The Human Dillema (23)
☐ Impermanence (4:3-5/96)
☐ Suffering (5:4-6/204)
⊟ Fear (2:3-4/77)
⊟ Sickness (2:3-5/84)
⊟ Ageing (1:2-4/36)
☑ Death (5:3-5/142) – Cluster includes: Death (3/125), Recollection/Death (2/36)
☑ Grief (4:2-4/37)
The Three Refuges (14)
⊟ Three Refuges (1:2-4/49)
☑ Buddha (5:3-6/80) – Cluster includes: Buddha (4/53), Recollection/Buddha (0/20), Buddho mantra (1/13); Related: Buddha/Biography
☑ Dhamma (4:3-4/73) – Cluster includes: Dhamma (2/61), Recollection/Dhamma (2/15)
☑ Saṅgha (4:3-4/72) – Cluster includes: Saṅgha (3/64), Recollection/Saṅgha (1/11); Related: Communal harmony
Foundations of Dhamma Practice (19)
⊟ Spiritual friendship (1:2-4/48) – Cluster includes: Spiritual friendship (1/38), Association with people of integrity (∅/12)
☐ Generosity (3:3-5/110) – Cluster includes: Generosity (3/106), Recollection/Generosity (0/8)
☐ Goodwill (3:3-5/138)
☑ Virtue (4:3-5/82) – Cluster includes: Virtue (2/68), Recollection/Virtue (2/18)
☑ Precepts (5:3-4/62) – Cluster includes: Precepts (4/41), Five Precepts (1/16), Eight Precepts (0/9); Related: Right Speech, Right Action, Intoxicants
☑ Renunciation (3:2-3/19)
☑ Four Noble Truths (3:2-4/50)
⊟ Suffering (1:2-3/23)
⊟ Cause of Suffering (1:2-4/33)
⊟ Cessation of Suffering (2:3-4/55)
☑ Middle Path (3:2-3/29)
⊟ Eightfold Path (1:3-4/55)
☑ Right View (3:2-4/38)
☑ Right Speech (5:3-5/62) – Cluster includes: Right Speech (2/28), False speech (2/6), Malicious speech (1/6), Harsh speech (0/4), Idle chatter (0/7), Admonishment/feedback (1/27)
⊟ Right Action (1:2-4/38) – Cluster includes: Right Action (0/5), Killing (∅/22), Stealing (0/4), Sexual misconduct (1/7)
☐ Right Livelihood (2:2-4/39)
⊟ Right Effort (2:3-5/95)
⊡ Right Mindfulness (4:4-6/155) – Cluster includes: Right Mindfulness (3/64), Ardency (1/40), Clear comprehension (∅/65); Related: Mindfulness
☑ Right Concentration (7:4-6/172) – Cluster includes: Right Concentration (0/24), Directed thought and evaluation (1/78), Rapture (2/33), Unification (1/13), Jhāna (3/72); Related: Concentration
Meditation Practices (34)
☐ Meditation (4:3-5/100) – Cluster includes: Meditation (2/78), Meditation/General advice (2/24)
☑ Mindfulness of body (7:3-6/140) – Cluster includes: Mindfulness of body (4/89), Unattractiveness (2/34), Elements (1/24), Body scanning (0/11)
☑ Mindfulness of breathing (7:3-5/129)
☑ Walking meditation (3:2-4/32)
⊟ Chanting (2:3-4/77)
☐ Recollection (3:3-4/54)
☑ Continuity of mindfulness (4:3-5/82) – Cluster includes: Continuity of mindfulness (4/48), Present moment awareness (0/37)
⊟ Direct experience (1:2-4/38)
☐ Knowing itself (2:2-4/52)
☑ Long-term practice (3:2-4/36)
Skillful Qualities (35)
⊟ Faith (2:3-5/107)
⊟ Energy (1:3-4/62) – Cluster includes: Energy (∅/42), Devotion to wakefulness (1/23); Related: Right Effort
☑ Mindfulness (5:3-5/104)
☑ Concentration (4:3-4/79)
☑ Discernment (5:4-6/198) – Cluster includes: Discernment (2/145), Appropriate attention (1/22), Investigation of states (2/40)
☐ Skillful desire (2:2-4/50)
⊟ Patience (2:3-4/56)
☑ Happiness (4:3-5/137)
⊟ Gratitude (1:3-5/82)
☑ Compassion (4:3-5/109)
☑ Equanimity (5:2-4/47)
Unskillful Qualities (34)
⊡ Defilements (3:3-5/95) – Cluster includes: Unwholesome Roots (3/64), Unskillful qualities (∅/35)
☐ The Five Hindrances (2:2-4/33)
☑ Sensual desire (3:3-4/69) – Cluster includes: Sensual desire (3/58), Greed (0/11)
☐ Aversion and Ill-will (4:3-5/96) – Cluster includes: Aversion (4/86), Ill-will (0/15)
☑ Sloth and torpor (3:2-4/40)
⊟ Restlessness and worry (2:3-4/56)
☑ Doubt (3:2-4/35)
☐ Delusion (2:2-4/53)
⊟ Proliferation (2:3-5/116)
☐ Views (2:2-4/45)
⊟ Self-identity view (3:4-5/144)
☑ Conceit and guilt (7:4-7/110) – Cluster includes: Conceit (1/28), Guilt/shame/inadequacy (3/26), Judgementalism (1/34), Perfectionism (0/16), Jealousy (0/4), Competitiveness (1/7), Selfishness (1/8), Self-pity (0/3)
Buddhist Perspectives on the World (20)
⊟ Conditionality (2:3-5/90)
⊟ Kamma (2:3-5/87)
⊡ Rebirth (3:2-4/49)
☑ Not-self (5:3-5/83)
⊡ Nature of mind (3:2-4/39)
⊡ Realms of existence (5:4-7/124) – Cluster includes: Realms of existence (1/13), Deva (1/30), Human (1/61), Ghost (1/11), Animal (1/22), Hell (0/2), Non-human beings (0/2), Recollection/Devas (0/11)
☑ Dependent origination (3:2-3/27)
☐ Ignorance (1:1-2/11)
☐ Volitional formations (3:2-4/41)
☐ Consciousness (2:2-3/31)
⊟ Name and form (1:2-4/46)
⊟ Sense bases (1:2-4/38)
☐ Contact (1:1-2/14)
⊟ Feeling (2:3-4/55)
⊟ Craving (1:3-4/55)
⊟ Clinging (1:3-5/99)
☑ Becoming (3:2-4/41) – Cluster includes: Becoming (2/25), Craving not to become (1/18)
☐ Dispassion (3:3-5/60) – Cluster includes: Dispassion (2/23), Disenchantment (0/13), Cessation (2/32); Related: Cessation of Suffering
⊟ Relinquishment (2:4-5/172)
⊟ Liberation (1:3-5/114) – Cluster includes: Liberation (1/99), Release (0/18)
⊡ Stages of awakening (4:3-5/68) – Cluster includes: Stages of awakening (2/31), Stream entry (2/30), Once return (0/2), Non-return (0/4), Arahant (0/15)
☑ Nibbāna (5:3-5/59) – Cluster includes: Nibbāna (4/39), Deathless (0/4), Unestablished consciousness (0/1), Unconditioned (1/18), Recollection/Peace (0/3)
⊟ Teaching Dhamma (3:4-6/176) – Cluster includes: Teaching Dhamma (2/140), Gradual Teaching (0/18), Questions (1/21), Dhamma discussion (0/2), Stories (0/4), Symbolism (0/3)
⊡ Teachers (4:3-6/94) – Cluster includes: Teachers (2/24), Mentoring (1/27), Personal presence (0/18), Fierce/direct teaching (1/39)
☐ Buddha (biographical) (2:2-4/48)
☐ Ajahn Mun (3:3-4/62)
☑ Ajahn Chah (7:5-7/595)
☑ Ajahn Sumedho (4:3-5/92)
⊡ Ajahn Pasanno (6:4-6/269)
⊟ Natural environment (1:2-4/44)
⊟ Language (1:4-6/164) – Cluster includes: Language (1/46), Pāli (∅/89), Translation (∅/67)
⊟ Thai culture (3:4-7/229) – Cluster includes: Culture/Thailand (2/152), Thai (0/43), History/Thai Buddhism (1/49)
☐ Western culture (3:3-5/133)
Monastic Life (34)
☐ Monastic life (6:5-8/280) – Cluster includes: Monastic life (2/185), Ordination (0/27), Sequence of training (2/35), Dependence (0/2), Monastic routine (1/11), Perception of a samaṇa (0/10), Simplicity (1/38)
⊟ Motivation (1:2-4/36)
⊡ Mutual support (3:3-4/78) – Cluster includes: Mutual lay/Saṅgha support (2/42), Almsround (1/41)
⊟ The Four Requisites (3:4-7/107) – Cluster includes: Requisites (0/11), Robes (0/15), Almsfood (1/29), Almsbowl (0/8), Lodging (∅/39), Medicinal requisites (1/16), Monastic crafts (0/4), Building projects (1/12)
☐ Thai Forest Tradition (3:3-5/82)
☑ Vinaya (5:3-6/121) – Cluster includes: Vinaya (5/79), Pāṭimokkha (0/11), Confession (0/4), Protocols (0/15), Not handling money (0/12), Rains retreat (0/21)
☐ Monastic community (6:4-7/142) – Cluster includes: Communal harmony (2/49), Saṅgha (3/64), Fourfold Assembly (0/2), Principles of Cordiality (0/10), Saṅgha decision making (0/20), Abbot (1/28), Monastery organizational structure (0/2)
☑ Ascetic practices (5:3-6/102) – Cluster includes: Ascetic practices (2/26), Tudong (3/75), Fasting (0/2), Sitter's practice (0/1)
☑ Women's monastic forms (2:2-3/22) – Cluster includes: Women's monastic forms (1/8), Bhikkhunī (0/5), Sīladharā (0/9), Mae Chee (1/7)
Monasteries (10)
☑ Everyday life (5:3-5/88) – Cluster includes: Everyday life (1/36), Lay life (4/55)
⊟ Health (1:3-6/94) – Cluster includes: Health (∅/25), Excercise (0/5), Smoking (0/1), Mental illness (0/5), Health care (1/52), Pandemic (0/9)
☐ Family (4:3-6/89) – Cluster includes: Family (1/70), Parents (2/27), Children (2/12)
☑ Relationships (3:2-3/28)
☐ Community (4:3-6/126) – Cluster includes: Community (∅/52), Communal harmony (2/49), Conflict (1/35), Leadership (1/16)
☑ Environment (3:2-3/28)
☐ Work (2:2-4/44) – Cluster includes: Work (2/41), Retirement (0/3); Related: Right Livelihood
☑ Politics and society (5:3-5/77) – Cluster includes: Politics and society (4/57), Service (0/2), Activism (1/7), Non-profit organizations (0/2), Corruption (0/3), Crime (0/6), Discrimination (0/3), Military (0/16)
☑ Commerce and economics (4:2-4/45) – Cluster includes: Commerce/economics (2/37), Poverty (2/10)
☑ Technology and media (4:2-5/52) – Cluster includes: Technology (1/15), Industry (0/2), Science (0/10), Media (0/11), News (1/4), Advertizing (0/3), Internet (0/6), Social media (1/4), Online community (1/7)
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