328 IndexBeings, heavenly 25Benefits <strong>of</strong> wisdom 230Bhikkhu 8, 19, 24, 95, 100, 178, 179, 194,211,212Bhikkhus 2, 40, 178Bhikkhus, Community <strong>of</strong> 92, 151, 179, 187Bhikkhuni's abode 19Birds, the language <strong>of</strong> 21Birth 1,46, 47, 230, 241,242<strong>of</strong> matter 245-stories 144, 145, the five states <strong>of</strong> 279, tribulation <strong>of</strong> 323Blame <strong>of</strong> others 11Blessed One 1, 3, 8, 24, 40, 41, 95, 99, 103,114, 140, 151, 157, 169, 178, 187, 194,195, 199, 225, 258, 267, 272, 306, 321Bliss 1,5, 6,8,14,41, 43,91-96,102-112,135Blissfulness 46Bloatedness 132, 135-139Bloatedness, perception <strong>of</strong> 132, 139, 140Blood-stained, perception <strong>of</strong> the 138sign 138Blue sign 135Blue-green kasina 124sign 124Bodhi tree 145Bodhisatta 16, 145, 188-190Body, the whole 160, for the sake <strong>of</strong> the 11-intimation 240, 241, mindfulness <strong>of</strong> 63, 64, 65, 170, 171, negligence <strong>of</strong> 100, thirty-two parts <strong>of</strong> 171Bodily formations 161, 323Bare insight 310, 311worker, 311Bones 176Bony, perception <strong>of</strong> the 138, 139, sign <strong>of</strong> the 139Boundlessness 115Bowl 36, 39, 51Bow-length 33Brahma 97, 181, dwelling <strong>of</strong> 206-group deities 155, realm <strong>of</strong> 96Brahmas, the unconscious 243Brahma's world 199Brahma 41, 216-218, 244Breaking-up-discernment 299Breaking up through three ways 295Brightness, arising <strong>of</strong> 123Buddha 2, 10, 18, 19, 29, 37, 40, 41, 92, 95,114, 120, 140, 141, 148images 141-knowledge 145, 146, recollection <strong>of</strong> the 67, 69, 140,141-virtues 145Buddhas 8, 12, 31, 179, 221Buddhahood 190Buoyancey 4Calm 19, 42, 53, 164Canker-free 1Cankers 120, 145, 146, 231<strong>of</strong> views 7Caste(s) 8, 16Cause and condition <strong>of</strong> ill 285Cause <strong>of</strong> arising <strong>of</strong> fear knowledge 300the aggregates 299, 300Cemetery 29Cessation 45, 150, 157, 163, 274, 275, 276,281, 302, 307, knowledge <strong>of</strong> 150, 235, merits <strong>of</strong> 205<strong>of</strong> ignorance 259ill 259ill, the <strong>Path</strong> <strong>of</strong> 286the formations 259Cessation-reviewing 323, Truth <strong>of</strong> 268, view <strong>of</strong> 7Change, ill <strong>of</strong> 271, <strong>of</strong> arising 296, view <strong>of</strong> 7Characteristics <strong>of</strong> arising and passing away295the non-become 292rise and fall 291Charity 144Choler 58Classes, the four 19, 25Cleanliness 24Clinging 7, 27, 42, five aggregates<strong>of</strong>253,269,270,271Cohesion 200Colour kasinas 130Combination, characteristics <strong>of</strong> 93Comfort 22Commoner 3, 13, 14, 17, 38, 43, 45, 323Community <strong>of</strong> Bhikkhus 92, 151, 179,182,187, 323, recollection <strong>of</strong> the63, 67Companions 19, 25Companionship, noble 8, evil 9, good 49Compassion, 20, 35, 63, 64, 146, 190, 193,194, 196, immeasurable thought <strong>of</strong> 190Comprehension, 1, 252, 257, 263, three kinds <strong>of</strong> 257Comprehensions, the three 253Conceit 53Concentration 1, 4, 5, 21, 26, 35, 39, 40,48, 95, 96, 100, 101, 103,104, 146, 148, 153, 160,161, 183, 255, access-42, 148, 150, aggregate <strong>of</strong> 253,born <strong>of</strong> 104, effort- 44, faculty <strong>of</strong> 39, fixed 42, formless 121, full 5; its function 39-grasp 289, 290, group <strong>of</strong> 2, 3, immeasurable 44, immovable 324, indicated 3, internal 101
Index 329Concentration; its manifestation 39, mind- 44, mindfulness <strong>of</strong> 283, the field <strong>of</strong> 120, mundane 42; its near cause 39, non-practice <strong>of</strong> 10that is cause <strong>of</strong> origination45<strong>of</strong> cessation 45<strong>of</strong> cessation and origination45, fruition 44<strong>of</strong> great commiseration 44<strong>of</strong> gradually ascendingstates 44<strong>of</strong> inconscience 45<strong>of</strong> the sphere <strong>of</strong> infiniteconsciousness 116, 117<strong>of</strong> the sphere <strong>of</strong> infinitespace 115<strong>of</strong> neither origination norcessation 45<strong>of</strong> the sphere <strong>of</strong> neitherperception nor non-perception7, 118, 119partaking <strong>of</strong> penetration 3<strong>of</strong> the dissolution <strong>of</strong> perceptionand sensation 323<strong>of</strong> the Enlightened One andand the hearer 44<strong>of</strong> the Enlightened One 44<strong>of</strong> the hearer 44<strong>of</strong> the <strong>Path</strong> 3<strong>of</strong> the twin-miracle 44<strong>of</strong> will 213, (planes <strong>of</strong>) 3, 43, power <strong>of</strong> 39, practice <strong>of</strong> 117, range <strong>of</strong> 324, requisites <strong>of</strong> 42, restricted 44, reward <strong>of</strong> 118, Right 24, 42, 325, salient characteristic <strong>of</strong> 39, scrutiny- 44, skilful 45, speciality in 67-strength 310, supramundane 42, unskilful 45which partakes <strong>of</strong> penetration2, 3will- 44, wrong 42Condition <strong>of</strong> ignorance 262Conditioned arising 263, 267, 268, 283,288, 293method 259, 268Conditioning <strong>of</strong> demerit 264<strong>of</strong> merit 264Confession 14, 24, 36Confidence 141, 154Confidences 190Conformations 56Conscious moment 169, 170Consciousness 202-205, 241, 255, 256, 258,259, 260,263,265,267,268, 279, 285, 287, 288,290, 291, 305, 319, aggregate <strong>of</strong> 250, 268, (backward) rolling <strong>of</strong> 222, boundless 117, grasping <strong>of</strong> 265, gustatory 239-impermanence 295, infinite 116kasina 116, 130, limitless 196-object 291, 295<strong>of</strong> dissolution 325, olfactory 239, rebirth 259, resultant 265, seven kinds <strong>of</strong> 251, sphere <strong>of</strong> the infinity <strong>of</strong> 179,195, 196, surpassing <strong>of</strong> 114, the seven stations <strong>of</strong> 280, unskilful states <strong>of</strong> 20Considerations, the four 22Consummate One 1, 5, 7, 13, 14,23,38,153,167, 182, 183, 214, 215, 228, 307, 308,309, 320, 321, 323, 325Contact 68, 252, 325Contamination 231Contention, the six roots <strong>of</strong> 316Contentment 7, 22, 27, 42Continuity 243<strong>of</strong> matter 240, 245Co-residence 51Corpse 29, 132, 134Corruption 40, 42Covetousness 9, 154, 318Cow-asceticism 15Craftiness 147Craving 259-66, 260, 268, 271, 285, 286,291, 292, 294, 305for annihilation 271for existence 271, 272, grasping <strong>of</strong> past 265Crookedness 37Culture, wisdom sprung from 231Cut and the dismembered, the 137Darkness 10Death 1, 8, 25, 34, 46, 47, 230, mindfulness <strong>of</strong> 63, 166-170, perception <strong>of</strong> 132, recollection <strong>of</strong> 67, release from 237Debt, use as 23Decay 191, 242<strong>of</strong> matter 241, 245, release from 237Deceitfulness 59Deception, absence <strong>of</strong> 146, 147Decorum 18, 23, 24Deer birth-story 144, 145Defeat-<strong>of</strong>fence 24Defilement(s) 39, 42, 57, 62, 142, 204, 213,298Defilement-action 267-grasp 289
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