Nyanatiloka Buddhist Dictionary

therein that the monk is guided by the right mental attitude when making use ofthe 4 requisites: robes, almsfood, dwelling and medicine. "Wisely reflecting hemakes use of his robes ... merely to protect himself against cold and heat, etc.Wisely reflecting he makes use of his almsfood... merely as a prop and support tothis body.... Wisely reflecting he makes use of his dwelling... merely to keep offthe dangers of weather and to enjoy solitude.... Wisely rerlecting he makes use ofthe necessary medicines, merely to suppress feelings of sickness that arise, and toreach perfect freedom from suffering" (cf. M. 2).About these 4 kinds of morality, Vis.M. I gives a detailed exposition.sílabbata-parámása and -upádána: 'attachment (or clinging) to mere rules and ritual', is the3rd of the 10 fetters (samyojana, q.v.), and one of the 4 kinds of clinging (upádána, q.v.). Itdisappears on attaining to Stream-entry (sotápatti). For definition, s. upádána.síla-samádhi-paññá: s. sikkhá, magga.silent buddha: pacceka-buddha (q.v.).sitting position, sleeping in: s. dhutanga.sívathiká: 'cemetery contemplations', as deseribed in D. 22 and M. 10, have as their objectsa corpse one or two or three days old, swollen up, blue-black in colour, full of corruption; acorpse eaten by crows, etc.; a framework of bones; flesh hanging from it, bespattered withblood, held together by the sinews; without flesh and blood, but still held together by thesinews; bones scattered in all direction; bleached and resembling shells; heaped togetherafter the lapse of years; weathered and crumbled to dust. At the end of each of thesecontemplations there follows the conclusion: "This body of mine also has this nature, has thisdestiny, cannot escape it." Similar are the 10 objects of loathsomeness (asubha q.v.).skilful: kusala (q.v.).sloth: middha, s. nívarana.sobhana: 'lofty', beautiful, pure, are called, in Abh. S., all states of consciousness exceptingthe unwholesome and those without roots (ahetuka). Sobhana-sádhárana are called themental factors (cetasika) common to all lofty consciousness; s. Tab. II.somanassa: lit 'glad-minded-ness' (su+manas+ya), gladness, joy; identical with 'mentallyagreeable feeling' (cetasiká sukhá vedaná), belongs to the feeling-group (vedaná-kkhandha, s.khandha II), and is enumerated amongst the 22 faculties (indriya, q.v.). It may or may not beassociated with karmically wholesome consciousness (s. Tab. I. 1-4, 9-12, 18-21), withkarmically unwholesome consciousness (greedy c. ib. 22-25), and with karmically neutralconsciousness (ib. 40, 42-45, 57-60, 66-69, 72-76. 81-84), - Somanassa is not identical withpíti (q.v.).somanassúpavicára: 'indulging in gladness'; s. mano-pavicára.something: kiñcana (q.v.).