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Index 335Maturing <strong>of</strong> the aggregates 260Mental factors 158formations 162, 219processes 147properties 39, 96Merit(s) 8, 29, 70, 141 178, conditioning <strong>of</strong> 264, incomparable field <strong>of</strong> 151-fulfillers 49-mass 3Meritorious doctrines 191qualities, ten 19states 166, 213, 232, 251Merits <strong>of</strong> cessation 205(Messages, improper carrying <strong>of</strong>) 18Meal 36Mean, consideration <strong>of</strong> 23Means, skill in 232Meaning <strong>of</strong> wisdom 231Meanness, the five kinds <strong>of</strong> 316Meat 61Medicine 22, 23Meditation 93, 94, 96, passim, access-148, coarse 101Meditation factors 150, 152-155, 159, 170,177, 179, 208Meditation(s) , upper fine 101, first 2, 6, 41,42, 45, 64, 93,95,96,97, 100, 102, 114,120, 130, 131, 134, 140, fivefold 64, fixed 113, 116, 119, 148, fourfold 64, fourth 6, 43, 45, 93, 94,120, 121, 130, 131, 323, higher 97, 104, increasing <strong>of</strong> fourteen subjects<strong>of</strong> 65, lower 97, 104, middling 97, 104, nine subjects as causes <strong>of</strong>supernormal power 65, subjects <strong>of</strong> 65-67, penetration in 98, second 6, 42, 45,93,98-100,103-4, 121,130-1,323, second, four factors <strong>of</strong> 101, one subject is <strong>of</strong> the future67, two subjects belonging tothe past 67, one subject belonging tothe present 67subjects not to be practicedby the beginner 68, the fifth 93, 130. the four m. arise from iherecollection <strong>of</strong> theBuddha 148, the fourth, tribulations <strong>of</strong>113, third 6, 43, 45, 93, 103, 104,113, 130, 131, threefold 64, two associated subjects <strong>of</strong>63Middle watch 22way 5Mind 8, 33, 39, 41, 96, 231-concentration 44, concentration <strong>of</strong> 90-consciousness 255,disturbance <strong>of</strong> 100,, movement <strong>of</strong> 216, non-tranquillity <strong>of</strong> 92, pollution <strong>of</strong> 97-predominance 102, miracle <strong>of</strong> mind reading 148-states 295-succession 222, unfication <strong>of</strong> 92, 93, 95, unsteadiness <strong>of</strong> 92Mindfulness 39, 46, 47, 50, 95, 133, 141,146, 156, 157, 158, 171,177, 248, 264<strong>of</strong> body 63, 64, 65, 67, 6869, 170, 279<strong>of</strong> concentration 283<strong>of</strong> death 63,166,168,169,170, foundations <strong>of</strong> 147,149,156,163, 164, 279, 304<strong>of</strong> respiration 63-65, 67-70,156, 160, 163, 164, 166Ministers 19Misconduct 18Moderation 42Mode <strong>of</strong> life 9Modesty 18, 23, 24Moggallana, Ven. Elder 168Monastery 34Monks, evil 19, heretical 19Mosquitoes 23Mother <strong>of</strong> the Bodhisatta, the virtue <strong>of</strong>the 16Mouth 41Mundane and supramundane conditionedarising 267wisdom 231Name 96, 284and form, difference between 284, 285Negligence 9, 59Neither perception nor non-perception,sphere <strong>of</strong> 119, 120. 121, 122, 131Nettipada Sutta 166Neutral feeling 194person 193Neutrality as regard states 194Nibbana 1, 143, 144, 145, 149, 151, 162,163, 179, 253, 254, 257, 273, 276, 298,301, 302, 303, 304, 306, 313, 314, 320,321, 322Nihilism 294Nine abodes <strong>of</strong> beings 289conceits 314, 317consciousness-born groups 242objects 219Noble Eightfold <strong>Path</strong>, the 145, 147, 149,205, 272, 273, 280, 301,individual 13
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