The Human Dillema (10)
Impermanence (1)
Suffering (1)
Fear (1)
Ageing (1)
Death (3) – Cluster includes: Death, Recollection/Death
Grief (3)
The Three Refuges (10)
Three Refuges (1)
Buddha (5) – Cluster includes: Buddha, Recollection/Buddha, Buddho mantra
Dhamma (3) – Cluster includes: Dhamma, Recollection/Dhamma
Saṅgha (1) – Cluster includes: Saṅgha, Recollection/Saṅgha; Related: Communal harmony
Foundations of Dhamma Practice (5)
Spiritual friendship – Cluster includes: Spiritual friendship, Association with people of integrity
Generosity – Cluster includes: Generosity, Recollection/Generosity
Goodwill (2)
Virtue – Cluster includes: Virtue, Recollection/Virtue
Precepts (3) – Cluster includes: Precepts, Five Precepts, Eight Precepts; Related: Right Speech, Right Action
Suffering (1)
The Fourth Noble Truth of the Path to the Cessation of Suffering is equivalent to the Noble Eightfold Path below.
Eightfold Path (3) – Cluster includes: Eightfold Path, Middle Path
Right View (1)
Right Speech (1) – Cluster includes: Right Speech, False speech, Malicious speech, Harsh speech, Idle chatter, Admonishment/feedback
Right Action – Cluster includes: Right Action, Killing, Stealing, Sexual misconduct
Right Mindfulness (1) – Cluster includes: Right Mindfulness, Ardency, Clear comprehension; Related: Mindfulness
Right Concentration (2) – Cluster includes: Right Concentration, Rapture, Unification, Jhāna; Related: Concentration
For Right Intention, see Renunciation, Non-ill-will, and Non-cruelty.
Meditation (2) – Cluster includes: Meditation, Meditation/General advice
Chanting (1)
Recollection (2)
Continuity of mindfulness (1) – Cluster includes: Continuity of mindfulness, Present moment awareness
Knowing itself (1)
Energy – Cluster includes: Energy, Devotion to wakefulness; Related: Right Effort
Discernment (2) – Cluster includes: Discernment, Appropriate attention, Investigation of states
Skillful desire (1)
Patience (1)
Happiness (2)
Gratitude (1)
Compassion (1)
Equanimity (1)
Unskillful Qualities (11)
Defilements (1) – Cluster includes: Unwholesome Roots, Unskillful qualities
Hindrances (1)
Sensual desire (1) – Cluster includes: Sensual desire, Greed
Aversion and Ill-will – Cluster includes: Aversion, Ill-will
Sloth and torpor (2)
Doubt (1)
Proliferation – Cluster includes: Proliferation, Views
Conceit and guilt (3) – Cluster includes: Conceit, Guilt/shame/inadequacy, Judgementalism, Perfectionism, Jealousy, Competitiveness, Selfishness, Self-pity
Ignorance, Craving, Clinging, and Becoming appear in Dependent Origination below.
Buddhist Perspectives on the World (8)
Conditionality (2)
Kamma (1)
Rebirth (3)
Not-self (1)
Nature of mind (1)
Realms of existence – Cluster includes: Realms of existence, Deva, Human, Ghost, Animal, Hell, Non-human beings, Recollection/Devas
Consciousness (2)
Name and form (1)
Sense bases (1)
Craving (1)
Clinging (1)
Becoming (1) – Cluster includes: Becoming, Craving not to become
Dispassion – Cluster includes: Dispassion, Disenchantment, Cessation; Related: Cessation of Suffering
Relinquishment (1)
Liberation (1) – Cluster includes: Liberation, Release
Stages of awakening (1) – Cluster includes: Stages of awakening, Stream entry, Once return, Non-return, Arahant
Nibbāna (2) – Cluster includes: Nibbāna, Deathless, Unestablished consciousness, Unconditioned, Recollection/Peace
Teaching Dhamma – Cluster includes: Teaching Dhamma, Gradual Teaching, Questions, Dhamma discussion, Stories, Symbolism
Teachers (2) – Cluster includes: Teachers, Mentoring, Personal presence, Fierce/direct teaching
Ajahn Chah (2)
Ajahn Sumedho (2)
Ajahn Pasanno (6)
Monasteries (1)
Language – Cluster includes: Language, Pāli, Translation
Thai culture (1) – Cluster includes: Culture/Thailand, Thai, History/Thai Buddhism
Western culture (1)
Monastic Life (10)
Monastic life (1) – Cluster includes: Monastic life, Ordination, Sequence of training, Dependence, Monastic routine, Perception of a samaṇa, Simplicity
Motivation (1)
Mutual support – Cluster includes: Mutual lay/Saṅgha support, Almsround
The Four Requisites (1) – Cluster includes: Requisites, Robes, Almsfood, Almsbowl, Lodging, Medicinal requisites, Monastic crafts, Building projects
Vinaya (4) – Cluster includes: Vinaya, Pāṭimokkha, Confession, Protocols, Not handling money, Rains retreat
Monastic community (1) – Cluster includes: Communal harmony, Fourfold Assembly, Principles of Cordiality, Saṅgha decision making, Abbot, Monastery organizational structure; Related: Saṅgha
Ascetic practices – Cluster includes: Ascetic practices, Tudong, Fasting, Sitter's practice
Women's monastic forms (2) – Cluster includes: Women's monastic forms, Bhikkhunī, Sīladharā, Mae Chee
Everyday life – Cluster includes: Everyday life, Lay life
Health – Cluster includes: Health, Excercise, Smoking, Mental illness, Health care, Pandemic
Family (3) – Cluster includes: Family, Parents, Children
Relationships (2)
Work – Cluster includes: Work, Retirement
Environment (2)
Politics and society (3) – Cluster includes: Politics and society, Leadership, Service, Activism, Non-profit organizations, Corruption, Crime, Discrimination, Conflict, Military
Commerce and economics – Cluster includes: Commerce/economics, Poverty
Technology and media – Cluster includes: Technology, Industry, Science, Media, News, Advertizing, Internet, Social media, Online community
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