (55)
Nor, Chao Khun (3)
Not-made-of-that (atammayatā) (2)
Not-self (anattā) (69)
Noting (4)
Novices (8)
Nutriment (āhāra) (5)
O
Objectification – alternative translation of papañca [Proliferation] (87)
Older monks (5)
Once return (sakadāgāmī) (1)
One pointedness (ekaggatā) (12)
Online community (6)
Ordination (12)
Other Theravāda traditions, History (3)
Outflows (āsava) (4)
P
Pa Auk Sayadaw (2)
Pace of life (5)
Pain (dukkha) (26)
Pakow Thai – alternative translation of anagārika [Postulants] (7)
Pāli (65)
pamāda [Heedlessness] (4)
pāṇātipāta [Killing] (18)
pañca indriyā [Five Faculties] (5)
pañca nīvaraṇāni [Five Hindrances] (21)
pañca sikkhāpadāni [Five Precepts] (10)
pañcakkhandhā [Five Aggregates] (32)
Pandemic (5)
paññā [Discernment] (92)
Paññānanda Padumuttaro, Ajahn (3)
papañca [Proliferation] (87)
pāramiyo [Perfections] (8)
paritta [Protective chants] (7)
Pasanno, Ajahn (175)
passaddhi [Tranquility] (60)
Path to the Cessation of Suffering – see Noble Eightfold Path (ariya aṭṭaṅgika magga) (39)
paticca-samuppāda [Dependent origination] (20)
Patience (khanti) (37)
pāṭimokkha (7)
paṭinissagga [Relinquishment] (108)
Pavaro, Ajahn (1)
Payutto, P. A. (8)
Peace, Recollection (upasamānussati) (3)
Perception (saññā) (30)
Perception of a samaṇa (samaṇa saññā) (6)
Perception of light (āloka-saññā) (1)
Perfectionism (9)
Perfections (pāramiyo) (8)
Personal presence (11)
Personality (26)
pharusāya vācā [Harsh speech] (1)
phassa [Contact] (12)
Philosophy (1)
Physical food (kabaliṅkāra āhāra) (37)
Pindapat Thai [Almsround] (26)
piṇḍapāta [Almsfood] (23)
pisuṇāya vācā [Malicious speech] (5)
pīti [Rapture] (29)
Pleasant feeling – see Happiness (sukha) (98)
Pleasure – alternative translation of sukha [Happiness] (98)
Pleasure – see Happiness (sukha) (98)
Politics and society (46)
Postulants (anagārika) (7)
Posture/Sitting (13)
Posture/Standing (5)
Posture/Walking (caṅkama) (21)
Postures (8)
Poverty (7)
Powers – see Five Faculties (pañca indriyā) (5)
Practicing in accordance with Dhamma (dhammānudhammappaṭipatti) (26)
Prayoon Dhammacitto, Tan Chao Khun (1)
Precepts (sikkhāpada) (28)
Progress of insight (16)
Proliferation (papañca) (87)
Properties – alternative translation of dhātu [Elements] (21)
Protective chants (paritta) (7)
Protocols (kiccavatta) (11)
Psychic powers (19)
pūjā (5)
puñña [Merit] (33)
Pure Land (2)
Puriso, Ajahn (6)
Q
Qualities for non-decline (aparihānāya dhammā) (1)
Question in Thai (3)
Questions (15)
R
Rains retreat (vassa) (12)
Ram Dass (3)
Rapture (pīti) (29)
Realms of existence (10)
Rebirth (38)
Recollection (anusati) (44)
Recollection/Buddha (buddhānussati) (15)
Recollection/Death (maraṇassati) (25)
Recollection/Devas (devatānussati) (10)
Recollection/Dhamma (dhammānussati) (13)
Recollection/Generosity (cāgānussati) (6)
Recollection/Peace (upasamānussati) (3)
Recollection/Saṅgha (saṅghānussati) (7)
Recollection/Virtue (sīlānussati) (14)
Relationships (25)
Release (vossagga) (18)
Relics (6)
Relinquishment (paṭinissagga) (108)
Relinquishment – alternative translation of vossagga [Release] (18)
Renunciation (nekkhamma) (13)
Requisites (8)
Respect (16)
Respect for elders (14)
Restlessness – see Restlessness and worry (uddhacca-kukkucca) (36)
Restlessness and worry (uddhacca-kukkucca) (36)
Right Action (sammā-kammanta) (2)
Right Concentration (sammā-samādhi) (23)
Right Effort (sammā-vāyāma) (70)
Right Intention (sammā-saṅkappa) (19)
Right Livelihood (sammā-ājīva) (37)
Right Mindfulness (sammā-sati) (58)
Right Resolve – alternative translation of sammā-saṅkappa [Right Intention] (19)
Right Speech (sammā-vācā) (20)
Right View (sammā-diṭṭhi) (25)
Rites-and-rituals clinging – see Attachment to rites and rituals (sīlabbata-parāmāsa) (7)
Ritual – see Ceremony/ritual (10)
Robes (cīvara) (10)
Role of abbot (15)
Royalty (4)
rūpa [Form] (7)
rūparāga [Craving for material existence] (1)
Ruth Denison (2)
S
sacca [Truth] (18)
saddhā [Faith] (71)
saddhammassavana [Hearing the true Dhamma] (13)
sakadāgāmī [Once return] (1)
sakkāya-diṭṭhi [Self-identity view] (98)
saḷ-āyatana [Six Sense Bases] (25)
samādhi [Concentration] (70)
samaṇa saññā [Perception of a samaṇa] (6)
samatha [Calming meditation] (34)
sammā-ājīva [Right Livelihood] (37)
sammā-diṭṭhi [Right View] (25)
sammā-kammanta [Right Action] (2)
sammā-samādhi [Right Concentration] (23)
sammā-saṅkappa [Right Intention] (19)
sammā-sati [Right Mindfulness] (58)
sammā-vācā [Right Speech] (20)
sammā-vāyāma [Right Effort] (70)
sampajañña [Clear comprehension] (46)
samphappalāpa [Idle chatter] (3)
saṃsāra (7)
saṃvega [Sense of urgency] (10)
Saṅgha (Monastic community) (41)
Saṅgha, Recollection (saṅghānussati) (7)
saṅghānussati [Recollection/Saṅgha] (7)
saṅkhāra [Volitional formations] (34)
saññā [Perception] (30)
santuṭṭhi [Contentment] (16)
sappurisasaṁseva [Association with people of integrity] (11)
sati [Mindfulness] (81)
satta bojjhaṅgā [Seven Factors of Awakening] (7)
satta dhanā [Seven Treasures] (7)
Science (8)
Seclusion (viveka) (28)
Secular Buddhism (3)
Self-identity view (sakkāya-diṭṭhi) (98)
Self-pity (2)
Self-reliance (6)
Selfishness (5)
senāsana [Shelter] (7)
Sense bases (āyatana) (25)
Sense of urgency (saṃvega) (10)
Sense restraint (indriyesu guttadvāro) (12)
Sensual desire (kāmacchanda) (33)
Sensual pleasure – see Sensual desire (kāmacchanda) (33)
Sensuality – see Sensual desire (kāmacchanda) (33)
Sensuality-clinging – see Sensual desire (kāmacchanda) (33)
Sequence of training (24)
Service (2)
Seven Factors of Awakening (satta bojjhaṅgā) (7)
Seven Treasures (satta dhanā) (7)
Sexual activity – see Celibacy (brahmacariyā) (2)
Sexual misconduct (kāmesu micchācāra) (7)
Shame – see Guilt/shame/inadequacy (21)
Sharp, George (1)
Shelter (senāsana) (7)
Sickness (byādhi) (56)
sikkhāpada [Precepts] (28)
sīla [Virtue] (49)
sīlabbata-parāmāsa [Attachment to rites and rituals] (7)
sīladharā (4)
sīlānussati [Recollection/Virtue] (14)
Similes (61)
Simplicity (26)
Siripañño, Ajahn (1)
Sitting, Posture (13)
Six Sense Bases (saḷ-āyatana) (25)
Skillful qualities (kusalā dhammā) (55)
Sloth and torpor (thīna-middha) (29)
Smoking (1)
Social media (4)
Soṇa, Ajahn (3)
sotāpanna [Stream entry] (24)
sotāpattiyaṅga [Factors for stream entry] (1)
Sound of silence (2)
Spaciousness (14)
Spiritual bypass (6)
Spiritual friendship (kalyāṇa-mittatā) (28)
Spiritual search (ariya-pariyesanā) (10)
Sport – see Recreation/leisure/sport (5)
Sri Lankan Buddhism, History (8)
Stages of awakening (27)
Stealing (adinnādāna) (4)
Stories (2)
Stream entry (sotāpanna) (24)
Stress – alternative translation of dukkha [Pain] (26)
Study monks (8)
Stupas/monuments (3)
Suan Mokkh, Wat (1)
Suchness (tathatā) (1)
Sucitto, Ajahn (10)
Suffering (dukkha) (117)
Suicide (5)
sukha [Happiness] (98)
Sumedho, Ajahn (23)
suññatā [Emptiness] (11)
Supernatural (1)
Superstition (1)
surāmeraya-majja-pamādaṭṭhānā [Intoxicants] (20)
suta [Learning] (62)
sutta (52)
Symbolism (2)
T
Taking life – alternative translation of pāṇātipāta [Killing] (18)
taṇhā [Craving] (38)
Tāthalokā, Ayya (1)
tathatā [Suchness] (1)
Teachers (9)
Teaching Dhamma (86)
Technology (12)
Telling lies – alternative translation of musā-vādā [False speech] (6)
Ten Fetters (dasa saṃyojanā) (3)
Ten Perfections (dasa pāramiyo) (8)
Thai (34)
Thai Ajahn Chah monasteries (13)
Thai Forest monasteries in the West
Thai sects (18)
Thailand, Culture (113)
Ṭhānissaro, Ajahn (15)
Theravāda (14)
thīna-middha [Sloth and torpor] (29)
Thinking (skillful) – see Directed thought and evaluation (vitakka-vicāra) (71)
Thinking (unskillful) – see Proliferation (papañca) (87)
Three Refuges (tisaraṇa) (21)
Three Unwholesome Roots (akusala-mūla) (45)
tisaraṇa [Three Refuges] (21)
Tranquility (passaddhi) (60)
Translation (51)
Travel (3)
Treasures (dhana) (7)
Trust (11)
Truth (sacca) (18)
Tudong Thai (ascetic wandering) (67)
Types of monks (5)
U
uccāsayana-mahāsayanā [High and luxurious beds] (1)
uddhacca-kukkucca [Restlessness and worry] (36)
Ultimate Truth – see Unconditioned/Ultimate Truth, The (asaṅkhata) (10)
Unattractiveness/32 parts (asubha/dvattiṁsākāra) (29)
Unconditioned/Ultimate Truth, The (asaṅkhata) (10)
Unification – alternative translation of ekaggatā [One pointedness] (12)
Unpleasant feeling – see Pain (dukkha) (26)
Unskillful qualities (akusalā dhammā) (31)
Unwholesome qualities – alternative translation of akusalā dhammā [Unskillful qualities] (31)
Unwholesome Roots (akusala-mūla) (45)
upādāna [Clinging] (62)
Upāli Guṇūpamājahn, Tan Chao Khun (5)
upasamānussati [Recollection/Peace] (3)
Upatakh Thai (attendant to senior monks) (14)
upekkhā [Equanimity] (28)
uposatha [Lunar observance days] (12)
V
Vajirayan Vajirañāno, Ajahn (1)
Vajrayāna (11)
vassa [Rains retreat] (12)
vedanā [Feeling] (43)
vedanā-sati [Mindfulness of feeling] (21)
Vegetarianism (5)
vibhava-taṇhā [Craving not to become] (15)
vicikiccha [Doubt] (27)
View-clinging – see Views (diṭṭhāsava) (26)
Views (diṭṭhāsava) (26)
vikāla-bhojana [Eating after noon] (2)
vimutti [Liberation] (54)
vinaya (48)
viññāṇa [Consciousness] (23)
Violence – see Abuse/violence (5)
vipassanā [Insight meditation] (31)
virāga [Dispassion] (16)
viriya [Energy] (30)
Virtue (sīla) (49)
Virtue, Recollection (sīlānussati) (14)
Visiting holy sites (13)
Visualization (9)
vitakka-vicāra [Directed thought and evaluation] (71)
viveka [Seclusion] (28)
Volition (cetanā) (29)
Volitional formations (saṅkhāra) (34)
vossagga [Release] (18)
W
Walking, Posture (caṅkama) (21)
Walsh, Maurice (1)
West, Culture (91)
Western Ajahn Chah monasteries (1)
Western Buddhist monasticism, History (16)
Wholesome qualities – alternative translation of kusalā dhammā [Skillful qualities] (55)
Wings to Awakening – alternative translation of bodhipakkhiyādhammā [Aids to Awakening] (1)
Winnie-the-Pooh (2)
Wisdom – alternative translation of paññā [Discernment] (92)
Work (29)
Worldly Conditions (lokadhammā) (3)
Wrong concentration (micchā-samādhi) (3)
Y
yaso ca ayaso ca [Fame and disrepute] (1)
yoniso manasikāra [Appropriate attention] (15)
Z
Zen (6)