The Human Dillema (17)
⊟ Impermanence (2:3-5/84)
⊟ Suffering (2:4-5/188)
⊟ Fear (1:3-4/73)
⊟ Sickness (2:3-5/83)
⊟ Ageing (1:2-3/31)
☐ Death (5:3-5/129) – Cluster includes: Death (3/115), Recollection/Death (2/29)
☑ Grief (4:2-4/32)
The Three Refuges (14)
⊟ Three Refuges (1:2-4/45)
☐ Buddha (5:3-5/77) – Cluster includes: Buddha (4/50), Recollection/Buddha (∅/20), Buddho mantra (1/13)
☐ Dhamma (4:3-4/70) – Cluster includes: Dhamma (2/58), Recollection/Dhamma (2/15)
☐ Saṅgha (4:3-4/66) – Cluster includes: Saṅgha (3/58), Recollection/Saṅgha (1/11); Related: Communal harmony
Foundations of Dhamma Practice (19)
⊟ Spiritual friendship (1:2-4/43) – Cluster includes: Spiritual friendship (1/33), Association with people of integrity (∅/12)
☐ Generosity (3:3-5/97) – Cluster includes: Generosity (3/93), Recollection/Generosity (0/7)
☐ Goodwill (3:3-5/127)
☐ Virtue (4:3-4/79) – Cluster includes: Virtue (2/65), Recollection/Virtue (2/17)
☑ Precepts (5:3-4/60) – Cluster includes: Precepts (4/40), Five Precepts (1/16), Eight Precepts (0/8); Related: Right Speech, Right Action
☑ Renunciation (3:2-3/21)
☐ Four Noble Truths (3:2-4/46)
⊟ Suffering (1:2-3/20)
⊟ Cause of Suffering (1:2-3/30)
☐ Cessation of Suffering (2:2-4/51)
⊞ Middle Path (4:2-3/28)
⊟ Eightfold Path (1:2-4/51)
☐ Right View (3:2-4/33)
☐ Right Speech (5:3-5/55) – Cluster includes: Right Speech (2/23), False speech (2/6), Malicious speech (1/6), Harsh speech (0/3), Idle chatter (0/6), Admonishment/feedback (1/24)
⊟ Right Action (1:2-4/35) – Cluster includes: Right Action (0/4), Killing (∅/20), Stealing (0/4), Sexual misconduct (1/7)
☐ Right Livelihood (2:2-4/39)
⊟ Right Effort (2:3-5/90)
☐ Right Mindfulness (5:4-6/148) – Cluster includes: Right Mindfulness (3/62), Ardency (2/39), Clear comprehension (∅/61); Related: Mindfulness
⊞ Right Concentration (9:4-6/171) – Cluster includes: Right Concentration (0/24), Directed thought and evaluation (1/78), Rapture (3/32), Unification (1/13), Jhāna (4/72); Related: Concentration
Meditation Practices (24)
⊟ Meditation (2:3-5/96) – Cluster includes: Meditation (∅/74), Meditation/General advice (2/23)
⊟ Mindfulness of body (1:3-4/78)
⊞ Mindfulness of breathing (6:3-5/119)
☐ Walking meditation (3:2-3/31)
⊟ Chanting (2:3-4/75)
☐ Recollection (3:2-4/51)
☐ Continuity of mindfulness (3:3-4/76) – Cluster includes: Continuity of mindfulness (3/45), Present moment awareness (∅/34)
⊟ Direct experience (1:2-4/36)
☐ Knowing itself (2:2-4/47)
☑ Long-term practice (3:2-4/34)
Skillful Qualities (34)
⊟ Faith (2:3-5/101)
⊟ Energy (1:3-4/55) – Cluster includes: Energy (∅/40), Devotion to wakefulness (1/18); Related: Right Effort
☐ Mindfulness (4:3-5/99)
☑ Concentration (4:3-4/78)
☑ Discernment (5:4-6/185) – Cluster includes: Discernment (2/133), Appropriate attention (1/21), Investigation of states (2/38)
☐ Skillful desire (2:2-4/47)
⊟ Patience (2:3-4/54)
☐ Happiness (4:3-5/132)
⊟ Gratitude (1:3-4/68)
☑ Compassion (4:3-5/106)
☑ Equanimity (5:2-4/43)
Unskillful Qualities (31)
☐ Defilements (3:3-5/87) – Cluster includes: Unwholesome Roots (3/56), Unskillful qualities (∅/35)
☐ The Five Hindrances (2:2-3/29)
☐ Sensual desire (3:3-4/68) – Cluster includes: Sensual desire (3/57), Greed (0/11)
⊟ Aversion and Ill-will (2:3-5/90) – Cluster includes: Aversion (2/80), Ill-will (0/15)
☐ Sloth and torpor (3:2-4/39)
☐ Restlessness and worry (2:2-4/51)
☐ Doubt (3:2-4/34)
☐ Delusion (2:2-4/51)
⊟ Proliferation (1:3-5/108)
☐ Views (2:2-4/41)
☐ Self-identity view (3:3-5/139)
☐ Conceit and guilt (7:4-7/100) – Cluster includes: Conceit (1/28), Guilt/shame/inadequacy (3/24), Judgementalism (1/28), Perfectionism (0/14), Jealousy (0/3), Competitiveness (1/7), Selfishness (1/8), Self-pity (0/3)
Buddhist Perspectives on the World (16)
⊟ Conditionality (2:3-5/84)
⊟ Kamma (1:3-5/82)
☐ Rebirth (3:2-4/46)
☐ Not-self (3:3-5/80)
☐ Nature of mind (3:2-4/38)
☐ Realms of existence (4:4-7/121) – Cluster includes: Realms of existence (1/13), Deva (1/29), Human (1/59), Ghost (1/11), Animal (0/22), Hell (0/2), Non-human beings (0/2), Recollection/Devas (0/11)
⊟ Dependent origination (1:2-3/24)
☐ Ignorance (1:1-2/9)
☐ Volitional formations (2:2-4/37)
☐ Consciousness (2:2-3/28)
⊟ Name and form (1:2-4/44)
⊟ Sense bases (1:2-4/35)
☐ Contact (1:1-2/13)
☐ Feeling (2:2-4/52)
⊟ Craving (1:3-4/54)
⊟ Clinging (1:3-5/95)
☐ Becoming (3:2-4/38) – Cluster includes: Becoming (2/24), Craving not to become (1/16)
⊟ Dispassion (2:3-4/54) – Cluster includes: Dispassion (1/21), Disenchantment (0/9), Cessation (1/30); Related: Cessation of Suffering
⊟ Relinquishment (2:4-5/158)
⊟ Liberation (1:3-5/105) – Cluster includes: Liberation (1/90), Release (0/18)
⊟ Stages of awakening (2:3-5/67) – Cluster includes: Stages of awakening (∅/31), Stream entry (2/28), Once return (0/1), Non-return (0/3), Arahant (0/14)
☐ Nibbāna (3:3-5/54) – Cluster includes: Nibbāna (2/34), Deathless (0/4), Unestablished consciousness (0/1), Unconditioned (1/17), Recollection/Peace (0/3)
⊟ Teaching Dhamma (2:4-6/168) – Cluster includes: Teaching Dhamma (1/134), Gradual Teaching (0/18), Questions (1/19), Dhamma discussion (0/2), Stories (0/4), Symbolism (0/3)
☐ Teachers (6:3-6/92) – Cluster includes: Teachers (2/24), Mentoring (1/25), Personal presence (0/18), Fierce/direct teaching (3/39)
☐ The Buddha (2:2-4/44)
⊟ Ajahn Mun (2:3-4/62)
☑ Ajahn Chah (7:5-7/573)
☑ Ajahn Sumedho (4:3-4/78)
☐ Ajahn Pasanno (6:4-6/237)
⊟ Natural environment (1:2-4/39)
⊟ Language (1:4-6/159) – Cluster includes: Language (1/44), Pāli (∅/88), Translation (∅/65)
⊟ Thai culture (3:4-7/222) – Cluster includes: Culture/Thailand (2/146), Thai (0/42), History/Thai Buddhism (1/49)
☐ Western culture (3:3-5/126)
Monastic Life (30)
☐ Monastic life (5:5-8/256) – Cluster includes: Monastic life (1/172), Ordination (0/22), Sequence of training (2/31), Dependence (0/2), Monastic routine (1/10), Perception of a samaṇa (0/10), Simplicity (1/33)
⊟ Motivation (1:2-4/34)
☐ Mutual support (3:3-4/66) – Cluster includes: Mutual lay/Saṅgha support (2/32), Almsround (1/39)
⊟ The Four Requisites (2:4-7/83) – Cluster includes: Requisites (0/9), Robes (0/14), Almsfood (1/29), Almsbowl (0/8), Lodging (0/19), Medicinal requisites (1/15), Monastic crafts (0/4), Building projects (0/6)
⊟ Thai Forest Tradition (2:3-4/78)
☐ Vinaya (5:3-6/108) – Cluster includes: Vinaya (5/69), Pāṭimokkha (0/10), Confession (0/3), Protocols (0/11), Not handling money (0/11), Rains retreat (0/19)
☐ Monastic community (5:4-7/113) – Cluster includes: Communal harmony (1/24), Saṅgha (3/58), Fourfold Assembly (0/2), Principles of Cordiality (0/1), Saṅgha decision making (0/20), Abbot (1/24), Monastery organizational structure (0/2)
☐ Ascetic practices (5:3-6/98) – Cluster includes: Ascetic practices (2/23), Tudong (3/74), Fasting (0/2), Sitter's practice (0/1)
☑ Women's monastic forms (2:2-3/20) – Cluster includes: Women's monastic forms (1/7), Bhikkhunī (0/5), Sīladharā (0/7), Mae Chee (1/7)
Monasteries (5)
☑ Everyday life (4:3-5/81) – Cluster includes: Everyday life (1/34), Lay life (3/50)
⊟ Health (1:3-6/87) – Cluster includes: Health (∅/23), Excercise (0/5), Smoking (0/1), Mental illness (0/4), Health care (1/50), Pandemic (0/7)
☐ Family (4:3-6/86) – Cluster includes: Family (1/68), Parents (2/25), Children (2/12)
☐ Relationships (3:2-3/28)
☐ Community (3:3-6/92) – Cluster includes: Community (∅/41), Communal harmony (1/24), Conflict (1/30), Leadership (1/11)
☑ Environment (3:2-3/28)
☐ Work (2:2-4/40) – Cluster includes: Work (2/38), Retirement (0/2); Related: Right Livelihood
☑ Politics and society (5:3-5/76) – Cluster includes: Politics and society (3/56), Service (0/2), Activism (2/7), Non-profit organizations (0/2), Corruption (0/3), Crime (0/6), Discrimination (0/3), Military (0/16)
☐ Commerce and economics (4:2-4/41) – Cluster includes: Commerce/economics (2/33), Poverty (2/10)
☐ Technology and media (4:2-5/49) – Cluster includes: Technology (1/15), Industry (0/2), Science (0/10), Media (0/11), News (1/3), Advertizing (0/3), Internet (0/5), Social media (1/4), Online community (1/6)
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