338 IndexPutrescence, perception <strong>of</strong> (7) festering 63,135(8) the fissured63, 136(9) the gnawed63, 136(10) worminess 63,138. the sign <strong>of</strong> p.through colour 139, ten perceptions <strong>of</strong>63-65, 67-69,133, 139, thought <strong>of</strong> 136-39Putrescent sign 132, 133, 134, 139Put-together-thing 13Qualities, good 8Quietude 40Rain 36-bath cloth 36Rainy season 38residence 36Range <strong>of</strong> concentration, the whole 324Rapture for the doctrine 298Reality 22, 146, 168Realms, formless 221Rebirth 96, 97, 259, 264, 265, 266, 271consciousness 259Recollectedness 178Recollection <strong>of</strong> deities 63, 154, 155, 180former lives 209liberality 63, 153, 179past existences 41past lives 221, 222peace 63, 177, 178, 179the Buddha 63, 140, 141,148the Community <strong>of</strong> Bhikkhus63,150,152,179the law 63, 149virtue 63, 152, 179Recollections, the six 69Red kasina 126'Red sign 126Reflection 23, 94, 95, 147Registration <strong>of</strong> effect 256Regress, states <strong>of</strong> 5Rejection <strong>of</strong> the hindrances 248Rejoicing 38, 94, 95Release from decay and death 237Reliance 19Re-linking consciousness 265Removal <strong>of</strong> hindrance 247non-dignity 7Renunciation 41, 144, 149, 150, 157, 163,189, 212, 249, 275Repose 101, 102Repulsion-reviewing 323Requisites 7, 20, 21, 39Resentment 9, 40, 182, 191, 193-perception 69Residence 27, 33, 35Resolution 9, 144Resolve 249, 298Resolves, the four 190Resort 17, 19, 57, 61Respiration, mindfulness <strong>of</strong> 63, 64, 65156-161,164Resplendence, abode <strong>of</strong> 103, 104Restraint 1, 10, 17, 20, 24Retrogress 10Resultant consciousness 265Result, good 9Reviewing <strong>of</strong> states 164Revenge 53Reverence 18, 141Right Action 3, 272, 273Concentration 3, 24, 42, 93, 102 325consideration 188effort, fourfold 17efforts, the four 147, 149Exertion 272Livelihood 272Mindfulness 156, 171, 290recollectedness 152, 154Speech 3Thought 272understanding 2view 232View 272views 19Righteous conduct 151 •Righteousness 102Rigidity 6, 31, 41, 59, 91, 92, 94and torpor 91, 92, 94, 127Rising 100, 120Rities and ceremonies 11Robes 20, 23, 27, 28, 34, 35, 36, 51, 57Robing, manner <strong>of</strong> 58Rustics 18Sacred day 36Sadhu 133, 192Saintship 307Sakka birth-story 144Sameness 199Sanctity 17Sandal (wood) 8Sandals 18, 51Samkhapala birth-story 144Sariputta, Ven. Elder 168Satisfaction in little, finding 22Scales 39Science 142, 231Scriptures 231Seclusion 103Second meditation 311Seeking, three kinds <strong>of</strong> 314Seizing, by way <strong>of</strong> 68Self, the perception <strong>of</strong> 7Self-arrogance 22-conceit 9-indulgent 53-illusion 305, 318-perception 186-possessed 8-praise 11-restraint 32Sensation, dissolution <strong>of</strong> perception and179, 322, 323Sense-desire(s) 5, 73-75, 91, 121Sense, five objects <strong>of</strong> 32-object 240-organ-comprehension 267
Index 339Sense-organ-object 251-organ <strong>of</strong> body 240ear 239eye 238, 239nose 239tongue 239-organs 238plane 3-pleasures 23-spheres 115, 258, 261, 283, 284Sensitiveness 252Sensual person, (meditation for a) 139Sensuality 59Sensuous element 232, 233(Separated) space kasina 129Separation, view <strong>of</strong> 7Serenity 92, 94, 163, 231, 323-strength 323Servant, a passionate man like a 62Sesamum 34Seven enlightenment factors 156, 164, 165,311kinds <strong>of</strong> consciousness 251, 254kinds <strong>of</strong> supernormal power 210latencies 314, 317stations <strong>of</strong> consciousness 280, 289Shadow accompanying form 8Shamefastness 141Sick, the 36Sickness 36Sight 68Sign, the 7Sign <strong>of</strong> the defilments 289Signless consciousness 322element 288emancipation 312, 313, 314, view <strong>of</strong> the 7Silent Buddha(s) 194, 220, 221, 223, 227Silk 35Similarity 199, 203Sitting, always, and not lying down 27, 35-limit 31Six roots <strong>of</strong> contention 314, 316Skill in loss, means, pr<strong>of</strong>it 231, 232Skilful 37states 41, 277skin, disease <strong>of</strong> the 22-ailments 36Slanderous talk 224Sleep 34, 35, 97Sleeping, manner <strong>of</strong> 58Slothfulness 53Sloughing 17Slugishness 250Snakes 36Solitude 20,27,33,46,91,95, born <strong>of</strong> 95, 102, 134Son <strong>of</strong> truth 94Sorrow 146, 170,205Soul, no 197-entity, no 187Space 115, 117-concentration 113kasina 129perception 129sign 129Speciality, (objects <strong>of</strong>), in concentration 67Speech, harsh 9intimation 240, 241Sphere <strong>of</strong> infinite consciousness 116, 117,118, 120, 130, 325infinite space 113, 115, 116, 131,325neither perception nor non-perception65, 119-22, 131nothingness 65, 67, 117, 118, 119,131, 179, 195space, concentration <strong>of</strong> the 115Spheres, sense- 41, 52Sport 21Stability 97, 296Stainless 7State, bestial 57<strong>of</strong> death 167, 168, serpent-57, unconditioned 326States, demeritorious 251, momentary destruction <strong>of</strong> 185, determination <strong>of</strong> 6, distinction in 195. evil s. <strong>of</strong> consciousness 21, meritorious 251<strong>of</strong> conditioned arising 263<strong>of</strong> consciousness 220<strong>of</strong> existence 223, reviewing <strong>of</strong> 164, the object <strong>of</strong> 255(which are obstacles to virtue) 9Steadfastness 10Stoppage <strong>of</strong> sounds 120Stream-entrant 7, 306, 308, 323Study, wisdom sprung from 231Succession, knowledge <strong>of</strong> 233Suffering 2, 8, 185, 186, 188, 191, 204, 288, forms <strong>of</strong> 206<strong>of</strong> the formations 311, tribulation <strong>of</strong> 205Superexcellent purity 95Supernormal knowledge 147, 190, 234magical power 324phenomena 235Supernormal power 65, 142. 148, 167, 168,209,210,211,212,213,216,217,218,219, 228, bases <strong>of</strong> 222, 304caused by mind 218<strong>of</strong> exertion 273, the basis <strong>of</strong> 273<strong>of</strong> resolve 217, 218<strong>of</strong> scrutiny 273<strong>of</strong> thought 273<strong>of</strong> transformation 210217, 218<strong>of</strong> will, the basis <strong>of</strong>273, seven kinds <strong>of</strong> 210, three kinds <strong>of</strong> 209Supramundane faculties 312state 298wisdom 231Support 20
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