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
Abbot (1/24)
Abhayagiri Monastery (1/113)
Abhayagiri Monastery (Sri Lanka) (1)
abhidhamma (10)
abhippamodaya citta [Gladdening the mind] (2/41)
Abortion (1)
abrahmacariya [Sexual activity] – see Celibacy (brahmacariyā) (2)
Abuse/violence (9)
abyākatā dhammā [Indeterminate qualities]
abyāpāda [Non-ill-will] – see Goodwill (mettā) (3/127)
Accomplishment in virtue (sīlasampanno) – see Virtue (sīla) (2/65)
Activism (2/7)
Addiction (4)
adhiṭṭhāna [Determination] (30)
ādīnava [Drawbacks] (3)
adinnādāna [Stealing] (4)
Admonishment/feedback (1/24)
adukkhamasukhā vedanā [Neutral feeling] (8)
Advaita Vedanta (1)
Advertizing (3)
āgama (1)
agatī [Biases] (2)
Ageing (jarā) (1/31)
Aggregates (khandhā) (1/44)
āhāra [Food] (3/44)
āhāra [Nutriment] (7)
Aids to Awakening (bodhipakkhiyādhammā) (3)
Aids to Enlightenment – alternative translation of bodhipakkhiyādhammā [Aids to Awakening] (3)
Ajahn Chah Remembrance Day (2)
akusalā dhammā [Unskillful qualities] (35)
akusala-mūlā [Unwholesome Roots] (3/56)
Alertness – alternative translation of sampajañña [Clear comprehension] (61)
Almsbowl (patta) (8)
Almsfood (piṇḍapāta) (1/29)
Almsround (Pindapat Thai) (1/39)
āloka-saññā [Perception of light] (4)
amanussa [Non-human beings] (2)
Amaro, Ajahn (1/26)
amata [Deathless] (4)
America, History (2)
Amulets (1)
anāgamī [Non-return] (3)
anagārika [Postulants] (8)
Anan Akiñcano, Ajahn (1/10)
Anando, Ajahn (3)
ānāpānassati [Mindfulness of breathing] (6/119)
anattā [Not-self] (3/80)
Anger – see Aversion (dosa) (2/80)
anicca [Impermanence] (2/84)
Animal (tiracchāna) (22)
anumodanā (delighting in goodness) (7)
anupubbikathā [Gradual Teaching] (18)
anusati [Recollection] (3/51)
Anxiety – see Restlessness and worry (uddhacca-kukkucca) (2/51)
aparihānāya dhammā [Qualities for non-decline] (1)
appamāda [Heedfulness] (11)
appatiṭṭhitaṁ viññāṇaṁ [Unestablished consciousness] (1)
Applied and sustained thought – alternative translation of vitakka-vicāra [Directed thought and evaluation] (1/78)
Appropriate attention (yoniso manasikāra) (1/21)
arahant (14)
Ardency (ātāpi) (2/39)
Arising and ceasing – see Impermanence (anicca) (2/84)
ariya aṭṭaṅgika magga [Noble Eightfold Path] (1/51)
ariya-pariyesanā [Spiritual search] (1/14)
Arom kong git Thai [Moods of the mind] (4)
Artistic expression (1/9)
Aruna Ratanagiri Monastery (1)
arūparāga [Craving for immaterial existence]
āruppa [Formless attainments] (8)
asaṅkhata [Unconditioned] (1/17)
āsava [Outflows] (1/5)
Ascetic practices (dhutaṅga) (2/23)
Ascetic wandering – see Tudong Thai (ascetic wandering) (3/74)
Asia, Culture (1)
Asking forgiveness ceremony (5)
Asokaram, Wat (1)
assāda [Gratification] (3)
Association with people of integrity (sappurisasaṁseva) (12)
asubha [Unattractiveness] (33)
asubha/dvattiṁsākāra [Unattractiveness/32 parts] (33)
atammayatā [Not-made-of-that] (2)
ātāpi [Ardency] (2/39)
Attachment – alternative translation of upādāna [Clinging] (1/95)
Attachment to precepts and practices (sīlabbata-parāmāsa) (13)
Attachment to precepts and practices – alternative translation of sīlabbata-parāmāsa [Attachment to precepts and practices] (13)
aṭṭaṅgika magga [Eightfold Path] (1/51)
attavādupādāna [Doctrine-of-self clinging] (5)
Attendant to senior monks – see Upatakh Thai (attendant to senior monks) (18)
aṭṭha lokadhammā [Eight Worldly Conditions] (4)
aṭṭha sikkhāpadāni [Eight Precepts] (8)
aṭṭhakathā [Commentaries] (20)
Aversion (dosa) (2/80)
avihiṃsā [Non-cruelty] – see Compassion (karuṇā) (4/106)
avijjā [Ignorance] (1/9)
āyatana [Sense bases] (1/35)
B
balā [Powers] – see Five Faculties (pañca indriyā) (5)
Ban Tat, Wat Pah (4)
Bases of Success (iddhipādā) (1/9)
Beauty (5)
Becoming (bhava) (2/24)
Benefit – alternative translation of assāda [Gratification] (3)
bhava [Becoming] (2/24)
bhava-taṇhā [Craving to become] – see Becoming (bhava) (2/24)
bhāvanā [Meditation] (74)
bhaya [Fear] (1/73)
bhikkhunī (5)
bhojane mattaññū [Moderation in eating] (1)
Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX), King (3)
Biases (agatī) (2)
Birth (jāti) (11)
Blame and praise (nindā ca pasaṃsā ca) (7)
Bodhi Tree (2)
Bodhi, Bhikkhu (8)
bodhipakkhiyādhammā [Aids to Awakening] (3)
bodhisattva (4)
Body – alternative translation of rūpa [Form] (12)
Body scanning (9)
bojjhaṅgā [Factors of Awakening] (1/9)
Boon Choo Ṭhitaguṇo, Ajahn (7)
Bowing (3/16)
brahmacariyā [Monastic life] (1/172)
brahmacariyā [Celibacy] (2)
brahmavihārā [Divine Abidings] (2/24)
Breiter, Paul (19)
Buddha (4/50)
Buddha images (10)
Buddha, Recollection (buddhānussati) (20)
Buddha/Biography (2/44)
Buddhadāsa Indapañño, Ajahn (14)
Buddhaghosacariya, Somdet Phra – see P. A. Payutto (10)
buddhānussati [Recollection/Buddha] (20)
Buddhist identity (1/24)
Buddho mantra (1/13)
Bunjong, Ajahn (1)
Burapha, Wat (3)
Buridat, Wat (2)
byādhi [Sickness] (2/83)
byāpāda [Ill-will] (15)
C
cāgānussati [Recollection/Generosity] (7)
Calming meditation (samatha) (1/33)
Cankers – alternative translation of āsava [Outflows] (1/5)
caranta [Posture/Walking] (3/31)
catarī agatī [Four Biases] (2)
cattāri ariya-saccāni [Four Noble Truths] (3/46)
cattāro āhārā [Four Nutriments] (7)
cattāro iddhipādā [Four Bases of Success] (1/9)
cattāro sammappadhānā [Four Right Efforts] – see Right Effort (sammā-vāyāma) (2/90)
cattāro satipaṭṭhānā [Four Foundations of Mindfulness] – see Right Mindfulness (sammā-sati) (3/62)
caturārakkhā bhāvanā [Four Protective Meditations] (2)
Cause of Suffering (dukkha-samudayo) (1/30)
Celibacy (brahmacariyā) (2)
Ceremony/ritual (13)
Cessation (nirodha) (1/30)
Cessation of Suffering (dukkha-nirodho) (2/51)
cetanā [Volition] (1/37)
cha dhammā sārāṇīyā [Six Principles of Cordiality] (1)
Chah Subhaddo, Ajahn (7/573)
chanda [Desire] (2/47)
Chanting (2/75)
Characteristics of existence (24)
Chi Gong (1)
Children (2/12)
Christianity (30)
citta [Heart/mind] (2/37)
citta-sati [Mindfulness of mind] (36)
City of Ten Thousand Buddhas (1/3)
cīvara [Robes] (14)
Cleanliness (13)
Clear comprehension (sampajañña) (61)
Clinging (upādāna) (1/95)
Commentaries (aṭṭhakathā) (20)
Commerce/economics (2/33)
Commitment – see Determination (adhiṭṭhāna) (30)
Communal harmony (sāmaggī) (1/24)
Community (41)
Community of Abhayagiri Lay Ministers (1)
Compassion (karuṇā) (4/106)
Competitiveness (1/7)
Conceit (māna) (1/28)
Conceiving – see Conceit (māna) (1/28)
Concentration (samādhi) (4/78)
Conditionality (idappaccayatā) (2/84)
Confession (paṭidesanā) (3)
Confidence (pasāda) – see Faith (saddhā) (2/101)
Conflict (1/30)
Conscience and concern – alternative translation of hiri-otappa [Conscience and prudence] (2/16)
Conscience and prudence (hiri-otappa) (2/16)
Consciousness (viññāṇa) (2/28)
Contact (phassa) (1/13)
Contentment (santuṭṭhi) (1/21)
Continuity of mindfulness (3/45)
Conventions (21)
Conviction – alternative translation of saddhā [Faith] (2/101)
Corruption (3)
Courage (4)
Craving (taṇhā) (1/54)
Craving for immaterial existence (arūparāga)
Craving for material existence (rūparāga) (1)
Craving for sensuality (kāma-taṇhā) – see Sensual desire (kāmacchanda) (3/57)
Craving not to become (vibhava-taṇhā) (1/16)
Craving to become (bhava-taṇhā) – see Becoming (bhava) (2/24)
Crime (6)
Cults (2)
Cultural context (16)
Culture/Asia (1)
Culture/India (2/22)
Culture/Natural environment (1/39)
Culture/Other Theravāda traditions (2)
Culture/Thailand (2/146)
Culture/West (3/126)
D
Dalai Lama, The (6)
dāna [Generosity] (3/93)
Danger – alternative translation of ādīnava [Drawbacks] (3)
Danger of sensual pleasure (kāmānaṃ ādīnava) – see Sensual desire (kāmacchanda) (3/57)
dasa pāramiyo [Ten Perfections] (11)
dasa samyojana [Fetters] (1/3)
dasa saṃyojanā [Ten Fetters] (1/3)
Death (maraṇa) (3/115)
Death, Recollection (maraṇassati) (2/29)
Deathless, The (amata) (4)
Defilement (kilesa) – see Three Unwholesome Roots (ti-akusala-mūlā) (3/56)
Delighting in goodness – see Anumodanā (Delighting in goodness) (7)
Delusion (moha) (2/51)
Dependence (nissaya) (2)
Dependent origination (paticca-samuppāda) (1/24)
Depression (1/17)
Desire (chanda) (2/47)
Despair – see Depression (1/17)
Determination (adhiṭṭhāna) (30)
deva (1/29)
Devas, Recollection (devatānussati) (11)
devatānussati [Recollection/Devas] (11)
Devotion to wakefulness (jāgariyaṁ anuyutto) (1/18)
Devotional practice (26)
Dhamma (2/58)
Dhamma books (34)
Dhamma discussion (dhammasākacchā) (2)
Dhamma online (8)
dhammā sārāṇīyā [Principles of Cordiality] (1)
Dhamma, Recollection (dhammānussati) (2/15)
dhammā-sati [Mindfulness of dhammas] (7)
dhamma-vicaya [Investigation of states] (2/38)
dhammaniymatā [Lawfulness] (3)
dhammānudhammappaṭipatti [Practicing in accordance with Dhamma] (30)
dhammānussati [Recollection/Dhamma] (2/15)
dhammasākacchā [Dhamma discussion] (2)
dhammaṭṭhitatā [Naturalness] (17)
dhana [Treasures] (7)
dhātu [Elements] (1/22)
dhutaṅga [Ascetic practices] (2/23)
Dignity (4)
Dipa Ma (1)
Direct experience (1/36)
Directed thought and evaluation (vitakka-vicāra) (1/78)
Disasters (1)
Discernment (paññā) (2/133)
Discrimination (3)
Disenchantment (nibbidā) (9)
Dispassion (virāga) (1/21)
Disrobing (15)
Distress – alternative translation of domanassa [Grief] (4/32)
diṭṭhī [Views] (2/41)
Divine Abidings (brahmavihārā) (2/24)
Divisive tale-bearing – alternative translation of pisuṇāya vācā [Malicious speech] (1/6)
Doctrine-of-self clinging (attavādupādāna) (5)
Dōgen (3)
domanassa [Grief] (4/32)
dosa [Aversion] (2/80)
Doubt (vicikiccha) (3/34)
Drawbacks (ādīnava) (3)
Dreams (supinā) (1/7)
Dtao Dtum Monastery (11)
Dtun Thiracitto, Ajahn (1/8)
dukkha [Suffering] (2/188)
dukkha [Pain] (1/32)
dukkha ariya-sacca [Noble Truth of Suffering] (1/20)
dukkhā vedanā [Unpleasant feeling] – see Pain (dukkha) (1/32)
dukkha-nirodha ariya-saccaṃ [Noble Truth of the Cessation of Suffering] (2/51)
dukkha-nirodha-gāminī paṭipadā [Path to the Cessation of Suffering] – see Noble Eightfold Path (ariya aṭṭaṅgika magga) (1/51)
dukkha-nirodha-gāminī paṭipadā ariya-sacca [Noble Truth of the Path to the Cessation of Suffering] – see Noble Eightfold Path (ariya aṭṭaṅgika magga) (1/51)
dukkha-nirodho [Cessation of Suffering] (2/51)
dukkha-samudaya ariya-sacca [Noble Truth of the Cause of Suffering] (1/30)
dukkha-samudayo [Cause of Suffering] (1/30)
Dullness and drowsiness – alternative translation of thīna-middha [Sloth and torpor] (3/39)
E
Eating after noon (vikāla-bhojana) (3)
Economics – see Commerce/economics (2/33)
Education – see Learning (suta) (4/85)
Effluents – alternative translation of āsava [Outflows] (1/5)
Eight Precepts (aṭṭha sikkhāpadāni) (8)
Eight Worldly Conditions (aṭṭha lokadhammā) (4)
Eightfold Path (aṭṭaṅgika magga) (1/51)
ekaggatā [Unification] (1/13)
Elders' Council monasteries (3)
Elements (dhātu) (1/22)
Emotion (1/21)
Empathetic joy (muditā) (10)
Emptiness (suññatā) (1/15)
Energy (viriya) (40)
Entertainment and adornment (nacca-gīta-vādita) (6)
Environment (3/28)
Equanimity (upekkhā) (5/43)
Escape (nissaraṇa)
Etymology (11)
Euthanasia (3)
Everyday life practice (1/34)
Excercise (5)
F
Factors for stream entry (sotāpattiyaṅga) (1)
Factors of Awakening (bojjhaṅgā) (1/9)
Faculties (indriyā) (5)
Fading away – alternative translation of virāga [Dispassion] (1/21)
Fah Krahm, Wat (4)
Faith (saddhā) (2/101)
False speech (musā-vādā) (2/6)
Fame and disrepute (yaso ca ayaso ca) (1)
Family (1/68)
Fasting (2)
Fear (bhaya) (1/73)
Feedback – see Admonishment/feedback (1/24)
Feeling (vedanā) (2/52)
Fermentations – alternative translation of āsava [Outflows] (1/5)
Festival days (4)
Fetters (dasa samyojana) (1/3)
Fierce/direct teaching (3/39)
Five Aggregates (pañcakkhandhā) (1/44)
Five aggregates affected by clinging (pañcupādānakkhandhā) – see Five Aggregates (pañcakkhandhā) (1/44)
Five clinging-aggregates – see Five Aggregates (pañcakkhandhā) (1/44)
Five Faculties (pañca indriyā) (5)
Five Hindrances (pañca nīvaraṇāni) (2/29)
Five Powers (pañca balā) – see Five Faculties (pañca indriyā) (5)
Five Precepts (pañca sikkhāpadāni) (1/16)
Five Strengths – see Five Faculties (pañca indriyā) (5)
Food (āhāra) (3/44)
Forgiveness (khama) (1/11)
Form (rūpa) (12)
Formless attainments (āruppa) (8)
Foundations of Mindfulness (satipaṭṭhānā) – see Right Mindfulness (sammā-sati) (3/62)
Four Bases of Spiritual Power – alternative translation of cattāro iddhipādā [Four Bases of Success] (1/9)
Four Bases of Success (cattāro iddhipādā) (1/9)
Four Biases (catarī agatī) (2)
Four Foundations of Mindfulness (cattāro satipaṭṭhānā) – see Right Mindfulness (sammā-sati) (3/62)
Four Noble Truths (cattāri ariya-saccāni) (3/46)
Four Nutriments (cattāro āhārā) (7)
Four Postures (10)
Four Protective Meditations (caturārakkhā bhāvanā) (2)
Four Requisites (9)
Four Right Efforts (cattāro sammappadhānā) – see Right Effort (sammā-vāyāma) (2/90)
Freedom – alternative translation of vimutti [Liberation] (1/90)
Full awareness – alternative translation of sampajañña [Clear comprehension] (61)
Fun Ācāro, Ajahn (3)
Funerals (16)
G
Gain and loss (lābho ca alābho ca)
Gandhi, Mahatma (1)
Gavesako, Ajahn (2)
Generosity (dāna) (3/93)
Generosity, Recollection (cāgānussati) (7)
Geography/Thailand (11)
Ghost (peta) (1/11)
gilāna-paccaya-bhesajja-parikkhāraṃ [Medicinal requisites] (1/15)
Gladdening the mind (abhippamodaya citta) (2/41)
God (6)
Goenka, S. N. (3)
Goodwill (mettā) (3/127)
Gradual Teaching, The (anupubbikathā) (18)
Grasping – alternative translation of upādāna [Clinging] (1/95)
Gratification (assāda) (3)
Gratitude (kataññu) (1/68)
Great disciples (27)
Greed (lobha) (11)
Grief (domanassa) (4/32)
Guilt/shame/inadequacy (3/24)
H
Habits (24)
Hand posture – see Mudra Sanskrit (Hand posture) (2)
Happiness (sukha) (4/132)
Harmlessness – see Compassion (karuṇā) (4/106)
Harsh speech (pharusāya vācā) (3)
Health (23)
Health care (1/50)
Hearing the true Dhamma (saddhammassavana) (19)
Heart/mind (citta) (2/37)
Heaven (sagga) – see Deva (1/29)
Heedfulness (appamāda) (11)
Heedlessness (pamāda) (4)
Hell (niraya) (2)
High and luxurious beds (uccāsayana-mahāsayanā) (1)
Hindrances (nīvaraṇāni) (2/29)
Hinduism (8)
hiri-otappa [Conscience and prudence] (2/16)
History (4)
History/America (2)
History/Other Theravāda traditions (4)
History/Sri Lankan Buddhism (1/12)
History/Thai Buddhism (1/49)
History/Western Buddhist monasticism (23)
Hospitality (1)
Hsuan Hua, Master (10)
Hua tou Chinese (1)
Human (manussa) (1/59)
Humility (12)
Humor (1/42)
I
idappaccayatā [Conditionality] (2/84)
iddhi [Psychic powers] (2/20)
iddhipādā [Bases of Success] (1/9)
Idealism (1/38)
Idle chatter (samphappalāpa) (6)
Ignorance (avijjā) (1/9)
Ill-will (byāpāda) (15)
Impermanence (anicca) (2/84)
Inadequacy – see Guilt/shame/inadequacy (3/24)
Inconstancy – alternative translation of anicca [Impermanence] (2/84)
Indeterminate qualities (abyākatā dhammā)
India, Culture (2/22)
indriyā [Faculties] (5)
indriyesu guttadvāro [Sense restraint] (17)
Industry (2)
Inflows – alternative translation of āsava [Outflows] (1/5)
Inquiry – see Discernment (paññā) (2/133)
Insight meditation (vipassanā) (1/33)
Insight Meditation Society (8)
Inspiration – see Faith (saddhā) (2/101)
Integrity – see Truth (sacca) (43)
Intention – see Mental volition (manosañcetanā) (1/37)
Interest – alternative translation of chanda [Desire] (2/47)
Internet (5)
Intoxicants (surāmeraya-majja-pamādaṭṭhānā) (2/22)
Intuition (3)
Investigation (vīmaṃsā) – see Discernment (paññā) (2/133)
Investigation of Dhamma – alternative translation of dhamma-vicaya [Investigation of states] (2/38)
Investigation of states (dhamma-vicaya) (2/38)
Islam (2)
J
jāgariyaṁ anuyutto [Devotion to wakefulness] (1/18)
Jāgaro, Ajahn (1)
jarā [Ageing] (1/31)
jāti [Birth] (11)
Jayasaro, Ajahn (20)
Jealousy (3)
jhāna (4/72)
Jia Cundo, Ajahn (2)
Jotipālo, Ajahn (4)
Judaism (1)
Judgementalism (1/28)
Jumnien, Ajahn (1)
K
kabaliṅkāra āhāra [Physical food] (3/44)
Kaew, Mae Chee (7)
kalyāṇa-mittatā [Spiritual friendship] (1/33)
kāma-taṇhā [Craving for sensuality] – see Sensual desire (kāmacchanda) (3/57)
kāmacchanda [Sensual desire] (3/57)
kāmānaṃ ādīnava [Danger of sensual pleasure] – see Sensual desire (kāmacchanda) (3/57)
kāmāsava [Sensuality] – see Sensual desire (kāmacchanda) (3/57)
kāmesu micchācāra [Sexual misconduct] (1/7)
kamma (1/82)
Kappel, Joseph (25)
karuṇā [Compassion] (4/106)
Karuṇadhammo, Ajahn (11)
kasiṇa (2)
kataññu [Gratitude] (1/68)
kaṭhina (7)
kāyagatā-sati [Mindfulness of body] (1/78)
Kee Nanayon, Upasikā (23)
Keuan, Wat (9)
Kevali, Ajahn (1)
khama [Forgiveness] (1/11)
khandhā [Aggregates] (1/44)
khanti [Patience] (2/54)
Khao Anālayo, Ajahn (1/6)
kiccavatta [Protocols] (11)
kilesa [Defilement] – see Three Unwholesome Roots (ti-akusala-mūlā) (3/56)
Killing (pāṇātipāta) (20)
Kittisaro (8)
Knowing itself (2/47)
Knowledge and vision (ñāṇadassana) (23)
Kornfield, Jack (17)
Korwat Thai – see Protocols (kiccavatta) (11)
Krishnamurti (1)
Kumfah, Mae Chee (3)
kusalā dhammā [Skillful qualities] (67)
L
lābho ca alābho ca [Gain and loss]
Language (1/44)
Lawfulness (dhammaniymatā) (3)
Lay life (3/50)
Lay supporters (2)
Lay teachers (5)
Leadership (1/11)
Learning (suta) (4/85)
Leisure – see Recreation/leisure/sport (9)
Letting go – see Relinquishment (paṭinissagga) (2/158)
Liberation (vimutti) (1/90)
Liem Ṭhitadhammo, Ajahn (2/36)
Listening (8)
lobha [Greed] (11)
Lodging (senāsana) (19)
lokadhammā [Worldly Conditions] (4)
Long-term practice (3/34)
Lunar observance days (uposatha) (17)
Lust – see Sensual desire (kāmacchanda) (3/57)
Lying down, Posture (sayāna) (1/4)
M
Mae Chee Thai (1/7)
Mahā Adisak Dhammābhinando, Ajahn (1)
Mahā Amorn Khemacitto, Ajahn (4)
Mahā Boowa Ñāṇasampanno, Ajahn (41)
Mahā In, Ajahn (1)
Mahasi Sayadaw (4)
Mahāyāna (8)
Mahāyāna Buddhism, History (4)
Mai nae Thai – see Impermanence (anicca) (2/84)
majjhimā paṭipadā [Middle Path] (4/28)
Malas (1)
Malicious speech (pisuṇāya vācā) (1/6)
māna [Conceit] (1/28)
manosañcetanā [Mental volition] (1/37)
Mantra (7)
manussa [Human] (1/59)
Māra (10)
maraṇa [Death] (3/115)
maraṇassati [Recollection/Death] (2/29)
Mature emotions – alternative translation of brahmavihārā [Divine Abidings] (2/24)
Meaning – see Purpose/meaning (1/9)
Media (11)
Medicinal requisites (gilāna-paccaya-bhesajja-parikkhāraṃ) (1/15)
Meditation (bhāvanā) (74)
Meditation retreats (30)
Meditation/General advice (2/23)
Meditation/Unusual experiences (1/17)
Memory (sati) (11)
Mental illness (4)
Mental volition (manosañcetanā) (1/37)
Mentoring (1/25)
Merit (puñña) (2/42)
mettā [Goodwill] (3/127)
Metta, Wat (1)
micchā-samādhi [Wrong concentration] (3)
Middle Path (majjhimā paṭipadā) (4/28)
Middle Way – alternative translation of majjhimā paṭipadā [Middle Path] (4/28)
Military (16)
Mind – see Heart/mind (citta) (2/37)
Mindfulness (sati) (4/99)
Mindfulness immersed in the body – alternative translation of kāyagatā-sati [Mindfulness of body] (1/78)
Mindfulness of body (kāyagatā-sati) (1/78)
Mindfulness of breathing (ānāpānassati) (6/119)
Mindfulness of dhammas (dhammā-sati) (7)
Mindfulness of feeling (vedanā-sati) (21)
Mindfulness of mind (citta-sati) (36)
Moderation in eating (bhojane mattaññū) (1)
Modesty – see Humility (12)
moha [Delusion] (2/51)
Monasteries (9)
Monastery organizational structure (2)
Monastic community – see Saṅgha (Monastic community) (3/58)
Monastic crafts (4)
Monastic life (brahmacariyā) (1/172)
Monastic life/Motivation (1/34)
Monastic precepts – see Vinaya (5/69)
Monastic routine/schedule (1/10)
Monastic titles (11)
Mongut (Rama IV), King – see Ajahn Vajirayan Vajirañāno (1)
Monuments – see Stupas/monuments (thūpaṃ) (5)
Moods of the mind (Arom kong git Thai) (4)
Moral shame and moral dread – alternative translation of hiri-otappa [Conscience and prudence] (2/16)
Motivation – alternative translation of chanda [Desire] (2/47)
muditā [Empathetic joy] (10)
Mudra Sanskrit (Hand posture) (2)
Mun Bhūridatto, Ajahn (2/62)
Munindo, Ajahn (1)
musā-vādā [False speech] (2/6)
Mutual lay/Saṅgha support (2/32)
N
nacca-gīta-vādita [Entertainment and adornment] (6)
nāma-rūpa [Name and form] – see Five Aggregates (pañcakkhandhā) (1/44)
Name and form (nāma-rūpa) – see Five Aggregates (pañcakkhandhā) (1/44)
Nanachat, Wat Pah (2/59)
ñāṇadassana [Knowledge and vision] (23)
Ñāṇiko, Ajahn (17)
Natural environment, Culture (1/39)
Naturalness (dhammaṭṭhitatā) (17)
Nature of mind (3/38)
Nature of the cosmos (12)
Neither-painful-nor-pleasant feeling (adukkhamasukhā vedanā) (8)
nekkhamma [Renunciation] (3/21)
Neutral feeling (adukkhamasukhā vedanā) (8)
News (1/3)
Nibbāna (2/34)
nibbidā [Disenchantment] (9)
nimitta (1/10)
nindā ca pasaṃsā ca [Blame and praise] (7)
niraya [Hell] (2)
nirodha [Cessation] (1/30)
nisinna [Posture/Sitting] (19)
nissaraṇa [Escape]
nissaya [Dependence] (2)
nīvaraṇāni [Hindrances] (2/29)
Noble Eightfold Path (ariya aṭṭaṅgika magga) (1/51)
Noble Truth of Suffering (dukkha ariya-sacca) (1/20)
Noble Truth of the Cause of Suffering (dukkha-samudaya ariya-sacca) (1/30)
Noble Truth of the Cessation of Suffering (dukkha-nirodha ariya-saccaṃ) (2/51)
Noble Truth of the Path to the Cessation of Suffering (dukkha-nirodha-gāminī paṭipadā ariya-sacca) – see Noble Eightfold Path (ariya aṭṭaṅgika magga) (1/51)
Non-arising – alternative translation of nirodha [Cessation] (1/30)
Non-contention (6)
Non-cruelty (avihiṃsā) – see Compassion (karuṇā) (4/106)
Non-human beings (amanussa) (2)
Non-ill-will (abyāpāda) – see Goodwill (mettā) (3/127)
Non-return (anāgamī) (3)
Nong Pah Pong, Wat (2/99)
Nor, Chao Khun (3)
Not handling money (11)
Not-made-of-that (atammayatā) (2)
Not-self (anattā) (3/80)
Noting (4)
Novices (samanera) (12)
Nutriment (āhāra) (7)
O
Objectification – alternative translation of papañca [Proliferation] (1/108)
Older monks (7)
Once return (sakadāgāmī) (1)
One pointedness – alternative translation of ekaggatā [Unification] (1/13)
Online community (1/6)
opammā [Similes] (86)
Ordination (upasampadā) (22)
Other Thai forest monasteries (1)
Other Theravāda traditions, Culture (2)
Other Theravāda traditions, History (4)
Outflows (āsava) (1/5)
P
Pa Auk Sayadaw (2)
paccekabuddha (1)
Pace of life (1/12)
Pain (dukkha) (1/32)
Pakow Thai – alternative translation of anagārika [Postulants] (8)
Pāli (88)
Pāli Canon – see Tipiṭaka (Pāli Canon) (9)
pamāda [Heedlessness] (4)
pāṇātipāta [Killing] (20)
pañca balā [Five Powers] – see Five Faculties (pañca indriyā) (5)
pañca indriyā [Five Faculties] (5)
pañca nīvaraṇāni [Five Hindrances] (2/29)
pañca sikkhāpadāni [Five Precepts] (1/16)
pañcakkhandhā [Five Aggregates] (1/44)
pañcupādānakkhandhā [Five aggregates affected by clinging] – see Five Aggregates (pañcakkhandhā) (1/44)
Pandemic (7)
pañhā [Questions] (1/19)
paññā [Discernment] (2/133)
Paññānanda Padumuttaro, Ajahn (4)
papañca [Proliferation] (1/108)
pāramiyo [Perfections] (11)
Parents (2/25)
paritta [Protective chants] (9)
pasāda [Confidence] – see Faith (saddhā) (2/101)
Pasanno, Ajahn (6/237)
passaddhi [Tranquility] (1/84)
Path to the Cessation of Suffering (dukkha-nirodha-gāminī paṭipadā) – see Noble Eightfold Path (ariya aṭṭaṅgika magga) (1/51)
paticca-samuppāda [Dependent origination] (1/24)
paṭidesanā [Confession] (3)
Patience (khanti) (2/54)
pāṭimokkha (10)
paṭinissagga [Relinquishment] (2/158)
patta [Almsbowl] (8)
Pavaro, Ajahn (1)
Payutto, P. A. (10)
Peace – see Tranquility (passaddhi) (1/84)
Peace, Recollection (upasamānussati) (3)
Perception (saññā) (2/43)
Perception of a samaṇa (samaṇa saññā) (10)
Perception of light (āloka-saññā) (4)
Perfectionism (14)
Perfections (pāramiyo) (11)
Personal presence (18)
Personality (1/35)
peta [Ghost] (1/11)
pharusāya vācā [Harsh speech] (3)
phassa [Contact] (1/13)
Philosophy (1)
Physical food (kabaliṅkāra āhāra) (3/44)
Piak Kantasīlo, Ajahn (1/4)
Pindapat Thai [Almsround] (1/39)
piṇḍapāta [Almsfood] (1/29)
pisuṇāya vācā [Malicious speech] (1/6)
pīti [Rapture] (3/32)
Pleasant feeling (sukhā vedanā) – see Happiness (sukha) (4/132)
Pleasure (sukha) – see Happiness (sukha) (4/132)
Politics and society (3/56)
Poo roo Thai – see Knowing itself (2/47)
Postulants (anagārika) (8)
Posture/Lying down (sayāna) (1/4)
Posture/Sitting (nisinna) (19)
Posture/Standing (tiṭṭhanta) (6)
Posture/Walking (caranta) (3/31)
Postures (10)
Poverty (2/10)
Powers (balā) – see Five Faculties (pañca indriyā) (5)
Practicing in accordance with Dhamma (dhammānudhammappaṭipatti) (30)
Prayer (1)
Prayoon Dhammacitto, Tan Chao Khun (1)
Precepts (sikkhāpada) (4/40)
Principles of Cordiality (dhammā sārāṇīyā) (1)
Progress of insight (2/18)
Proliferation (papañca) (1/108)
Properties – alternative translation of dhātu [Elements] (1/22)
Protective chants (paritta) (9)
Protective Meditations (rakkhā bhāvanā) (2)
Protocols (kiccavatta) (11)
Psychic powers (iddhi) (2/20)
pūjā (5)
puñña [Merit] (2/42)
Pure Land (2)
Puriso, Ajahn (7)
Purpose/meaning (1/9)
Q
Qualities for non-decline (aparihānāya dhammā) (1)
Question in Thai (3)
Questions (pañhā) (1/19)
R
Rains retreat (vassa) (19)
rakkhā bhāvanā [Protective Meditations] (2)
Ram Dass (3)
Rapture (pīti) (3/32)
Realms of existence (1/13)
Rebirth (3/46)
Recollection (anusati) (3/51)
Recollection/Buddha (buddhānussati) (20)
Recollection/Death (maraṇassati) (2/29)
Recollection/Devas (devatānussati) (11)
Recollection/Dhamma (dhammānussati) (2/15)
Recollection/Generosity (cāgānussati) (7)
Recollection/Peace (upasamānussati) (3)
Recollection/Saṅgha (saṅghānussati) (1/11)
Recollection/Virtue (sīlānussati) (2/17)
Relationships (3/28)
Release (vossagga) (18)
Relics (sarīra) (7)
Relinquishment (paṭinissagga) (2/158)
Relinquishment – alternative translation of vossagga [Release] (18)
Renunciation (nekkhamma) (3/21)
Requisites (9)
Resentment – see Ill-will (byāpāda) (15)
Resolution – see Determination (adhiṭṭhāna) (30)
Respect (21)
Respect for elders (23)
Restlessness (uddhacca) – see Restlessness and worry (uddhacca-kukkucca) (2/51)
Restlessness and worry (uddhacca-kukkucca) (2/51)
Restraint – see Sense restraint (indriyesu guttadvāro) (17)
Retirement (2)
Rewards of heaven (sagga) – see Deva (1/29)
Right Action (sammā-kammanta) (4)
Right Concentration (sammā-samādhi) (24)
Right Effort (sammā-vāyāma) (2/90)
Right Intention (sammā-saṅkappa) (22)
Right Livelihood (sammā-ājīva) (2/39)
Right Mindfulness (sammā-sati) (3/62)
Right Resolve – alternative translation of sammā-saṅkappa [Right Intention] (22)
Right Speech (sammā-vācā) (2/23)
Right View (sammā-diṭṭhi) (3/33)
Ritual – see Ceremony/ritual (13)
Robes (cīvara) (14)
Role of abbot (1/24)
Royalty (4)
rūpa [Form] (12)
rūparāga [Craving for material existence] (1)
Ruth Denison (2)
S
sacca [Truth] (43)
saddhā [Faith] (2/101)
saddhammassavana [Hearing the true Dhamma] (19)
sagga [Heaven] – see Deva (1/29)
sakadāgāmī [Once return] (1)
sakkāya-diṭṭhi [Self-identity view] (3/139)
saḷ-āyatana [Six Sense Bases] (1/35)
samādhi [Concentration] (4/78)
sāmaggī [Communal harmony] (1/24)
samaṇa saññā [Perception of a samaṇa] (10)
samanera [Novices] (12)
samatha [Calming meditation] (1/33)
sammā-ājīva [Right Livelihood] (2/39)
sammā-diṭṭhi [Right View] (3/33)
sammā-kammanta [Right Action] (4)
sammā-samādhi [Right Concentration] (24)
sammā-saṅkappa [Right Intention] (22)
sammā-sati [Right Mindfulness] (3/62)
sammā-vācā [Right Speech] (2/23)
sammā-vāyāma [Right Effort] (2/90)
sampajañña [Clear comprehension] (61)
samphappalāpa [Idle chatter] (6)
saṃsāra (14)
Samut Thai – see Conventions (21)
saṃvega [Spiritual urgency] (17)
Saṅgha (Monastic community) (3/58)
Saṅgha, Recollection (saṅghānussati) (1/11)
saṅghānussati [Recollection/Saṅgha] (1/11)
saṅkhāra [Volitional formations] (2/37)
saññā [Perception] (2/43)
santuṭṭhi [Contentment] (1/21)
sappurisasaṁseva [Association with people of integrity] (12)
sarīra [Relics] (7)
sati [Memory] (11)
sati [Mindfulness] (4/99)
satipaṭṭhānā [Foundations of Mindfulness] – see Right Mindfulness (sammā-sati) (3/62)
satta bojjhaṅgā [Seven Factors of Awakening] (1/9)
satta dhanā [Seven Treasures] (7)
sayāna [Posture/Lying down] (1/4)
Science (10)
Seclusion (viveka) (38)
Secular Buddhism (4)
Self-identity view (sakkāya-diṭṭhi) (3/139)
Self-pity (3)
Self-reliance (16)
Self-righteousness – see Judgementalism (1/28)
Selfishness (1/8)
senāsana [Lodging] (19)
Sense bases (āyatana) (1/35)
Sense restraint (indriyesu guttadvāro) (17)
Sensual desire (kāmacchanda) (3/57)
Sensual pleasure – see Sensual desire (kāmacchanda) (3/57)
Sensuality (kāmāsava) – see Sensual desire (kāmacchanda) (3/57)
Sequence of training (2/31)
Service (2)
Seven Factors of Awakening (satta bojjhaṅgā) (1/9)
Seven Treasures (satta dhanā) (7)
Sexual activity (abrahmacariya) – see Celibacy (brahmacariyā) (2)
Sexual desire – see Sensual desire (kāmacchanda) (3/57)
Sexual misconduct (kāmesu micchācāra) (1/7)
Shame – see Guilt/shame/inadequacy (3/24)
Sharp, George (1)
Shelter – alternative translation of senāsana [Lodging] (19)
Sickness (byādhi) (2/83)
Signless consciousness – see Unestablished consciousness (appatiṭṭhitaṁ viññāṇaṁ) (1)
sikkhāpada [Precepts] (4/40)
sīla [Virtue] (2/65)
sīlabbata-parāmāsa [Attachment to precepts and practices] (13)
sīladharā (7)
sīlānussati [Recollection/Virtue] (2/17)
sīlasampanno [Accomplishment in virtue] – see Virtue (sīla) (2/65)
Similes (opammā) (86)
Simplicity (1/33)
Sinuan, Ajahn (3)
Siripañño, Ajahn (1)
Sitting, Posture (nisinna) (19)
Six Principles of Cordiality (cha dhammā sārāṇīyā) (1)
Six Sense Bases (saḷ-āyatana) (1/35)
Skillful qualities (kusalā dhammā) (67)
Sloth and torpor (thīna-middha) (3/39)
Slowing down – see Pace of life (1/12)
Smoking (1)
Social media (1/4)
Soṇa, Ajahn (3)
sotāpanna [Stream entry] (2/28)
sotāpattiyaṅga [Factors for stream entry] (1)
Soul – see Doctrine-of-self clinging (attavādupādāna) (5)
Sound of silence (2)
Spaciousness (21)
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (2)
Spiritual bypass (2/7)
Spiritual friendship (kalyāṇa-mittatā) (1/33)
Spiritual search (ariya-pariyesanā) (1/14)
Spiritual urgency (saṃvega) (17)
Sport – see Recreation/leisure/sport (9)
Sri Lankan Buddhism, History (1/12)
Stages of awakening (31)
Standing, Posture (tiṭṭhanta) (6)
Stealing (adinnādāna) (4)
Stories (4)
Stream entry (sotāpanna) (2/28)
Stress – alternative translation of dukkha [Pain] (1/32)
Study – see Learning (suta) (4/85)
Study monks (9)
Stupas/monuments (thūpaṃ) (5)
Suan Mokkh, Wat (1)
Suchness (tathatā) (3)
Sucitto, Ajahn (13)
Sudanto, Ajahn (3)
Suffering (dukkha) (2/188)
Suicide (5)
sukha [Happiness] (4/132)
sukha [Pleasure] – see Happiness (sukha) (4/132)
sukhā vedanā [Pleasant feeling] – see Happiness (sukha) (4/132)
Sumedho, Ajahn (4/78)
Sundarā, Ajahn (7)
suññatā [Emptiness] (1/15)
Supernatural (2)
Superstition (2)
supinā [Dreams] (1/7)
surāmeraya-majja-pamādaṭṭhānā [Intoxicants] (2/22)
suta [Learning] (4/85)
sutta (58)
Symbolism (3)
T
Taints – alternative translation of āsava [Outflows] (1/5)
Taking life – alternative translation of pāṇātipāta [Killing] (20)
taṇhā [Craving] (1/54)
Tathāgata – see Buddha (4/50)
Tāthalokā, Ayya (1)
tathatā [Suchness] (3)
Teachers (2/24)
Teaching Dhamma (1/134)
Technology (1/15)
Telling lies – alternative translation of musā-vādā [False speech] (2/6)
Temporary ordination (12)
Ten Fetters (dasa saṃyojanā) (1/3)
Ten Perfections (dasa pāramiyo) (11)
Thai Ajahn Chah monasteries (23)
Thai audio (2)
Thai Buddhism, History (1/49)
Thai Forest monasteries in the West
Thai Forest Tradition (2/78)
Thai language (42)
Thai sects (21)
Thailand, Culture (2/146)
Thailand, Geography (11)
Ṭhānissarā (8)
Ṭhānissaro, Ajahn (16)
Theravāda (23)
thīna-middha [Sloth and torpor] (3/39)
Thinking (skillful) – see Directed thought and evaluation (vitakka-vicāra) (1/78)
Thinking (unskillful) – see Proliferation (papañca) (1/108)
Three Aspects of Understanding (1)
Three Refuges (tisaraṇa) (1/45)
Three Unwholesome Roots (ti-akusala-mūlā) (3/56)
thūpaṃ [Stupas/monuments] (5)
ti-akusala-mūlā [Three Unwholesome Roots] (3/56)
Time management (4)
tipiṭaka (pāli canon) (9)
tiracchāna [Animal] (22)
tisaraṇa [Three Refuges] (1/45)
tiṭṭhanta [Posture/Standing] (6)
Tranquility (passaddhi) (1/84)
Translation (65)
Travel (8)
Treasures (dhana) (7)
Trust (20)
Truth (sacca) (43)
Tudong Thai (ascetic wandering) (3/74)
Types of monks (8)
U
uccāsayana-mahāsayanā [High and luxurious beds] (1)
uddhacca [Restlessness] – see Restlessness and worry (uddhacca-kukkucca) (2/51)
uddhacca-kukkucca [Restlessness and worry] (2/51)
Ultimate Truth – see The Unconditioned/Ultimate Truth (asaṅkhata) (1/17)
Unattractiveness/32 parts (asubha/dvattiṁsākāra) (33)
Uncertainty – see Impermanence (anicca) (2/84)
Unconditioned/Ultimate Truth, The (asaṅkhata) (1/17)
Unestablished consciousness (appatiṭṭhitaṁ viññāṇaṁ) (1)
Unification (ekaggatā) (1/13)
Unpleasant feeling (dukkhā vedanā) – see Pain (dukkha) (1/32)
Unskillful qualities (akusalā dhammā) (35)
Unwholesome qualities – alternative translation of akusalā dhammā [Unskillful qualities] (35)
Unwholesome Roots (akusala-mūlā) (3/56)
upādāna [Clinging] (1/95)
Upāli Guṇūpamājahn, Tan Chao Khun (5)
upasamānussati [Recollection/Peace] (3)
upasampadā [Ordination] (22)
Upatakh Thai (attendant to senior monks) (18)
upekkhā [Equanimity] (5/43)
uposatha [Lunar observance days] (17)
utu [Weather] (1)
V
Vajirañāṇavarorasa, Somdet Phra (1)
Vajirayan Vajirañāno, Ajahn (1)
Vajiro, Ajahn (1)
Vajrayāna (16)
vassa [Rains retreat] (19)
vedanā [Feeling] (2/52)
vedanā-sati [Mindfulness of feeling] (21)
Vegetarianism (6)
vibhava-taṇhā [Craving not to become] (1/16)
vicikiccha [Doubt] (3/34)
Views (diṭṭhī) (2/41)
vikāla-bhojana [Eating after noon] (3)
vīmaṃsā [Investigation] – see Discernment (paññā) (2/133)
Vimut Thai – see The Unconditioned/Ultimate Truth (asaṅkhata) (1/17)
vimutti [Liberation] (1/90)
vinaya (5/69)
viññāṇa [Consciousness] (2/28)
viññāṇaṁ anidassanaṁ – see Unestablished consciousness (appatiṭṭhitaṁ viññāṇaṁ) (1)
Violence – see Abuse/violence (9)
vipāka – see Kamma (1/82)
vipassanā [Insight meditation] (1/33)
virāga [Dispassion] (1/21)
viriya [Energy] (40)
Virtue (sīla) (2/65)
Virtue, Recollection (sīlānussati) (2/17)
Visiting holy sites (13)
Visualization (11)
vitakka-vicāra [Directed thought and evaluation] (1/78)
viveka [Seclusion] (38)
Volition (cetanā) (1/37)
Volitional formations (saṅkhāra) (2/37)
vossagga [Release] (18)
W
Walking, Posture (caranta) (3/31)
Walsh, Maurice (1)
Wan Phra Thai – see Lunar observance days (uposatha) (17)
Weather (utu) (1)
Well-wishing – alternative translation of mettā [Goodwill] (3/127)
West, Culture (3/126)
Western Ajahn Chah lineage (3)
Western Ajahn Chah monasteries (4)
Western Buddhist monasticism, History (23)
Western psychology (1/8)
Wholesome qualities – alternative translation of kusalā dhammā [Skillful qualities] (67)
Wings to Awakening – alternative translation of bodhipakkhiyādhammā [Aids to Awakening] (3)
Winnie-the-Pooh (2)
Wisdom – alternative translation of paññā [Discernment] (2/133)
Wise attention – alternative translation of yoniso manasikāra [Appropriate attention] (1/21)
Women's monastic forms (1/7)
Work (2/38)
Worldly Conditions (lokadhammā) (4)
Wrong concentration (micchā-samādhi) (3)
Y
yaso ca ayaso ca [Fame and disrepute] (1)
yoniso manasikāra [Appropriate attention] (1/21)
Z
Zen (1/13)