Number of featured excerpts for each topic appears in parentheses.

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)

The Four Noble Truths (7)

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)

The Noble Eightfold Path (28)

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 (18)

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)

Fruits of the Practice (15)

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 and Teachers (29)

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)

Context of the Teachings (8)

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)

Wat Pah Pong (3:3-5/103)

Wat Pah Nanachat (2:3-4/67)

Abhayagiri (5:4-6/201)

Everyday Life Practice (35)

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)

How to cite this page (suggested style): “Key topics in detail,” The Ajahn Pasanno Question and Story Archive, December 2024 release, https://abhayagiri.org/questions/indexes/KeyTopicDetail_print.html.