Nyanatiloka Buddhist Dictionary

mind-base: manáyatana; s. áyatana.mind-consciousness-element: mano-viññána-dhátu (q.v.).mind-element: mano-dhátu (q.v.).mindfulness: sati (q.v.); s. satipatthána. - Right m.: s. sacca, magga.mind-object: dhamma; s. áyatana. - Contemplation of the, s. satipatthána (4).mind-training, 'higher': adhicitta-sikkhá, s. sikkhá.miracle: s. pátiháriya.mirth (in the Arahat): s. hasituppáda-citta.misapprehension: s. parámása.misery, contemplation of: dukkhánupassaná; s. ti-lakkhana.moha: 'delusion', is one of the 3 unwholesome roots (múla, q.v.). The best known synonym is avijjá (q.v.).moha-carita the 'deluded-natured'; s. carita.momentaneity (of existence): s. marana.monkhood, the fruits of; sámañña-phala (q.v.).monks' community: Sangha (q.v.); further s. pabbajjá, progress of the disciple.morality: síla (q.v.). - Contemplation on, s. anussati (4).morality-training, higher: adhisíla-sikkhá; s. sikkhá.moral rules, the 5, 8 or 10: s. sikkhápada.muccitu-kamyatá-ñána: 'knowledge consisting in the desire for deliverance'; s. visuddhi (VI. 6).muditá: 'altruistic (or sympathetic) joy', is one of the 4 sublime abodes (brahma-vihára, q.v.).mudutá (rúpa, káya, citta): 'elasticity' (of corporeality, mental factors, consciousness); s. khandha (I) andTab. II.múla: 'roots', also called hetu (q.v.; s. paccaya, 1), are those conditions which through their presencedetermine the actual moral quality of a volitional state (cetaná), and the consciousness and mental factorsassociated therewith, in other words, the quality of karma (q.v.). There are 6 such roots, 3 karmicallywholesome and 3 unwholesome roots, viz.,: greed, hate, delusion (lobha, dosa, moha), and greedlessness,hatelessness, undeludedness (alobha, adosa, amoha).In A. III, 68 it is said that greed arises through unwise reflection on an attractive object, hate through unwisereflection on a repulsive object. Thus, greed (lobha or rága) comprises all degrees of 'attractedness' towardsan object from the faintest trace of a longing thought up to grossest egoism, whilst hatred (dosa) comprisesall degrees of 'repulsion' from the faintest trace of ill-humor up to the highest pitch of hate and wrath.The 3 wholesome (kusala) roots, greedlessness, etc., though expressed in negative terms, neverthelesspossess a distinctly positive character, just as is also often the case with negative terms in other languages,for example, the negative term 'immorality', which has a decidedly positive character.