Nyanatiloka Buddhist Dictionary

existence, in a heavenly world.(6) "Through the extinction of all cankers (ásavakkhaya) even in this very life he enters into thepossession of deliverance of mind, deliverance through wisdom, after having himself understoodand realized it.''4-6 appear frequently under the name of the 'threefold (higher) knowledge' (te-vijjá, q.v.). They are, however,not a necessary condition for the attainment of sainthood (arahatta), i.e. of the sixth abhiññá.Vis.M. XI-XIII gives a detailed explanation of the 5 mundane higher powers, together with the method ofattaining them.In connection with the 4 kinds of progress (s. patipadá), abhiññá means the 'comprehension' achieved onattainment of the paths and fruitions.abhisamácárika-síla: 'morality consisting in good behaviour', relates to the external duties of a monk suchas towards his superior, etc. "abhisamácárika-síla is a name for those moral rules other than the 8 endingwith right livelihood (i.e. 4-fold right speech, 3-fold right action and right livelihood, as in the EightfoldPath) (Vis.M. I; s. sacca IV, 3-5). "Impossible is it, o monks, that without having fulfilled the law of goodbehaviour, a monk could fulfil the law of genuine pure conduct" (A.V, 21). Cf. ádibrahmacariyakasíla.abhisamaya: 'truth-realization', is the full and direct grasp of the Four Noble Truths by the Stream-winner(Sotápanna; s. ariya-puggala). In the Com. the term is represented by 'penetration' (pativedha, q.v.).Frequently occurring as dhammábhisamaya, 'realization of the doctrine' Cf. S. XIII (Abhisamaya Samyutta)and Pts.M. (Abhisamaya Kathá).abhisankhára: identical with the 2nd link of the paticca-samuppáda (q.v.), sankhára (q.v.; under I, 1) orkarmaformations .ability to acquire insight: cf. ugghatitaññú, vipacitaññú neyya.abodes: vihára (q.v.). The 4 Divine a.: brahma-vihára (q.v.) The 9 a. of beings: sattávása (q.v.).absence: natthi-paccaya, is one of the 24 conditions (paccaya, (q.v.).absorption: s. jhána.abstentions, the 3: virati (q.v.).access, Moment of: s. javana.access-concentration: s. samádhi.accumulation (of Karma): áyúhana (q.v.).ácinnaka-kamma: habitual karma; s. karma.acinteyya: lit. 'That which cannot or should not be thought, the unthinkable, incomprehensible,impenetrable, that which transcends the limits of thinking and over which therefore one should not ponder.These 4 unthinkables are: the sphere of a Buddha (buddha-visaya), of the meditative absorptions(jhána-visaya), of karma-result (kamma-vipáka), and brooding over the world (loka-cintá), especially over anabsolute first beginning of it (s. A. IV, 77)."Therefore, o monks, do not brood over the world as to whether it is eternal or temporal, limited or endless.... Such brooding, O monks, is senseless, has nothing to do with genuine pure conduct (s.ádibrahmacariyaka-síla), does not lead to aversion, detachment, extinction, nor to peace, to fullcomprehension, enlightenment and Nibbána, etc." (S.LVI, 41).